The lower hull is wrecked. All the suspension arms are snapped off, and the rear plate gone.
Also had an ancient Mato Tiger 1 with nothing in it, and no hope or need to get it going. Got it for $20 with the Tamiya King Tiger from a Deceased Estate sale.
Stick them both in a blender and force the two to become one early version Sturmtiger.
The one surviving in Kubinka is apparently an early-ish version that was updated with the late wheels and barrel counterweight ring, which gives the Matorro version its look. Ongoing controversy as to if it is in fact the prototype with post acceptance modifications done in Germany before being captured by the Soviets.
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missing ... 16136.html
Famous(or infamous) footage of the machine that fired on Warsaw was the prototype that was inspected by Hitler, but apparently only had so called "soft steel" armour which excluded it from going any closer to the urban environment at the time & was withdrawn to the factory for a new hard-armour casemate.
Mine I hope to get close to the look of the early one made, including the front brackets etc.
For now its a shambles of some roadwheels out, others not, loctite on every screw, no gearbox's, no electronics, no way of securing the upper to the lower, broken hull mounting points, no ammo crane, no idlers, .....................another classic Herman Renovators Dream
Oh well, onwards
Hello Herman, I don't know if can help? but finding this on a website? maybe will be useful?