Cheap Tiger 1. Not so Cheap

[Meter rat]

Now starting on the little things.

Neat little transfer on fire extinguisher.

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Figure painting is rubbish. But ok from 3mtrs

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Markings going on.

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Tools being installed. How the people doing 1/35 manage PE is beyond me? Only two more clasps to make and paint.

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First tow rope installed, and a start on painting.

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I still have some metal rear mud guards to go on, but they look a bit crap compared to the Tamiya ones, which I keep knocking and breaking just by handling the model. I suppose I will be looking at Voyager PE mudguards and track covers next. Probably when I have finished weathering and varnishing it. A logical order of doing things was never my strong point.

[Jimster]

Looks great. Love the wooden handled tools. Very realistic.

[Meter rat]

Looks great. Love the wooden handled tools. Very realistic.

Thank you. You tube videos have their uses.

[John Glover]

Sent you a PM .John.

[Meter rat]

Weathered the tracks Tuesday afternoon

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[Ecam]

Now that's weathering!

[Meter rat]

Used a day off work to have a run around the garden.

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[Meter rat]

A small update, the next stage in it’s, and my development, and because of a spat on FB where I was told my work was rubbish, and I was taking out of my backside. Got to love keyboard warriors on FB. The original Tamiya recoil unit had failed.

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I did not want to change from the Heng Long TK6 board due to cost, and I wanted to try re-working a Taigen recoil unit, as discussed on another thread on this site. A Taigen unit was ordered.

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Because I have nothing to loose, heading wise word on this site, and because I am bloody minded, and don’t like to be called, when I am offering an alternative solution, the Taigen unit was stripped down, with the unwanted elevation unit taken out.

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By cutting down the base of the, now redundant, Tamiya unit it all seamed to line up.

Dry fitted to the barrel

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Here we see it drying.

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Now, if said protagonists had asked how it could be converted, I might have offered suggestions. I am now at the stage where I need to drill out the remains of the Tamiya unit and attach the Taigen unit. Then I need to gain my chassis back from under Santa Claus, and put practice into theory. I think it was John 1970, Jofure who helped originally with the wiring, and suggested that Taigen wiring was the same.

[43rdRecceReg]

I just came across your thread by chance, having missed almost all posts this year. Getting a Tamiya Tiger 1, for £15, is a bit like going out with a metal detector, for the first time, and finding a few rare gold sovereigns. If I'd seen this sooner, I could have offered you some of the bits you'd need (MFUs etc) to get it working as a full Tamiya Tiger 1. In reasonable condition, the Tiger 1 can fetch in excess of £500 on eBay.uk., but it's also an excellent platform for a fun future tank.
Still, I'd have to agree with the earliest observations, that your other half has got an eye for a bargain. Other obvious hints of Tamiya-ness, apart from crisper detail, come in the form of the detachable upper hull deck; the detachable Turret roof, and the distinctive motors, and wiring. Just for starters. Anyway, I shall follow your progress from now.. and Christmas greetings to Argyle from Ross-Shire!.

[Ad Lav]

Ignore the idiots on Facebook, you’ve done a great job.