Finally The King Tiger has arrived.

Fredrik Jorgensen · Post by **Fredrik Jorgensen** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:54 pm

I have waited so long for this one to be made, and i almost ordered the Jagd..hehe lucky me that i didnt. Great model but the King IS the ultimate one. Just the sheer size is massive and as it looks on the picks impressive details and loads of goodies on it from scratch.
Wife wasnt happy thou but that seems as a common problem for us all
I guess all my 4 tamyias will be sent of to the bookcase for dioramas or some now

Cant wait till the batches are sent out

Chang · Post by **Chang** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:57 pm

Yes Fred you are not alone. Armortek's KT is my ultimate choice, although my wife won't be happy....

Chang · Post by **Chang** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:27 pm

Hi Nick,
A 1/6 Metal Maus? Maybe too huge & heavy for most of R/C tankers. But of course it's welcome!

BTW, as Mark & Gill mentioned before that the King Tiger probably too heavy. Isn't it a better idea to install 2 more powerful motors?

Kent Wiik · Post by **Kent Wiik** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:21 pm

Hi Fredrik,

Glad to see another Swede beginning this hobby - what took you so long?

Happy to have yet another individual to speak about this in my own language later on.
You are in for a thrill, get ready as you will have no more time for family, house, pets, social life, whatever and constantly short of money...

Cheers
Kent

leesellars · Post by **leesellars** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:32 pm

Hello Kent

Whats Money!

lee

Post by **Armortek** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:24 pm

Hi Nick and Chang

We try to reproduce scale performance in all our models. Now the king tiger was not renowned for its automotive performance. To say that it was grossly under powered would be a bit of an under statement. For our model we have used a motor with 20% more speed and power than that used in our Tiger 1. Additionally we have changed the gearbox ratio so that the King Tiger is a little slower, but this has given a huge increase in torque, of nearly 100%. The net result is a model that will pull a load of about 15 tons on level ground and climb just about anything it can maintain grip on, and that is most things.
Any more performance and the whole thing would end up way out of scale.

Mark

Chang · Post by **Chang** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:14 am

Thanks Mark for the reply.

Glad to read that the weight issue had been addressed and resolved.
Now eager more to see the KT's motion performance.

willie leonard · Post by **willie leonard** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:01 am

Hey Nick and Chang, Here's a picture of what your King Tiger will look like the day you become an official owner,although I'm sure the box'es will be much bigger.

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:21 am

Great photo Willie . There's nothing better then Armortek boxs turning up at your house . This is how my Sherman looked on the day it turned up . Dale

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:21 am

Great photo Willie . There's nothing better then Armortek boxs turning up at your house . This is how my Sherman looked on the day it turned up . Dale

Chang · Post by **Chang** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:44 pm

Thanks willie for the advice. No doubt there will be several big carton boxes of KT parts to come. The bigger the better!

Chang · Post by **Chang** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:24 pm

Hi Gill/Mark,
Just curious:
(1) From all of photos released, the 4 shackles are not hang on where they belong. Are they omitted in this model?

(2) The front & rear hull supporters shown in Tiger-1 later type:
http://www.armortek.co.uk/gallery/main. ... temId=2955
Do they also included in King Tiger?

Regards,

Lerh Chang

leesellars · Post by **leesellars** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:30 pm

Hello Chaps

I think that you will only get the Armortek Ones and Not Steves, But i might be wrong.

lee

Paul Morris · Post by **Paul Morris** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:17 pm

Hi Fellas.
Thats an interesting point Lee has brought up but...surely having looked at the photo's in the advertising for the King Tiger and then placing your order after deciding that you like what you see, i feel sure that Mark and Gill will deliver what they have advertised, indeed all the extra working cable brackets lamps etc on the K.T. will i feel sure just be part of the Armortek continued quest for the ultimate scale model in 1/6. I for one am very confident that the K.T. will live up to our expectations.
Just my two penny worth

Cheers Paul

Post by **Armortek** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:12 am

Hello everyone

Paul is correct. The kit will be provided with all the parts as advertised and all the detailed improvements as shown in the photos and on the prototypes. Details such as the correct pattern tow shackles are not shown and not included. Some further development of the model will take place between now and delivery in order to rectify some design features that are not quite correct. These will include the following mods:

Turret side chamfers reduced in size
Rear deck row of bolts increased from six to seven
Turret top hatch bracket shape corrected.
Wing nuts fitted to all deck clamps
Headlamp bracket rotated 90degs.
Turret front slot reduced in length
Side skirt attachment improved.
Mesh grill pattern corrected
Rear turret door hinge detail improved.

The motion pack will also include some significant improvement to be confirmed at a later date. Overall the model will represent easily the best detailed and most accurate to date.

Mark