My next tank - 1/8 Tiger I

[Johnf]

Bet you can't wait to get working on it. I have built up a good Tiger library if you ned any details checked. Mine will be a late Normandy model. Zimmerit and steel wheels. Working on it for about 4 months so far. Lots still to do and I will be away from home a lot between now and July so build will slow up. My next job is to start painting the wheels one by one.

[panzerschreck]

No arguments with that one Ice

Thanks also Steenv for the superb vid, much appreciated as always

[BigPanzer]

Hi,

If its as good as my 1/8 Panther (9 years old now) you will be very happy with it, but get a bigger battery!

Have fun

Peter

[Steenv]

I did put in a 12v 28amp golfcar battery. Was in the wood for 2 hours driving constantly and still hade about 35% capacity left.

cheers
Steen

[panzerschreck]

It just gets better by the minute

Spoke to Heer Spencer today and apparently I get full gun barrel recoil on the pyro 88mm gun when fired I mean, just how cool is that puppy gonna look

[Steenv]

pyro - oh boy that will sound and look very cool

cheers
Steen

[Steve_The_Tank]

Hi

newbie Steve here checking in

i meet Mark Spencer a few weeks back and at the same time i looked at a few Tanks in his workshop and to be honest in the flesh the Tanks are amazing

i love the Tiger 1 and the King Tigers i think you done a great choice IMO

when i was there i had a go on a big brother King Tiger 1/6 scale
i was blown away to be fair just by the presence of the machine
Mark said i will get it in my 4x4 and at that point thats the 1 i wanted pointless me
looking anymore on anything else
its great to see the video of Steens tank also ramps are a must on these tanks IMO
as he said 40kg is not good on your back mind you mine is going to be 100kg

i ended up getting ramps all ready when i collect the Tank


another thing i like about the 1/6 tank when you go down a steep slope it goes down really slow without you touching the remote "just make sure its all on" or it will be Ouch!!
great for going down ramps

Steen or Panzerschreck can i ask is that the same for the 1/8 tanks? im sure it is just saying what i saw

as i say great choice on the 1/8 because its a more pratical machine

little reasons like this it will go in and out of normal 30-32" width door in homes
where the 1/6 you have to be really skilled put it this way you will bang into the side of the doors on the 1/6 at some point,i see the sides of Mark1 back door he!he! im sure its customer error

i am 1 which really wants to look at your pics when your tank comes

i make sure i post mine when i get mine too

here is a pic with a Tiger 1 with a russian 1/16 tank sitting on top which i took while i was there

i didnt take note of the scale of the Tiger 1 its a none RC Tank and its made mostly from wood looks brill i think

Kind Regards From Steve

[panzerschreck]

Hi Steve

Running performance is exactly the same in 1/8 regards "presence of the model etc." as in 1/6, as in 1/8 the Tiger is still a big model tank - 32" (2ft 8ins) long, by 18" (1ft 6ins) wide, approx. 44" (3ft 8ins) with gun

Pics are a sticky point as this sight won`t accept anything from a private PC - and guess where all my tank pics are kept

I will try my best to wax the old lyricals though when I get her from Heer Spencer

[Steve_The_Tank]

Hi

yeah its a big machine for sure and i bet you cant wait till its in your possetion


photos you can upload on a internet site called imageshack its free and pretty easy

you will need to crop photos so they fit on this forum if you have any trouble i give you my e-mail and you can send them to me and i upload them for you when the time comes

all the best from Steve

[Steenv]

yep, its the same for mine 1:8 Tiger

cheers
Steen

"another thing i like about the 1/6 tank when you go down a steep slope it goes down really slow without you touching the remote "just make sure its all on" or it will be Ouch!!
great for going down ramps

Steen or Panzerschreck can i ask is that the same for the 1/8 tanks? im sure it is just saying what i saw"