"PRODUCTION" TURRET KING TIGER

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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.
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HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
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Here you go Herman... not a KT ...but perhaps some inspiration for your future step

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Octopus Camo :haha: :haha:

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Now ducking for cover ;)
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That without doubt is one of THE most freaky things Ive ever seen !!
HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
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HERMAN BIX wrote:That without doubt is one of THE most freaky things Ive ever seen !!
Thought you might like that :haha: :haha: :haha:
it was much better than these two
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;) ......... :haha: :haha:


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

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 :wtf:

Tell ya what mate, if Im ever In Hawaii & look you up.................I AM TAKING CARE OF DINNER :sick:
HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
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HERMAN BIX wrote:So now you tell me to just tip the paint over the top of the tank while its moving - yes ? :O

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 :wtf:

Tell ya what mate, if Im ever In Hawaii & look you up.................I AM TAKING CARE OF DINNER :sick:
:haha: :haha: :haha: Dilemmas Dilemmas....I can't solve all the problems :haha:

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 :D

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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 :haha: :haha:
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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 ? :problem:
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 :thumbup:
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HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
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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 ;)


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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.................. :think: :think:
Ping pong ball :thumbup:
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 :sick: :( 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 !! :/ )
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HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
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forgot the credit to the donor ball.............
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HL JAGDPANTHER,HL TIGER 1,HL PzIII MUNITIONSCHLEPPER, HL KT OCTOPUS,HL PANTHER ZU-FUSS,HL STuG III,HL T34/85 BEDSPRING,
HL PZIV MALTA,MATORRO JAGDTIGER,HL F05 TIGER,TAMIYA KT,HL PANTHERDOZER,HL EARLY PANTHER G,TAIGEN/RAMINATOR T34/76,
HL AN-BRI-RAM SU-85
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