Help please with late war Tiger 1 rear blue convoy light

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littletankman
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Re: Help please with late war Tiger 1 rear blue convoy light

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Hi, Thanks have you any picts of this please . Im out of work at the mo , hence the free time . So I shall have a bash at this tom .
Thanks Andy
HL: Tiger I sSS101 2nd Kompanie (212), HL: PzIII/Stug , Tam: sherman(fo) ,Tam: Sherman (vintage) ,Tam: Kingtiger(fo) ,Tam: Kingtiger (vintage,upgraded) , 21st Cent Sdkfz 251 (static at the mo ) / Son HL panther(altered) ,Son HL Tiger1 sSS101 1st Kompanie , HL Pz.IV , daughter HL Tiger1 sSS101 hopefu
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Re: Help please with late war Tiger 1 rear blue convoy light

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still havent got that far yet so sorry no pics but its fairly easy ;)
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Re: Help please with late war Tiger 1 rear blue convoy light

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Hi thanks , If I get it done tom I will post a pict but Ive got a lot to do . Its amazimg out of work buy still got lots to do . Ive zimmereted my back pannel for my Tiger1 as I bought Riks Asiatam bottom half . Correct me if Im wrong but the swing arms look the wrong angle , its a lot higher than my HL bottom ?

Again thanks Andy
HL: Tiger I sSS101 2nd Kompanie (212), HL: PzIII/Stug , Tam: sherman(fo) ,Tam: Sherman (vintage) ,Tam: Kingtiger(fo) ,Tam: Kingtiger (vintage,upgraded) , 21st Cent Sdkfz 251 (static at the mo ) / Son HL panther(altered) ,Son HL Tiger1 sSS101 1st Kompanie , HL Pz.IV , daughter HL Tiger1 sSS101 hopefu
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Re: Help please with late war Tiger 1 rear blue convoy light

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heres a dia of the light box  ;)
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Re: Help please with late war Tiger 1 rear blue convoy light

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Hi fv432 ,
I went to poound land today no luck with fibreoptics in my branch . But my mums got a small christmas tree with them on it so I pruned some of ;D . However there not very thick , thanks for the pict . Can the LED be wired to the RX13 board were the front light comes from ( sorry Im no good at electronics ) . But I will put a on of switch ?

Thanks Andy
HL: Tiger I sSS101 2nd Kompanie (212), HL: PzIII/Stug , Tam: sherman(fo) ,Tam: Sherman (vintage) ,Tam: Kingtiger(fo) ,Tam: Kingtiger (vintage,upgraded) , 21st Cent Sdkfz 251 (static at the mo ) / Son HL panther(altered) ,Son HL Tiger1 sSS101 1st Kompanie , HL Pz.IV , daughter HL Tiger1 sSS101 hopefu
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Re: Help please with late war Tiger 1 rear blue convoy light

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yes should be ok just check the voltage
off the top of my head its 4.5 volts to the headlights so a led in that range would be good ;)
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Hi fv432,
Thanks will check it out , my fibreoptice cables very thin is there veriations in the thickness ?
HL: Tiger I sSS101 2nd Kompanie (212), HL: PzIII/Stug , Tam: sherman(fo) ,Tam: Sherman (vintage) ,Tam: Kingtiger(fo) ,Tam: Kingtiger (vintage,upgraded) , 21st Cent Sdkfz 251 (static at the mo ) / Son HL panther(altered) ,Son HL Tiger1 sSS101 1st Kompanie , HL Pz.IV , daughter HL Tiger1 sSS101 hopefu
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Re: Help please with late war Tiger 1 rear blue convoy light

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yes the hdmi cable i use is about 1mm and the next lot i just got which is computer network cable is about 0.5 mm
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Re: Help please with late war Tiger 1 rear blue convoy light

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hi thanks I used cable from an xmas tree . to thine I think will look at HDMI cable,

Thanks Andy
HL: Tiger I sSS101 2nd Kompanie (212), HL: PzIII/Stug , Tam: sherman(fo) ,Tam: Sherman (vintage) ,Tam: Kingtiger(fo) ,Tam: Kingtiger (vintage,upgraded) , 21st Cent Sdkfz 251 (static at the mo ) / Son HL panther(altered) ,Son HL Tiger1 sSS101 1st Kompanie , HL Pz.IV , daughter HL Tiger1 sSS101 hopefu
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Re: Help please with late war Tiger 1 rear blue convoy light

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Hi,
Sorry if this sounds a sillt question does it have to be a particular HDMI cable as I got some and there was no fibreoptic cable in it ?

Thanks Andy
HL: Tiger I sSS101 2nd Kompanie (212), HL: PzIII/Stug , Tam: sherman(fo) ,Tam: Sherman (vintage) ,Tam: Kingtiger(fo) ,Tam: Kingtiger (vintage,upgraded) , 21st Cent Sdkfz 251 (static at the mo ) / Son HL panther(altered) ,Son HL Tiger1 sSS101 1st Kompanie , HL Pz.IV , daughter HL Tiger1 sSS101 hopefu
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