John's Early Tiger 1

[Damon Resch]

Subscribed! Looking forward to your videos, really nice work John.

[Marco Peter]

Subscribed! Looking forward to your videos, really nice work John.

x2!

[Donald Suttie]

Subscribed and that was my Comment on your channel

Cheers
Donald

[John Fitzsimons]

Thanks for subscribing. Much appreciated.

[John Fitzsimons]

I have done some work on the deck, Mainly the rear deck.
Added tow rope fittings, detailed the rear grills and mesh guards, replaced molded filler caps with my own and added some cast numbers.
Still missing some of the deck components, the latches for the fan grills and engine hatch. I have the very old grills so latch fittings separate.

Here are some photos:

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And here you can see the video of this work on youtube.





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[John Fitzsimons]

I have set my suspension correctly and started work on the lower hull details. I don't have the track pin deflector parts so cannot sort this out for now. Also, not sure about bump stops. Make my own or try to get some of the Steve Winston ones.

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The hull fillet is made from 12.5mm aluminium flat. I had to mill some 15mm flat to size. Copper rivets from EKP supplies, UK. Tools; I was using a power file but in the end found a basic half round file was better. Lenghts of pieces 415mm and 385mm. Tim Bowman had all dimensions in his late tiger post. viewtopic.php?t=1247&start=75

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I have uploaded video to my Youtube channel. Might be useful for anyone coming to this stage of their build. Please don't forget to subscribe.

[Damon Resch]

Mark Lawson is reproducing the correct Tiger 1 bump stops, they look exactly like the Steve Winstone ones.

[mark lawson]

I do have the Tiger bump stops. It took months of research to get the bump stops right. Below are early prototypes printed in resin to ensure the scale was as close as possible to the original part.



And the final cast part with and without the rubber block.

[John Fitzsimons]

I have mentioned before this is not a complete kit but a mix of various releases and home made replacement parts. I have one of the old cast turrets and am missing the piece at the front of turret roof. Does anyone have pictures of this piece so that I can try to make a replacement.

[Adrian Harris]

The original part was just a rectangular section which went across and bolted to the ends.

This is a photo I took of Pack 20 from the 2005 Early Tiger kit:

This is a picture from Vince Abbott's Tiger build showing the stock part in place:

It should actually have a kick up at the front, which Vince replicated with an additional piece:

You can see the part on his SmugMug page, about a third of the way down:

https://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/Hobbi ... ail-Parts/

Adrian.

[John Fitzsimons]

Thanks Adrian. I was not sure if it went over side. That make it a lot clearer. Now to see if I have a suitable piece of aluminium.

[Mike Kasputis]

Just to let you know that the T-Bar Vince made is not correct, if you look at the post of my Tiger on page 14 you can see the one I made.

[John Fitzsimons]

I have been busy making view ports for the Early Tiger 1.

I also replace the turret view ports on the turret with my own machined aluminium covers. I had the very old version from the cast turret.

And here is the YouTube video showing the operation in more detail.

[Tim Carr]

John
Outstanding work!
I'll be sending you an email about parts that you may have for a Tiger 131 Armortek in a few minutes.
Enjoying your youtube videos also. Thanks for sharing.

Later Tim

[John Fitzsimons]

Just to let you know that the T-Bar Vince made is not correct, if you look at the post of my Tiger on page 14 you can see the one I made.

Hi Mike,

Had a look at that. Might give it a try. See if I have any suitable alloy. I had a great supplier nearby. They went out of business recently so much more difficult now.

I am also interested in looking at correcting the mudguard hinges as you did.