My Jagdtiger by Per Sonnervik

[simon_manning]

keep at it per it looks stunning! what we expect from you, regards simon.

[martin pitcairn]

WOW what a monster of a gun and tank, well done Per. fantastic work.

martin

[Russ Clark]

Just amazing, This is the tank I have been hoping to build for 40 yours. hopefully some day

[Per Sonnervik]

Gentlemen, many thanks for your positive comments - much appreciated.

Derek, regarding your question about the leather - John Fitzsimons kindly gave me some of this fabric which he used on his Tiger I parts. Only when I got it did I remember that by the time my late Jagdtiger was made (March/April 1945) the Germans had stopped using leather for some time so I found another non-leather material instead. The leather padding in my photo will not be used on the model. One example of this non-leather material can be found on the Bovington Panther G commander´s hatch;




Close up photos of the Kubinka´s Jagdtiger driver´s hatch show the same type of material.

/Per

[Jerry Carducci]

Thank you all for those encouraging words. Stephen – you do have a way with words as well as modelling. Peter, plastic alphabet´s can be found at Hannants.

Idlers
The last work on the wheel arrangement was the idler wheels, idler axles and the housings.

I tried hard to work out if it would be possible to modify Armortek’s idler to a more accurate wheel, but failed to find a way to achieve that “bottleneck” look behind the outer disc of the wheel.

An opportunity opened itself when an US-modelling friend needed help with making CAD produced idlers for his 1/10 Tiger II model. I helped him with dimensions and realized I could have more accurate ones made in 1/6 scale using his program.

Idler wheels
Said and done, after some tweaking of details and dimensions to fit my needs this is what I got; idler consisting of three major parts plus the hubcap;



Per

I was looking through old threads for hints and tips on certain aspects of the King Tiger / Jagd Tiger models.

It was sad to me when I saw this thread as I was one of those "US-modelling friends needed help with making idlers for his 1/10 Tiger II model." I remember that discussion. I still have that 1/10 scale King Tiger, still unfinished (but 92 2/3 complete- it's run_able). I never did have any CAD parts made, another friend here did at great cost, as the idlers I made, cast parts, passed muster from Per when he saw them close up. Siiiiiiiigh, how I miss all those chats we had.

Jerry

[Chang]

This thread created by late Per Sonnervik (RIP) was too old to show any photos...

Even a later photos website created by Christoffer Ahlfors https://tanks.lindak.se/#collection/ee9 ... b1142f25d2 is no longer available , except a single photo I have saved :

Fortunately I have also saved a website regarding his JT drawings :

https://www.panzerbasics.com/panzer/02_ ... dtiger.htm


regards,

[Vince Cutajar]

Chang

I have fixed your hyperlink:

https://www.panzerbasics.com/panzer/02_ ... dtiger.htm

Vince

[Chang]

Thanks Vince. The link was OK while uploading. Maybe went wrong by changing colour to blue.

[Vince Cutajar]

Maybe went wrong by changing colour to blue.

That's the reason.
That's a very good site for information. I drew my muzzle brake from info on that site.

Vince

[Chang]

Found another link with many interesting photos (now also posted in Jagdtiger thread):

https://forumet.minipansar.nu/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1963

regards,

[Christoffer Ahlfors]

Yes, it's alive and doing well.
There have been some running issues, but I believe they are sorted now. This past season, it has ran exceptionally well. I wanted to get that fixed first, before moving on.
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