2021 Late Tiger 1 - development and production

[Armortek]

Those of you that follow the factory diary will have see that we are making a few changes to the Late variant Tiger 1 that will be shipping later this summer.

In total there are 27 changes that we are pushing through.

There range from some minor changes like slotting holes to make assembly a little easier, or tweaking the position of some parts on the deck to more substantial changes, or changing the assembly of the drive case.

The most noticeable changes will be:
- Modified hub caps

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- Modified roof vent and close defence weapon

- Elevation mechanism changed from lead screw to linear actuator

- Slip ring to provide continuous 360 turret rotation

Photos will follow on this thread as we build up the Tiger 1. Our process is a little different as we do not need to prototype the tank - all we have to do is validate the production parts and we build our Validation Build.

[Vince Cutajar]

Nice.

Already done the hubcup, turret ventilator and close defence weapon alterations. Looking forward to see the other visible modifications to the upcoming Tiger 1.

Vince

[Armortek]

Thanks Vince.

Here are a couple of photos of the redesigned roof vent. One of the left is the old design - one on the right, the new one.

[Armortek]

Machining the Idler Wheels - this is the third of three operations.

[Phil Woollard]

How about cleated late Tiger 1 tracks? That would make more sense.

[Chang]

Those of you that follow the factory diary will have see that we are making a few changes to the Late variant Tiger 1 that will be shipping later this summer.

In total there are 27 changes that we are pushing through.
.....
- Elevation mechanism changed from lead screw to linear actuator
- Slip ring to provide continuous 360 turret rotation

Photos will follow on this thread as we build up the Tiger 1. Our process is a little different as we do not need to prototype the tank - all we have to do is validate the production parts and we build our Validation Build.

Hope to learn more of these changes soon.

Cheers,
Lerh Chang