MID Tiger starter plate

Georg Steffen · Post by **Georg Steffen** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:12 pm

Hello builders

the starter plate of a mid Tiger has only one big hole in the center?
Otherwise i can use the late one as show.
I try out what dimension both pin have

Regards
Georg

Christoffer Ahlfors · Post by **Christoffer Ahlfors** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:39 pm

The starter plate is a very non-intuitive part that partly compensates for the sloping rear armor. The two prongs (very nice!) are supposed to be perfectly horizontal when the plate is mounted on the sloping armor. The same goes for the holes.
Check this out:
http://tiger1.info/EN/StarterAdapter.html

The second, offset hole came with the introduction of the HL230 engine in May '43. The first hole was left for backward compatiblity.

It is generally considered that the introduction of the new turret in July '43 denotes the beginning of the mid era.

Cheers,
/Chris

Georg Steffen · Post by **Georg Steffen** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 7:26 pm

ThankÂ´s Chris,
i know this link but i did not spend an eye on this detail that the prongs must be perfectly horizontal. So it is a challenge for me to make it.

Kind regards

Georg

Georg Steffen · Post by **Georg Steffen** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:06 pm

here is the "new" plate.

prongs are in 9 degrees

some weldings, sandblast and paint ...
looks good to me.

Best

Christoffer Ahlfors · Post by **Christoffer Ahlfors** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:08 pm

Beautiful Georg!

I will try to copy that...

Cheers,
/Chris

Georg Steffen · Post by **Georg Steffen** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:35 pm

Hi Chris,
Thanks, it sonds like a compliment

Kind regards to the north

Georg

Rich Stinchcomb · Post by **Rich Stinchcomb** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:02 pm

Georg

Your starter plate is coming along nicely. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Rich