Late Production Tiger Project

Kent Wiik · Post by **Kent Wiik** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:38 pm

Nice and accurate work all done with remarkable speed.
This one will be all made before summer

Looking at your pic I spotted something I hadnâ€™t notice before.
The 2 round steel covers at the rear bottom of the hull was only for the first 250 produced hulls made for the Maybach HL 210 engine.
Later Tigers equipped with the stronger HL 230 engine had one of the covers done bigger and was square in shape

http://tiger1.info/EN/EngineAccessPanels.html

Nothing to bother about unless one is a hardcore rivetcounter...

Keep the photos comming
Kent

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:54 pm

Hi Jeff

Yes I will be recessing and concealing those fasteners as well. I don't have enough replacement fasteners at the moment so when I pick more up I'll take care of those before I flip it right side up.

Hi Kent

Yep, I noticed that too in a drawing in one of the books I have. Trying to decide if I should bother or not. I'm not quite as much of a "rivet counter" as others.

Regards
Tim

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:09 pm

your pannier fillets look good,i only placed weld seems at each end of the fillets thinking that when the tracks are moving they will knock and bump bits off as mine are only made of milliput,great posts,rivet counting can be caught of this forum,beware!

regards simon manning

Steve Norris · Post by **Steve Norris** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:12 pm

Hi Tim,
Nice work, I am not going to bother about changing the lower hatch as it cannot be seen unless you manage to roll it

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Is the pannier bracket a replacement you made? mine is part of the pannier itself and only has the scollops on its verticle face.
Steve.

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:05 am

Hi Steve

Yes, I simply fabricated the other side of the bracket and ran a fillet of epoxy-putty so they look like one piece. It looks like on the early and mid versions of the kit, it was one piece like the real thing.

Simon, hopefully it holds up to wear and tear. This is one area I skipped on the Panther and it bugs me every time I happen to look under the pannier and see no welds.

Fortunately, it's not too often.

regards
Tim

Robert E Morey · Post by **Robert E Morey** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:33 am

Tim,
Your pannier bracket looks great. It fooled me -I thought it was one piece. You are making great progress.

Did the Panther have a similar flange?

Kind regards,
Bob

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:09 am

Hi Bob

No flange but a nice weld. Which I left off. I guess I could add it without too much trouble.

Your Panther is awesome by the way!

Tim

Robert E Morey · Post by **Robert E Morey** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:30 am

Tim,
Thanks for the compliment on the Panther. I had your excellent example to follow to keep me motivated.

Keep us posted on your Tiger progress.
Bob

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:55 pm

More progress. Completed all the welds on the lower hull(I think) and added a light texturing to all exposed, non-zimmerit plates.

Also changed the angle of the track pin deflector. I have the shock mounts made and just need to attach them before moving on to suspension. I almost added the rectangular engine access plate but didn't.

Light texture

regards
Tim

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:09 pm

Hi Tim ... This is good . Like you ! Now that we have both built armortek models we can do things right the first time around . As you have done so far on your tiger . Where as with our first builds we would have move forward to far then pull everything apart two or three time to get it right . I will do the same as you with my king tiger . Tim you could nearly put a base coat on from the panniers down then you could do the running gear only once as well ... Dale

Allan Richards · Post by **Allan Richards** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:56 pm

Tim,

I like the hull, you've put a lot of work into it with all the welds and texturing.

Robert E Morey · Post by **Robert E Morey** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:14 am

Tim, the tiger hull is coming together nicely. Like everything you do - brilliant. Thanks for posting your details and progress to inspire the rest of us. I think I can hear my tiger stirring in the boxes out in the garage....

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:55 pm

Some very minor progress. Although I did assemble the suspension. It is sooooooo much easier when it's your second Armortek kit.

Everything went very smoothly.

Also added the shock mounts on both sides and some more minor welds as well as took care of the pannier flange flat rivets.. Also modified the drive sprocket backing fillet. Bump stops are next for detailing along with the Sprockets and armor exhaust guards. I also plan on adding the second armored piece behind the sprocket/drive housing armor.

Here you can see the shock mounts and the modified angle on the track pin deflector.

Front right shock mount

Interiors first coat of oxide red.

Hard to keep up with the King Tiger forum now!

regards
Tim

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:23 pm

a lot of excitement on the king tiger forum at the moment,a building frenzy!.i am enjoying this late tiger build,great detail ,i have learnt much already,i think tim you will have a tank to good to use,oh what a hardship.

waiting for the next post simon manning

Kent Wiik · Post by **Kent Wiik** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:57 pm

Fantastic and inspiring work there my friend.
I think this is the first time I have ever seen the shock mounts being made to an Armortek Tiger I hull - I love it!

Keep up the good work as I save all your images for later use.
Kent