Martin's Elefant

[Martin Hofmann]

Hi Vince,
thank you for the nice comment. In the mean time i made some covers of the roof with all handles and weldings.
The hinge on the last photo is self made, because i cannot found a correct size.

[Martin Hofmann]

here are some more progress of the hatches and covers of the roof

[Martin Hofmann]

Now i start with the first parts of the stowage bin box and the lid also with the catches. All the hinges are self made, because i found no parts in the correct size. The sheets are all in a thickness of 1mm.

[Robert E Morey]

Nice looking box and latches Martin! Did you photoetch your own latch parts? 1mm is heavy stock for those parts -looks great!.
Best regards,
B

[simon_manning]

Well done Martin, just making a nice looking box from scratch is not easy, The latches look nice also, coming on well, regards simon.

[Martin Hofmann]

Hi Robert,
hi Simon,
many thanks for your compliments. They are very welcome. In the mean time i made more progress, soldering the cover with half rounds and all the latches - they are not self made, but from Dragon for the Tiger1 - so i have modified a little.

[Martin Hofmann]

The mud guards got also some modifications

[Robert E Morey]

Martin,
Fantastic work on the tool box. Interesting that the tools are latched down -inside the box! German war time over engineering at its finest? LOL

Your fenders look great - that is a tough solder job to add the round bead. Weld beads look awesome.

Great progress!
B

[Martin Hofmann]

Hi Bob,
thanks for the kind words. Yes this is german thoroughness to mount the tools in the box!
There are some more progress on the modified covers from the roof with new holders, new periskopes and weldings for the commander cupola.

[Martin Hofmann]

Here comes a small update from the roof

[Heiko Sattler]

Hi Martin
Einfach genial was ich da sehe die Liebe die du in jeden kleinen Arbeitsschritt reinsteckst kann wohl kaum in zahlen beziffern weiter so
Vielleicht sehen wir uns nächstes Jahr in Hausen wieder

[florian rudolf]

Kann mich Heiko nur anschließen.
Den Elefant finde ich eigentlich eher lanfweilig, aber in dieser hammergeil detaillierten Version von dir wird es sicher ein perfektes Modell werden.
Freu mich sehr das Ding life zu sehn.

[Martin Hofmann]

Hi Heiko,
Hi Florian,
vielen, vielen Dank für eure netten Worte, ich bemühe mich sehr mit all den Details ein schönes Modell zu bauen. Wie ich von euch höre gelingt mir das durchaus. . Hier noch ein paar Details von den neuen selbst gebauten Scharnieren für die Kotflügel.

[florian rudolf]

Guten Morgen Martin,
absolut Mega, ich freu mich das Ergebnis life zu sehen.
In dem Fall der Scharniere hätte ich jetzt die fertigen Baumarktteile genommen - Die wären aber zu klein gewesen...
Super umgesetzt das ganze von dir.

[Derek Attree]

Hi Martin
Great build love the details you are adding.

Could people please keep text to English I feel I am missing out otherwise.

Best regards

Derek