The Tiger stowage bin

[tiger205]

hi guys
          as most of you know i'm part way through a complete rebuild of my Tiger, and part of that rebuild is modifying the stowage bin, part of which is openable 'bin lids which rob(fv432) has kindly agree'd to make in brass along with the hinges, what i would like to know is, can anyone tell me what they used to keep in the stowage bins on the Tigers?, i ask 'cos when its finnished i would like to keep in the bin mini replica's of what ever the germans used to keep in the real thing

            Tony

[Mad Fox]

A rough guess would be the items the crew needed for general living, pots, pans,stove, blankets, Tents/canvass covers food ect ect I come to this conclusion because there wouldnt be much room in the tank itself for that sort of gear with all the stuff for fighting ect.
Wouldnt mind knowing if my surmisation is correct myself.

[tankmad]

I would say MadFox is right on pictures of tigers you dont often see these things on them so they must have put them in storage bins. Anyone from the forces will tell you ,yoy keep your weapon at arms lenth so they would't put them in there.
Stevie

[[ICE]monkey]

as stated above ,dont think there was a set plan ,basicly anything and every thing they needed,spares cooking gear field equipment , ect
regards, ice

[raven]

hi tony i was looking at some tigers the other night saw a early tiger with pz 111 stowage bin on back of turret have you seen one like that before

      chris

[971wright]

Hi There some of the very early ones had two bins one on each side for some reason they changed to one on the rear .

regards pete

[tiger205]

hi guys thanks for the replys, i guess i'll fill it with bits and bob's, and make do with that, raven, ive seen some tigers with the stowage bin from a p3's i think to begin with they used anything thing they could get there mits on, though what pete said about some using 2 bins ive never seen

            Tony

[fv432]

this pic is from joensis's build from hobby havoc

[fv432]

[oz]

here,s a couple of different bin styles.....