My scratch built Porsche Tiger/Ferdinand

[Nic.H]

Hi..you are using "moin"....so you are a northener!....Hamburg, or Bremen area perhaps

Nic..............

Ps, nice tank build

[chris3]

moin
jes, im working at delmenhorst its near bremen but i live in bochum its in the ruhrvaly

cu christian

[Saxondog]

Yes I do recall our discussion about our families,and how badly I want to come to Germany,But the economy must improve first. I am very interested in tracing my fathers family history in Saxony.And just to travel around Germany,and to see the Baltic coast cities,and I very much want to travel to KIEL.Is their any indication of where the Scheer capsized and was buried? That has always been curious to me,that they just covered the ship over.Well keep up the good work on the CNC parts.I would like to discuss making some parts with you. Cheers Blake

[chris3]

moin
What do you mean about the Scheer? I don't understand? Also what kind of parts do you need?
cu Chris3

[Saxondog]

The Pocket Battleship Adm.Scheer.Bombed and capsized next to it's dock in Kiel.after the end of the war they decided to bury the ship instead of scrapping the ship where it was.

Last Information I have is it is under a parking lot.Just curious about that piece of history.My main interest as far as hobbies were German Naval History,until last year when I started modeling tanks.

But the Kriegsmarines history is very interesting to me,and the Scheer had a very colorful service history in WWII.

As for parts,some framing for the inner hull of my 1/6 Tiger and a component tray similar to the tray in my Asiatam lower hull . Here is a photo of the 1/16 scale tray. cheers Blake

[chris3]

Moin

i found this

and this:
When removing the shipyard facilities in debris and covered with sand and then covered up. The ship's bell is now in the Navy Museum in Wilhelmshaven.
german version:
9. April 1945 – nach Bombentreffern im Bauhafen der Deutschen Werke in Kiel gekentert. Der Rumpf wurde von ortsansässigen Unternehmen ausgeschlachtet (insbesondere nach Buntmetallen). Bei der Demontage der Werftanlagen mit Trümmern und Sand bedeckt und später überbaut. Die Schiffsglocke befindet sich heute im Marinemuseum in Wilhelmshaven.

thats means it is still there but now it is under the erth.
interestening, have hered about it but have forgoten.

you creating an 1/6 tiger?

cu christian

April 1945 after several bomb hits the battlecruiser deutschland class capsized in Keil. The hull had been exploited by local businessman (mainly non-ferrous metals).With the dismantelling of the shipyard the debris and sand were collected and covered the ship.The ships Bell is now in a Marine Museum in Wilhelmshaven.

[Saxondog]

Yes a truly sad end to a proud ship,they also buried crew as well.Often wondered about the parking lot over the Scheer. My 1/6 scale Tiger VI is a steel hulled static tank I purchased from a shop in California.There are some post about it in the large scale section.I have just yesterday started working on it again.Here is a picture, Thanks for the information concerning Scheer. Blake

[chris3]

moin

Actual pictures of my second prototype.A friend has painted it for me and I like it alot.










ein kolege hat ihn für mich lakiert und mir gefällt er super .

cu christian

[chris3]

moin
Here are some pictures of my scratch built Porsche Kit. New to this hull are the Driver/radio operators working hatch,radiator changed at the top,welding seams and a big hatch between the side radiators.Front road-wheel position changed slightly. The drive wheel could not be moved the 5mm distance that was required,the transmission gearing was an issue.

Now when needed their is a new Asiatam axle that when attached you can mount the Asiatam drive wheel







Unfortunately, this one had an little accident, my machine did not cut deap enough.So I have to cut it completely out using hand tools. That's why it looks a little uneven.

If someone is interested in this Porsche hull let me know,it will be less than the normal price for the Porsche hull kit.


cu christian

[chris3]

moin

small up date of my full metal Ferdinand. The weight is 5.5 Killogram









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cu christian