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Now getting underway with my early tiger build. i had the wheel spacers reduced to stop wheels binding. Pannier fillets were reworked by steve winstone, and there are some pictures of the fixings i used:

70x 5BA x1/2 countersunk no slot steel bolts + nuts
70x 1/8 x1/2 copper rivets. installed then cut to length using 1/8th punch all supplied from EKP supplies. Each rivet - countersunk and dressed inside the hull, to make a smooth usable finnish to install the electrics / sound boxes etc.

Nice details Simon and good to see there are other slow builders in this hobby but me...

Keep us posted

Cheers
Kent

Simon,

Thanks for posting details of the parts you've located, as well as the progress photos.

Having an Early Tiger in bits myself this is another build I'll be following closely

Adrian.

Simon,

Excellent work on the Tiger. Have you turned down the diameter off the larger diameter on the sub axles as this is one possible are of wheels fouling. The other thing you may wish to consider is putting pins in the spacers and drilling corresponding holes in the wheels such that the wheels are prevented from rotating individually on their axles.

Nice work Simon . This brings back memorises . Is this a rebuild or did you have a unstarted kit ??? Please keep the photos comming as I'm sure there are still some early tigers out there not finnished yet ! This is what the forum needs more photos of builds underway . I like the work area as well . I was going to say the same as Allan you need to turn down the blob on the other axle to the same DIA as the radius arm end , otherwise it will hit the inside road wheels . Simon are you going to do a grey early tiger this time . Which unit ??? Dale

Hi Simon:
I am interested in how mush was turned off the axles - could you e-mail me some dimensions/ tolerances.

I have taken all my wheels and suspension apart because of the rubbing of the rubber tires to the axles. I to am trying to stop all rubbing between axles and rubber tires for a totally free rotation of the tires and up and down movement of the wheels/torsion bars.

I also had to replace all my aluminum blocks inside the hull with brass. All the screws in the aluminum I had locktited in - when removing a few I found out they had stripped out. Bad call on my part - tightening to tight & locktiting them too!!!
Always use heat to remove loctited parts - (I find a easy way to transfer the heat is to heat up a old screwdriver head very dull red and place it to the head of the screw you want to remove - heat is transfered into the screw/bolt/ect, releasing the Loctite and all unscrews easily.)


Your Tiger is looking tough!
JOE

thanks for the info on the spacers,not sure myself yet trial and error?
the tiger kit i bought second hand but not assembled,complete with motion pack,smoke system and various nice add on parts.
perhaps forum members could suggest some authentic tiger regiment ,markings,my preference is somthing like doug pinkertons tiger.
i have little knowledge concerning vehicle colors, markings, only what i,ve seen on the forum,feel free to post some photos and any tips

regards simon manning

Just a few more pictures, hopefully to liven up the tiger build forum. for anybody else. Some parts i have received recently. The smoke dischargers which are superbly made came with this kit. I dont know who they were made by, but a credit to whoever.

The smoke dischargers look to the ones Vince Abbott used to supply.

Adrian.

HI Simon,

Beautiful! Thanks for posting the photos and keep them coming.

It will be great to see more your progress.

regards
Tim

Simon,
Really cool detail parts! Nice workmanship on them indeed. Keep posting photo's. You're right build progress photos seem to be lagging in all catagories. I know everyone is busy.

Thanks for taking time to share your progress, and for the photos.
Bob

These Fiefels I acquired a while ago, superbly made. But needed some cleaning up and rust removed, putting back together. I finnished them off down my wifes beach hut today. Weather was superb

Those are an excellent set of feifels, who made them? Lots of detail.
Saying they needed a bit of cleaning up and de rusting I could have assumed you found them on the beach!!!

Yes very nice who made them ?

Hi Simon,

Those are incredible! They look like the real thing. Not a bad modelling shop location either.

Super!

kind regards

Tim