Martin's King Tiger

[Martin Hofmann]

here comes the next photos from the front cover with the hatches and self made castle nuts M2. The surface of the thick sheets is treated with Mr. Surfacer 500.

[Martin Hofmann]

here comes some more photos from the cupola and the modified mudguards.

[Martin Hofmann]

here i start with the turret and the new muzzle brake fresh from Armortek ( with 3 pieces ) with some modifications of the openings.

[Martin Hofmann]

here is some progress of the hull, started with the blank plates after sand blasting

[Adrian Harris]

It looks like you're making good progress

Is that one of Phil's armour piercing rounds in the glacis plate ?

Adrian

[Phil Woollard]

Adrian I am more concerned about his feet in the shower pic!

[Mark Heaps]

Adrian I am more concerned about his feet in the shower pic!

I agree. Germany had already gone metric by the time the Kingtiger was built. They should be meters and not feet.

[Phil Woollard]

Good one Mark

[Martin Hofmann]

Hello Phil,
Hello Mark,

here comes some more metric photos from the hull without feet!
i hope you don't miss it.

[Martin Hofmann]

the hull starts slowly looking like a hull with all the holders and the welding seams - kilometers of that in more than one row..........

[Martin Hofmann]

But a King Tiger also needs some road wheels and suspension arms.
Here i start with the arms, the wheels and the idlers.
have much fun with the photos.

[Martin Hofmann]

here are the next photos from the road wheels and the idlers..........
i also drilled and pinned the suspension arms with dowel pins.

[Martin Hofmann]

Here comes the final drive housing and the sprockets with some modifications like radii and some grinding for making a casting surface.

[Martin Hofmann]

here are the casting surfaces with Mr. Surfacer 500 and also the casting numbers of the sprockets.

[Martin Hofmann]

i have made some new sprocket rings with 9 teeth not 18 for the steel track, because the old one was aluminium - not so good for a steel track!!
There are also some details of the hub caps.