Desert Tiger 1

[tiger tiger]

Thank you saxondog for the positive feedback and the info, i would love to see a pic of your tiger. . would be great to see them side by side maybe you can do some photoshop magic , thats too technical for me

[tiger tiger]

Some more pics as ive since added fiefel cleaner chains and the front step on the front track bar and a couple of deatailing on deck lid and turret.

[Markocaster]

What a great looking Tiger

[tiger tiger]

Well madness has definitely set in, ive now taken it all to bits again to do more detailing. i got a mato drivers block removed the old moulded in one and fitted the new one in the open position with a bit of perspex as the plate glass in the slit. Struggling with the voyager bits n bobs though its all so small and fiddly. got the mato metal clamps large n small as standby in case i dont manage the voyager fiddlys.

[tomhugill]

Hey tiger, have you seen my Tunisian tiger build in the tamiya section? I've used the voyger PE set on it, might be of help? Are you uk based?

[Earwig]

whilst i,m relatively new to having model tanks....I,m not new to knowing a bit about them...what,s confusing me here is the number on this one...i,ve seen pics of 312...and it carried a decal of the Knight on Horseback on the turret near to the front lifting lug, it also had a yellow band on the barrel with the number 312 in black...and it fought in Russia..furthermore..the 312 i saw was,not an early production model...it was a late...

[jarndice]

Tiger, tiger, I bought the ABER clamps some time back and took one look and put them in the bottom of my parts box, what I use for a substitute are the small and large tow rope clamps that FORGEBEAR sells, with a little bit of filing and some work with a paint brush you have a realistic copy that is sturdy, is easy to fit and if you want to put a thread on it will bolt on if you do not care to use glue, they are good for clamping tools as well as tow ropes, like I say use some of the small DRAPERS files and the soft metal can be readily shaped to look just right. It is so good to see another MUG getting sucked into this lunacy good luck. shaun

[scalawag]

I think the Turret numbers are really for identification within the unit and were painted on at unit level.

The factory identifying numbers are the only unique identifier for any particular Tiger, and these are stamped into the chassis, turret etc.

It is entirely possible for there to be more than one tank with the same turret number as different units may have used the same or similar numbering system. I believe one common system was:

1st number is the company the vehicle belongs to.
2nd number is the platoon the vehicle belongs to.
3rd number is the individual vehicle number.
Company HQ tanks often replaced the second number with a 0 and sometimes began vehicle numbering from 0.

So a companies numbering system might look like this:

HQ - 201, 202 (or 200, 201)
1st Platoon - 211, 212, 213, 214, 215
2nd Platoon - 221, 222, 223, 224, 225
3rd Platoon - 231, 232, 233, 234 ,235
4th Platoon - 241, 242, 243, 244, 245

This is a very simplified version of the general numbering system, and many different variations of this and other systems were used in practice.

Turret numbers get changed on specific vehicles too as they are transferred within a unit or between units. So it is also possible for a tiger to have more than one turret number during its lifetime.

Turret numbers are not a very accurate way to identify particular tigers, it is much better to try and match up unique features such has hit marks and battle damage, or production features.

[tomhugill]

Shaun, the aber clamps are a whole world of pain up from the voygers, you don't have to worry about cutting the 3mm wire and bending the clamps round, just a matter of bending. They both look just as good IMO. If you want to sell those aber clamps let me know!

[ALPHA]

NICE Tiger...tiger ..just think...you could have avoided all the mish mosh about the markings if you had done it up GIRLS UND PANZER STYLE



Though it would mean your commander would have to be reassigned

ALPHA