ABE'S EARLY TIGER 1 BUILD

[edpanzer]

No offence taken Abe hadent noticed till you pointed it out

[Abe Froman]

Tracks done...



Have sprayed they black again and will be weathering with mig pigments for rust and applying with humbrol matt clear coat.

Laters

[Abe Froman]

Hey Abe, I've been somewhat absent from these lovely forums but I did notice your entrance awhile back.

Good to see more energetic Tiger builds still happening, with lots of fancy parts and major over hauls done. Sorry I wasn't early enough to chime in on that turret ring issue sooner. I too have lowered mine quite a bit following in Tanksforthememeories footprints.

You're off to a great start, everything looking good so far. Watch those injuries, take your time and don't get hurt. I've got a pretty large (ugly) scar on the meat of my palm/thumb from a chisel too. Take care, looking forward to progress!

SOV, just found your build of a Tiger...wow absolutely stunning man. I will not be able to get near to that, same goes for TanksFTM Tiger too. Top Notch and beyond work chaps.

[jarndice]

ABE Hi, If you go to www.rustall.com they make product that certainly impressed me. shaun

[Abe Froman]

ABE Hi, If you go to http://www.rustall.com they make product that certainly impressed me. shaun

Shaun, have you used it?

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[jarndice]

ABE, I am shocked, If in my service career I had discovered "RUST" on one of my Platoon vehicles some one would be carrying out some most unpleasant duties for a lonngg time!
Tanks by their very nature especially in Wartime do not remain in service long before they are engaged in combat there fore they arrive either new or recently repaired on the battlefield and so they are free of "RUST",
Any that does occur will be whilst Lying in ambush or on duties taking them away from the companies fitters and where the crew are unable to carry out proper maintenance, (FOR WHICH THEY HAD BETTER HAVE A DARN GOOD EXCUSE)! Why do I go on about it?Every serving and retired serviceman/woman will tell you that they are constantly being told that the food, clothing, and equipment they have was paid for and is owned by the TAXPAYER and must not be abused or there will be trouble!!
Still it does when tastefully done look good. shaun

[kwiky]

I always hear people say that tanks don't get rusty. They do, even today..

[AlwynTurner]

And in the desert to boot! I'm looking forward to the paint job on my M1A2, lots of scope. Alwyn

[Abe Froman]

There's a whole heap of maintenance guys/gals in for some serious trouble on that tank

[jarndice]

ABE, Will you let me explain the measures that the service goes to too avoid "RUST" I was visiting an RCT transport unit and I was taken round to the back of the workshops and I arrived at the Vehicle lines, trucks, staff cars, coaches, and of course acres of both short and long wheel base land rovers.
in front of a line of AEC six wheelers with their wheels off were a dozen soldiers who were stripping down the wheels and armed with wire brushes were cleaning the red lead from the wheel hubs and repainting them and then when the paint was dry coating the hubs with an approved grease then reassembling and refitting the wheels to the trucks,
This I was told was an event that was carried out every September without fail, When I suggested to a soldier that it looked like hard work he told me that because the wheels were maintained they pretty much fell apart. Although I was told that some units who were not so regular had great difficulty, Using up a lot of time and suffering a lot more wheel and tyre failures.
The joys of a peacetime Army.
On the other side we were invited by our friends in the Royal Engineers heavy lift detachment to a party to celebrate a Land Rover and 1/4 tonne trailer surviving 15 drops out of a Blackburn Beverly transport aircraft!
I had the vicarious pleasure of observing a Caterpiller tractor suffering a "Candle" on two Parachutes on a heavy lift platform while the Royal Engineers and the Air Despatch regiment were dropping to the Ghurka's in another Beverly flying over Sarawak it started spinning then losing air from the other canopies it dropped like a stone still there was no worry about rust.shaun