Tiger 1 Air induction Pipe

[Hetzer]

How do fellas, I found some fiber glass weave cable sleeving in my local electrical supplies yesterday which makes for a good representation of Tiger 1 air pipe.

I found that it slides perfectly over the stock Heng Long pipe, cut to size, glued at both ends and sprayed the jobs a good 'un.

[streetfighterjeff]

great idea bud, and it looks the part as well.
jeff

[ANZAC]

I tried that same with high temp sleeving but the paint never took & gave up

what did you paint yours with Hetzer - nice job

[Hetzer]

Yes, ANZAC the stuff I used here is heat resistant sleeving. I sprayed Tamiya acrylics through an airbrush and the paint adheres perfectly with a matt finish.

[Willhob]

Hi !
It's a great idea! I was getting crazy finding a way to reproduce it!
May I gently ask were I can find one?
Electronic shops maybe??

thanks

Will.

[Se7eN]

I just use heatshrink tubing, seem to work ok for me
-x se7en x-

[Willhob]

thank you for your advice..
I let you see the final work on the below pictures.

cheers,

Gianfranco (Will).

[Hetzer]

Hoofing....splendid job. One or two rivet counters might say its a little over scale, but it still looks much , much better than the stock shiny smooth stock pvc tube. ( Which incidentally does not take to painting very well)

[Willhob]

Hi!
Thank x your reply. I believe that they are good too.
Concerning the scale the diameter of those pipes is the same of the hl one!!
I used an iron cable, taking out all the wires and using only the cover.
I painted it in black, few pigments and dry brush (over the all pipes with gun metal; this makes the upper parts more visible than the others).
I finally used a bit of orange rust, for the rust effect.

It has not difficult.

Cheers,

Gianfranco.

[EddyK]

My automotive electrician gave me the wiring casings, which are used in cars.



To get the form of the tube, I use backflow pipe from diesel cars. I cleaned it from cloth coating. Purified rubber tube was treated with an glue and then was putted on the new coating.



There's the result:



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