812 tiki almost done

[ALPHA]

Tigers... More Tigers .....though they are great looking...still wondering what's the fascination with Tigers ..................

ALPHA

"If you need to have it explained- you dont understand"

Yep, What he said...

Don't get me wrong...the Tank is an Icon when it came to a Heavy tank...but it just isn't sexy
Unless you like the lines of a cracker box ......................


ALPHA

[mdkboggle]

Hi all
Thank you for your kind comments.
I have done a little more work on Tiki and now the tank drives real nice.
The left hand idler was just a bad unit,it was jamming up on the axle shaft and so i replaced it with another from a old scrap tiger,gave it a paint and it's all good now.
I also had to mess around with the speaker,i took it out of the hl case and placed it in a trumpet shaped yogurt pot and glued all this to the side of the inner hull under the engine vent.Now the sound has some depth and a little roar to it and sounds way better than standard.

Tiger Tiger asked for some pics of the other tiger so here ya go
IMG_1628 by mdkboggle, on Flickr

IMG_1632 by mdkboggle, on Flickr

Other news
I have started a battery conversion for the trumpeter T34/85.i am making up a pack that will sit in the lower hull and charge via the front hatch.
I will also swap out the electrics in this model one day for something better but not now as i have a stack load to do on other models.
DSC_0188 by mdkboggle, on Flickr

Anyway,good luck all and back soon.
Tim

[mdkboggle]

Hi all
sorry this took a long time to do but i was busy on so many other things this just ended up on the back burner so to speak.
Ok it's done at last after adding the pe grills to the rad vents on the rear,opening up the closed drivers view port and a couple of soppy odds and ends.
I give you

Tiki

Tiki Tiger 1 by mdkboggle, on Flickr
Tiki Tiger 1 by mdkboggle, on Flickr
Tiki Tiger 1 by mdkboggle, on Flickr

All ready for someones birthday i think it was,shame it did not run him over but ohh well.

The question now is
elmod or not to Elmod?


Tim

[ALPHA]

Hi all
sorry this took a long time to do but i was busy on so many other things this just ended up on the back burner so to speak.
Ok it's done at last after adding the pe grills to the rad vents on the rear,opening up the closed drivers view port and a couple of soppy odds and ends.
I give you

Tiki

Tiki Tiger 1 by mdkboggle, on Flickr
Tiki Tiger 1 by mdkboggle, on Flickr
Tiki Tiger 1 by mdkboggle, on Flickr

All ready for someones birthday i think it was,shame it did not run him over but ohh well.

The question now is
elmod or not to Elmod?


Tim

Elmod is kind of a cool luxury... the question is still...to BUCKET or not to BUCKET ....especially since it's a Tiger ....
All Joking aside Boggle... I really enjoy your paint schemes and subtle detail

ALPHA

[PainlessWolf]

MDK,
Good morning, the paint on 'Tiki' is pretty darn good! You have really grabbed the essence of the tank from the old photos. Some guys standing around in uniform and greatcoats and it's B&W photo time. ;o)
regards,
Painless

[mdkboggle]

Cheers ALPHA and painless.

Tiger_tank_number_812_tiki_2 by mdkboggle, on Flickr
2014-09-13_12-05-04 by mdkboggle, on Flickr
2014-09-12_11-56-33 by mdkboggle, on Flickr.
No man at side though,he was killed and eaten by a Giant Russian Hamster

[ALPHA]

ALPHA

[Jussek]

LOL! I think Tiki is the most reproduced tank in the model history!

i did it myshelf too, it was my first finished tank

viewtopic.php?f=22&t=10148

good work

best regards

[ALPHA]

LOL! I think Tiki is the most reproduced tank in the model history!

i did it myshelf too, it was my first finished tank

viewtopic.php?f=22&t=10148

good work

best regards

Nice Job on your Tiki Jussek...2012...that was awhile back....makes you wonder what was in the mind of the person who named the tank....TIKI.... like he must have visited some tropical paradise..

ALPHA

[tanks_for_the_memory]

Nice work boggle!

Now, according to wiki-tiki...

"In M?ori mythology, Tiki is the first man, created by either T?matauenga or T?ne. He found the first woman, Marikoriko, in a pond; she seduced him and he became the father of Hine-kau-ataata. By extension, a tiki is a large wooden carving in humanoid form, although this is a somewhat archaic usage in the M?ori language. Carvings similar to tikis are found in most Central Eastern Polynesian cultures. They often serve to mark the boundaries of sacred or significant sites."

So he's basically the Maori equivalent of Adam.

In this carving from Hawaii I think you can see some semblance to the clean lines of the Tiger 1:

Kii_at_Puuhonua_O_Honaunau_01.jpg (20.57 KiB) Viewed 3555 times

Don't you think so Alpha?

(If there was an emoticon for 'ducking into a foxhole' that is what I would choose right now.)