"PRODUCTION" TURRET KING TIGER

[HERMAN BIX]

After a bit of work on the translator, here is where my King Tiger was photographed.
There is also a fair bit of narrative from action accounts surrounding the combat involving it.
Much mystery surrounds the picture of a man in civilian dress standing on the right side - aparrently its the tanks commander Heinz Wilms, but, talk is that with all the interest in this machine and its last commander surviving the war- why have all the questions relating to the camo, and build variations , & just how the tank came to be what we know it today, not been answred ?
I guess we will never know.

[ALPHA]

Here you go Herman... not a KT ...but perhaps some inspiration for your future step



Octopus Camo

ALPHA

Now ducking for cover

[HERMAN BIX]

That without doubt is one of THE most freaky things Ive ever seen !!

[ALPHA]

That without doubt is one of THE most freaky things Ive ever seen !!

Thought you might like that
it was much better than these two



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ALPHA

[HERMAN BIX]

So now you tell me to just tip the paint over the top of the tank while its moving - yes ?

Or, go to the aquarium, buy an octopus, and douse it in paint, THEN bung it on top of my Tiger & let nature do the rest

Tell ya what mate, if Im ever In Hawaii & look you up.................I AM TAKING CARE OF DINNER

[ALPHA]

So now you tell me to just tip the paint over the top of the tank while its moving - yes ?

Or, go to the aquarium, buy an octopus, and douse it in paint, THEN bung it on top of my Tiger & let nature do the rest

Tell ya what mate, if Im ever In Hawaii & look you up.................I AM TAKING CARE OF DINNER

Dilemmas Dilemmas....I can't solve all the problems

Got the dinner handled should you ever make it this way....and it won't be so "fresh".... that delicacy is found only in Korea

ALPHA

PS. Here in Hawaii...we do have something called poi...it's like elmers glue...but grey in color... and the tentacle...well you could just go to a fish market ...buy a boiled leg...dip the suckers in paint and print some of the pattern that way...kind of like using a stamp

[HERMAN BIX]

Never buy food off ugly people
Never eat 'food' that has more arms than you do (think about the options!)

I dry mounted the road wheels today................something was not clicking ?
The dunkelgelb paint in the lower hull/sponson area was right, but once the wheels were dry fitted, things didnt look right.
Set to the resilient wheel 'tires' with a file & sand paper.
Took the coating of paint off the outside & then side filed the rim lips to remove paint as well.
All of a sudden things got right.
Once I attack the gelb covered hairsprayed wheels to get some- but not too much- weathering & scratches, the rims will look much more 'on'
The automotive self etch primer & Tamiya XF 60 dark yellow stuck like baby shit to a mattress cover
Round file & a cordless drill...............Herman 16- Babay shit- Nil

[ALPHA]

LOOKING AWFUL GOOD Herman ....last resort suggestion....get a cheap foam brush from the local hardware store...use your ryobi to carve out some "O" s and use that as a stamp


ALPHA

[HERMAN BIX]

Im still out on the 'how-to' on the rings. Maybe it will come to me in the night !

Messed about with the headlight today. Went out & got some aluminium tube (alloominum toobe) to make the surround for the single headlight. Needed a small length, approx 1/8" or 3mm long and 5/16" or just over 8mm I.D.
SO..........home I went with a 1 Metre long -10mm toobe.
Mrs B was out & about so the txt went out for to bring me home a slightly curved, thin section plastic material I could slot to make the cover aperture..................
Ping pong ball
High quality, German made ping pong balls in a blister pack, 6 of them for 5 bucks..............and I needed a bit the size of a 5 cent coin (thats about negative 8 million Pounds/2.7 million USD!!)
Drilled out the toobe to suit the light bulb & filed it down untill the H/L bulb was just below proud of the edges.
Hacked into the ball & set the two together with plenty of cyno & thinners to get the internal gunk off the skin of the ball.
Did the slit with my left finger and the knife blade
Really need the light to operate so I dont leave him switched on by mistake.(I have a similar system installed in me as an early warning for the Mrs - it works for her every time !! )

[HERMAN BIX]

forgot the credit to the donor ball.............