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Just a few photos of the tiger i aquired from steve winstone, layed in his garden for 4 years. My aim is to turn it into a very early tiger with the vented exhaust heat shields, rounded rear mud guards and track holding mounts on the rear hull. The weathering is by mother nature.
Simon Manning

Hi Simon

What a great find , get stocked up on the WD40 and you will be well away

Whats the grey box in the turret?

Richie

Simon,

Looks like quite an undertaking!

Rocky

That's fine Simon, but where's your Strabokrans (Fries-Kran) crane? That is a lot to lift after all.

Pretty cool!

Shouldn't this be registered in PanzerWrecks.com?

Good luck with the project!

Brian

Hi Simon

How cool. What a great thread this will be. as far as resurrecting it to running condition, I don't think it could be in better hands.

Thanks for sharing
Tim

Hi All,

As Simon will know, this is one of the first Armortek mid tigers, it actual belonged to he who must not be named! cryptic I know It is based on Michael Wittman's Tiger at Kursk. same unit as mine different Zug, however, mine has survived a lot better than Dave's! Ups

Steve,

I knew you said it was weathering down nicely, but I didn't think you meant to a rusting hulk

Paul.

Simon or Steve

Is that a recoil system and blank firer in the grey box? it looks like one? but not 100% sure?

What a great find to say its been out in all weathers i think its stood up very well!!

Richie

Hi Paul
I was hoping he who should not be mentioned was gonna come and pick it up but under duress from the wife who wanted her garden back and simon and after 4 years I had to finally let it go, and as you can see its more distressd than weathered

Yes Richie, In the Grey Box there is a blank firing 9mm revolver,some of the parts are missing from the recall, the box is made of 16 gage steel, and the first time it was fired it blow the box up like a baloon, and I could not believed the power behind a blank could do this

Steve

Hi Steve

ACE , if you have any pics of it from when it where first made or even now? if you or Simon has any please send to r-wignall@sky.com

Richie

Hows the restoration coming along dude?

Hello Chaps

This tiger was one of the very first ones.Ex Dave Griffiths one. It was around when Vince Abbott was running his.
Bit of a sorry state now,

Lee

Hi All

I believe there are rumours of an Armortek tank, upside down in a bog near the Wirral waiting to be recovered.........

That would make a good video for a U tube reconstruction!

Steve

sounds interesting steve, my first armortek tiger 1 i purchased had been abandoned rusting full of water in a shed,the owner having passed away,so anything is possible. regards simon manning