Turret

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Turret ring fitted to my Heng Long Tiger I . Thanks Steiner for the links in your post and with what Ive seen in war time picts ( not many ) they dont seem to bad ?
HL: Tiger I sSS101 2nd Kompanie (212), HL: PzIII/Stug , Tam: sherman(fo) ,Tam: Sherman (vintage) ,Tam: Kingtiger(fo) ,Tam: Kingtiger (vintage,upgraded) , 21st Cent Sdkfz 251 (static at the mo ) / Son HL panther(altered) ,Son HL Tiger1 sSS101 1st Kompanie , HL Pz.IV , daughter HL Tiger1 sSS101 hopefu
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Hi everyone, here are some pictures of the turret ring repositioning that with Jakeland and Littletankman's threads i had a go at fixing the heng long muck up...because once i saw it, it really bugged me!


I cut around the lip of the lower turret, measured 1.5mm back, did another pencil mark and cut, i used a small circular saw on a dremel, well, Aldi's equivilent saw..

ps...that pic shows the glue in its wet state, it dries quiet clear..
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Hi Nic.H
Theres more than one way to do this . I also moved the hole on the upper body back 10mm ( some people say 15mm ) .But I think my turret was 5mm of centre , I could be wrong .So this makes 15mm ? But nice job you have done on your turret .

All the best Littletankman
HL: Tiger I sSS101 2nd Kompanie (212), HL: PzIII/Stug , Tam: sherman(fo) ,Tam: Sherman (vintage) ,Tam: Kingtiger(fo) ,Tam: Kingtiger (vintage,upgraded) , 21st Cent Sdkfz 251 (static at the mo ) / Son HL panther(altered) ,Son HL Tiger1 sSS101 1st Kompanie , HL Pz.IV , daughter HL Tiger1 sSS101 hopefu
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Hi Littletankman, yes i know what you mean, but i went for 15mm after measuring around the underneath of the turret ring until it was equal all around, and came up with the 15mm as above...then when it came to the hull, using your idea, with again the 15mm offset, i cut the whole lot out in one and just flipped it around. I used a top down drawing to, and it shows the back of the turret minus the stowage bin just in front of the engine deck lid...that was good enough for me, and much improved over the  h.l original!

  Cheers Nic

Ps, i hope this makes some sense...trying to explain by writing is quite hard...i know what i mean, but its hard to put down in plain english!...
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Hi Nic ,
I understand . Theres more than one way of doing it. Ive got the scale drawings of late war German vehicals and going on the scale drawings mine seems ok to . What era is your tank . Im doing mine post April '44. For sSS101 . Im 212 . Ive done loads of mods , corrections etc .Ive got to make the Aber clasps to put on my rear storage bins , but Ive been putting this off  :-\.
HL: Tiger I sSS101 2nd Kompanie (212), HL: PzIII/Stug , Tam: sherman(fo) ,Tam: Sherman (vintage) ,Tam: Kingtiger(fo) ,Tam: Kingtiger (vintage,upgraded) , 21st Cent Sdkfz 251 (static at the mo ) / Son HL panther(altered) ,Son HL Tiger1 sSS101 1st Kompanie , HL Pz.IV , daughter HL Tiger1 sSS101 hopefu
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Ahh..now you are asking, it is a late, but yet to be defined how late!..I cut the rear stowage bins off as i was not happy with the angle.....now i have done that, i have not got a clue how to rebuild them!...thats what i like about the heng long, its the way we all make our own mark that counts :P...I bought a metal cupola from Tankzone, but again not happy with the angles...i think i like cutting things off more than rebuilding.

Will be removing one of the gunners sights to a monocular, thats easy...will be buying the nice working track link holders too..and buying a better cupola. This weekend i will hopefully put some more turret pictures up..

      Nic...
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Hi Nic,
Yer I noticed the cupola seemes to high . I have a metal upgrade one . I have reduced it and now it doesnt look to bad . If you look on the site you will see all the changes you need to do to your Tiger . Its endles . As for the bins I just cut the ends and altered them so there reasonably ok . See picts . I have added the rear mushroom to and opening bin lids .
HL: Tiger I sSS101 2nd Kompanie (212), HL: PzIII/Stug , Tam: sherman(fo) ,Tam: Sherman (vintage) ,Tam: Kingtiger(fo) ,Tam: Kingtiger (vintage,upgraded) , 21st Cent Sdkfz 251 (static at the mo ) / Son HL panther(altered) ,Son HL Tiger1 sSS101 1st Kompanie , HL Pz.IV , daughter HL Tiger1 sSS101 hopefu
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Nic,
Ive your using the monocular sight it is a late model . My ones got that .
HL: Tiger I sSS101 2nd Kompanie (212), HL: PzIII/Stug , Tam: sherman(fo) ,Tam: Sherman (vintage) ,Tam: Kingtiger(fo) ,Tam: Kingtiger (vintage,upgraded) , 21st Cent Sdkfz 251 (static at the mo ) / Son HL panther(altered) ,Son HL Tiger1 sSS101 1st Kompanie , HL Pz.IV , daughter HL Tiger1 sSS101 hopefu
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Oh and compare the cupola in the to pictures you can see the change I made.
HL: Tiger I sSS101 2nd Kompanie (212), HL: PzIII/Stug , Tam: sherman(fo) ,Tam: Sherman (vintage) ,Tam: Kingtiger(fo) ,Tam: Kingtiger (vintage,upgraded) , 21st Cent Sdkfz 251 (static at the mo ) / Son HL panther(altered) ,Son HL Tiger1 sSS101 1st Kompanie , HL Pz.IV , daughter HL Tiger1 sSS101 hopefu
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Aaaargh!...looks like my few mods will develop into a long rebuild. I like the bin mods, will copy that now! ;D

               Nic
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