Armortek

would the swedish crew be able to supply photos,info on the rear grills,nearest to the turret on the king tiger,fixings,position,was ther another set of grills underneath welded to the armoured vent,

best of luck freddie ,simon manning

Simon,

I ordered the Tiger 1 and Tiger 2 disk from Panzerbasics. The have some great high quality pics of detail parts. I thought it was worth it

Jim

Hi Freddie

I wish you all the best. Once you are back on the Tiger II build please let us in on your secretive work. Your build photos are fun to follow.

I stumbled on these today in regards to your rear deck bolt comments. The space between the bolt head and the round recess looks very small in these photos. These are only meant for more reference, not to start a heated discussion on correct bolt size or anything. I can sympathize with your bolt size dilemma as I had the same problem on the Panther.

Disclaimer: Yes, this is a Panther and not a King Tiger







Kind regards
Tim

There really isn't much clearance there - makes you wonder what sort of spanner they used to install them

A socket or tube spanner would fit but it would have to be quite thin gauge metal and hence not very robust - not what you'd expect on a tank

Adrian.

Hi Freddie,
Do you have any troble from the felt wadding in the blanks? Do they couse a misfirer? Or do they burn up ?
People here made some blanks with a star at the end.But I never even seen
a blank carrage for these firers.
Thanks from Dan

Hi Dan.
The ones with a star im not sure they have a padding inside, i think they are pressed or something.

The ones im going to use have the padding and it should burn up but ofcourse things can happen as missfires.

We havent tested it yet in a Blankfirer.
I havent goten mine yet so .
Only with a shotgun and it sounded really nice.

And Tim im on hold for the shells, summer and stuff have made deep holes in my wallet.
Have found some bolts for the deck thou

Regards
Freddie

Have started on the turret today as im waiting on the motion and sound packs.
Didnt really had anything else to do after work...funny my turret looks like a Jagd tiger???? weird:).
Zimmerit is going on this weekend and i hopefully will have completed the raw modeling. Bullet hits and impact holes will be applied at a later stage when i decide where to put them and where to chip the Zimm.
I have also worked on the muzzle break and the barrel again .
The hull will have some holes drilled to coutersink the cap screws in the front to hold the gearbox cover ...... wish id done it when the beast was apart.

And the rear deck....well that will take a long time. I like to redo the whole thing. Not a negative thing but i want it to be accurate so ill enjoy it.
And to end this report...have some good news. Im much better and i only have to report every year for 3 years and x my fingers.
And it has not all been bad ....i stopped smoking. Wich i should have done years ago ..


Happy trails all.....keep it up.
Freddie

Hi Fredrik, that is good news, I am sure we will all have our fingers crossed, I stopped smoking about 4 years ago, and needed something to occupy my hands so started modelling, just think positive, and you will soon forget the habit
all the best to you
regards
Jeff

Freddie,
That is great news on your health. I hope you continue to get stronger. Glad you stopped smoking too, you can use that smoke money on option packs and sound cards! Take care.

Well finally i have goten started with the turret.
And my camera works again.....the problem was the memorycard!!

So here are some shots while the paint still is wet .








Note Mike Stannards deluxe vent cover!! Its beautiful.


Next up is the Zimmerit coat. And the Kent Wiik treatment on the upper plates.
Hope you all enjoy.

Freddie

Frederik
Nice to have you back
Hope you are feeling stronger and things are going well.
That is a fine looking turret,
This build is something else Love these posts even though I don't
have a KT.

Thanks

Derek

Hi Fredrik,

Good to see you back in form and your T2 build looks very nice, I especially like the work you´ve done on the mantlet.

Keep up the good work.

/Per

I woke up this morning and felt that is was a special morning.

Yeee its zimmerit morning. So i started with my son Linus holding the camera and as a moral support .


Started in my undies so you all know this is in the morning .



As Per pointed out i cant use as thick as i did on the pannier so i was carefull to hold it as approx 2 mm.


Feels good to be back in the saddle again.
And Per i have some other Modifications up my sleeve. You will like them i promise .

Enjoy all and happy trails.
Freddie

And the final result.
I waited a little to long so i had to work hard to do the pattern. As a result i have to scrape 10cm of the back but no biggie.
A bit cloggy as on the pannier im afraid but it will do.
Dont want it to look machine made but human like .



More pictures will come during the day:).....im on fire!
Enjoy

Freddie

Some more pics.




Freddie