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Re: Tamiya late Tiger 1

Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:50 pm
by tankmad
tomhugill wrote:
tankmad wrote:
tomhugill wrote:How are you doing the steel wheels Stevie?
Patience Tom I don't want to spoil the surprise ;)
Stevie
I need a couple of sets for future builds so I'll be very interested in what you do![/quote
Got the wheels from Germany they are similar to the wheels I have in my Fehrmann Tiger they are made of solid billet very nice wheels these ones have bearings in them as well they cost 200 euros but I think they are worth it. I got the vents for the top of the turret from Forgebear but he is on holiday now till later in the month if you are looking for them Maxmekker.
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Re: Tamiya late Tiger 1

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:51 pm
by tankmad
Done the painting on the hull turret and wheels even managed to weather the wheels had to rub off the paint using a sander to get the rims back to metal.
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Re: Tamiya late Tiger 1

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:19 pm
by spongehoobtank82
You could of just run the tank to get the wheels back to bare metal dude, well if you are using metal tracks would not of took long, chips my paint off the wheels/ sprocket/ idler in couple of hours, although if your using plastic/resin tracks am not sure how long! Looking good though I like your camo scheme mate

Re: Tamiya late Tiger 1

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:27 pm
by billpe
You'd be surprised, I tried that on my KT, the primer never came off.

Re: Tamiya late Tiger 1

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:49 pm
by spongehoobtank82
Yeah I guess it depends on the weight too, my tiger ways in over 16lb/ 8kg ish prob helps scape it off, it would pain me to grind of my paint job though!

Re: Tamiya late Tiger 1

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:44 pm
by tankmad
Got the wheels and the tracks on and done some weathering.
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Re: Tamiya late Tiger 1

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 10:25 am
by Guido Henn
Hello,

great work and a very nice paintjob on the late TigerI . :thumbup:

How are you satisfied with the running characteristics of wheels?

Because of the wheels ...... until mid-April, I should have new sets wheels in the shop.


regards,Guido ;)

Re: Tamiya late Tiger 1

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:17 am
by tomhugill
Stevie, your late tiger is beautiful! You've done it the hard way starting with a Tamiya but it's really paid off! The wheels are excellent, I'll be ordering a couple of sets when you do the next batch guido.

Re: Tamiya late Tiger 1

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:23 am
by billpe
Yeah, same, when I get round to another Tiger I will definitely get a set. Not sure when that might be, that XION Puma is calling out for me.

Re: Tamiya late Tiger 1

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:59 am
by Guido Henn
Not sure when that might be, that XION Puma is calling out for me.
and for me too :crazy:

@ Tom: i'll send you a pm when the sets are ready,you could be sure. :wave:

Regards,Guido ;)