My Late Tiger I with a little makeover

[scalawag]

No problem Micky,

I believe it was added to later hatches as a way to pull the hatch shut from inside. The handle would actually sit in a bracket just on the inside of the hatch opening. Mine doesn't as the hatch opening is covered in.

This is the inside of the loaders hatch from the Saumur Tiger I which is a later model. You can see the loop for the rope attachment is welded between the locking wheel and the right hand grab handle.

[lister fiend]

Thanks Paul
Btw, have you made those clamps up yet?

[scalawag]

Btw, have you made those clamps up yet?

Yep I have now, made up the late ones this evening for this tank. They are on and painted, just need a clear coat and a filter applying tomorrow, and then the tools can be put back

I just couldn't leave it looking so crap

Pics when it's done

Got the Early Tiger to do now

[scalawag]

Ok now has the Voyager pe tool clasps fitted. Not great pics, but enough to give an idea of how these look.

[lister fiend]

nice one paul
it looks GREAT now you've done the clamps!
very tempted to get myself a set or two but must resist.........
i don't think brass & me go together well, after my hassles with my anti mine mesh on the kt
*&%$£"ing stuff just wouldn't stick!

[scalawag]

These are quite nice, a little fiddly, but not too bad really. I have the Early Tiger to do now

I use superglue on these and other PE stuff. Worked ok an the mesh on my Tigers

[jarndice]

Hi Paul, I love the detail on your Tiger but of course there is an error, I know because I did the same thing as you with the tow hook pintel, Just like you I took the Heng Long pin and attached a chain to it, but then being nosy I decided to try and find out where the other end of the chain went, I found a German website/forum and someone was asking about towing pins on Tigers, the person replying included some pictures of Tigers with their towing pins and I was surprised to see that the pin was STRAIGHT with the chain clipped to the top by a hole near the top of the pin, the pin then passed through the eye's of the towing assembly and the other end of the chain was clipped into the bottom using a hole near the base of the pin, the pin has a shoulder 1/4 of the way from the top to stop it from dropping through the eye's of the towing assembly, you have no idea how much I swore when I found out, I have been looking for the site where I saw this, I have found the site but I cannot find the particular reference? The site is - Tiger im focus, I hope you have more luck, and now I shall be watching with eagle eye's how your early Tiger 1 turns out take care my friend. shaun

[scalawag]

Thanks for the tip Shaun, I will have to take care of that.

So the pin is completely removable, and the chain is only fixed to the pin, meaning the pin and chain could be completely removed if needed.

This is what I love about this forum, people helping you out

Thanks again my friend

Paul

[Marc780]

This is an amazing weathering job you did. It looks very real. You even got the rust on the mufflers precisely correct, its a superb job really. The cable and handle from the hatch is a surprising touch, even though it makes perfect sense that the real thing would have had it. If it were photographed properly you would not be able to tell it from the real thing!

Only one thing caught my eye and it would be about perfect (if it were mine i wouldn't touch it as there's no way i could every improve it)...the gun would be blackened around the muzzle but like i said, perfect!

[tomhugill]

Actually the whole blackening the barrel thing is a but of a fallacy. I believe it on some of the earlier tigers it happened because of the lacquer in the paint at the barrel reacted with the heat but the cordite charge wouldn't cause blackening, especially with how well maintained these vehicles are.