Early Tiger 1 my first build

[billpe]

CA can always be sanded and covered with paint, don't worry. Treat the whole thing as a learning experience. Its looking good so far. My only comment would be I don't think there are weld lines around the gun shield.

[Markocaster]

CA can always be sanded and covered with paint, don't worry. Treat the whole thing as a learning experience. Its looking good so far. My only comment would be I don't think there are weld lines around the gun shield.

Thanks I was trying to get the weld like this image around the base of the gun , but I think I overdid it. I realized it is further forward so it has been removed.

Thanks for your comments it helps to have other eyes to point out the mistakes

[Marky Voodoo]

Evening Mark.

That's some great work going on there. I really take my hat off to you guys who get every detail spot on.
Keep up the great work mate.

Cant wait to see her finished.

All the best.

Mark

[Markocaster]

Evening Mark.

That's some great work going on there. I really take my hat off to you guys who get every detail spot on.
Keep up the great work mate.

Cant wait to see her finished.

All the best.

Mark

Mark thanks for the kind words. The more detail I add the more I want to add

[Markocaster]

Worked in the smoke grenade launchers added wires

And yet more welds. I think these on the rear are correct ? If not please let me know

And a few more

[Markocaster]

Removed the welds on the rear , after a little looking thru books they were inaccurate ,
No work on it today , spent the day swimming and drinking cold beers w friends.
I am not liking the fiefel cleaners they look too rough , any ideas how to smooth them out other than start again?
Also I am torn as to moving the turret back to proper position, anyone have the correct measurements for moving the hole back?
Final ? Fixing the turret bin, I am thinking just add plastic to the sides? Any other ideas. Thanks guys

[billpe]

The welds down the sides near the tow bars are right, theres a bunch of much smaller welds on the back which are very hard to spot unless you look at a freshly sand blasted one in detail! Its all a learning process though. Like all detail, do as much as you feel happy with. Not sure on the best method to smooth the aircleaners but If I was to do it, I'd build up some layers of Mr Surfacer 500 then use a sanding sponge (the Tamiya ones are excellent) to get a very smooth finish.

[jarndice]

Mark Hi, If you want information on building a Tiger 1, the best place in my opinion is to scroll down to Heng Long Builds and once there scroll down 5 items to Tanks for the memories" BUILDING A MID PRODUCTION NORMANDY TIGER 1 " it has all you could need including moving the Turret, by far the best Tiger 1 build on the Forum I think, but you seem intent on bettering it,Start on page one and trawl through to the end. After a short break which left people like me suffering withdrawal symptoms TFTM has resumed the build and I cannot recommend it highly enough. Hope that helps. shaun

[HERMAN BIX]

Mark Hi, If you want information on building a Tiger 1, the best place in my opinion is to scroll down to Heng Long Builds and once there scroll down 5 items to Tanks for the memories" BUILDING A MID PRODUCTION NORMANDY TIGER 1 " it has all you could need including moving the Turret, by far the best Tiger 1 build on the Forum I think, but you seem intent on bettering it,Start on page one and trawl through to the end. After a short break which left people like me suffering withdrawal symptoms TFTM has resumed the build and I cannot recommend it highly enough. Hope that helps. shaun

I will Amen that mate............by far the most involved and hes not afraid to go backwads in order to go forwards(the Zimmerit is amazing) the content & detail, along with the "instruction" is a privelige to watch.
As with any build, its easy to beat yourself up over what can be done, but its always a learning curve no matter how complete the project seems.
As was the actual manufacturing process and developement of the real vehicle, hindisght is a truely wonderful thing seldom blessed to those building it.

[Markocaster]

Thanks billpe I will try the. Mr surfacer i have a bit on hand, just need to get some fine sandpaper.
I read tanks for the memories build a while back, I just bookmarked it and will go thru it again, he is a master, such detail.
Shaun there is no way I could better that and I don't want to try to out do anyone :)it's not a contest to me , I am just having fun with this and want to do a halfway decent job and the more help I get from you guys and reading is forum and other places the more enjoyment I get out of it.
Like Herman said there is a learning curve, and I have to go back a bit to move forward, like he air cleaners, they need work for sure. And not that they wouldn't work fine as is , it just seems to make me want to improve the more I do it certainly is addictive, but strangely I am starting to enjoy it more and more
Thanks again to all of you for the help and inspiration
Mark