by jarndice » Fri Jan 11, 2019 5:44 pm
If you are serious about building an early early Tiger 1 there really is a lot of detail changes you will need to do.,
The front fenders can be made by adapting the existing fenders but the rear fenders will have to be scratchbuilt they simply do not resemble the later rear fenders in anyway at all, I had to build my own after searching the web for months to no avail,,
The tow ropes were reversed on the early Tigers,
The Air cleaners were two pots on one base unlike the later all in one units,
The Exhaust shrouds were rectangular instead of semi-circular which are easily made out of photo-etch,
There were two vision ports above the drivers vision slit,
The gunners binocular sights on the main gun mantlet were flat not raised as in the later early tiger,
Tamiya make a Sprue which can be bought separately this includes the early main gun mantlet and the early air cleaners,
The fire extinguisher was mounted over the leading right side engine bay behind and in line with the radio aerial,
Peddinghous sell a sheet of Fire extinguisher decals.
The starting handle was mounted on the lower right quarter on the back panel and there was no spare track holder on the front of the hull,
There is more but that's enough for now.