Building a Tiger 1

[Bigwheels_inc]

Thanks for the help guys

Blimp thats a great site

Tank man Thank you for the pics there great and show quite a few diffrences, looks like there's a 1/4 inch diffrence in the lenth of the turrets but now just to work out where
you know what they say in for a penny in for a pound so anything that needs modding to be right or look right has to be done,
The turret seems to be the main issue with most 1/16 Tiger 1's ive seen not including Tamiya's
should of kept my Tamiya tiger 1 and finished it, but with the cost of the tamiya I could'nt bring myself to modd it LOL

as for spares I always have a few laying around and more comming in so thats not a problem
lets hope I can make this one something special and document it on here for anyone else who needs the info

[The Tank Man]

If all else fails you could allways buy the turret there on eBay JRRC has then in stock there about £15 but you only get the turret not the top lid but I'm sure you could get the henglong parts to fit

[Bigwheels_inc]

Hi guys,
Just a quick update on the Tiger 1
Decided its going to be an eaarly Tiger 1 just because its cheaper to build for now,
heres some pic's of the work so far, let me know what ou think.

Opened the ehgine bay cover up and hinged it.




Also opened and hinged the Radiator covers




Moved the turret hole back 10mm (still got sanding to finish etc)



& got the exhausts working properly



Now to sort the rear panel out and make it the right height and do a few other little bits
will update soon

[Herr Fritz]

I really enjoy seeing work like this. Sir you are doing some creative mods there!

Thanks for sharing.
I can't wait to see more and I wait get my shop set up and get back to mien early Tiger project.

[The Tank Man]

Brilliant work so far keep it up!!

[caddyshack]

Looks like your off to a great start. Keep up the good work.

[Bigwheels_inc]

Thanks for the comments guys, But its still going to need allot of filler, LMAO
and its built out of the parts that I deemed unsellable, the turret had the barrel snapped off and the cupola broken and the upper hull electrics where shot, and the chassis has a massive crack in it,
But all hope is not lost, we have the power to rebuild
and now for something completely diffrent


Pete's Tip of the week
Ok so we all get sticky bits like where stickers or double sided tape has been removed from the back of your RX18,
So this is how I remove it quickly

1) remove offending item (in this case stickers)


2) Get out the lighter fluid


3)Apply lighter fluid to sticky stuff/patch



4)wait for 8 - 10 seconds (unlike photobucket which is taking 5 minutes just to resize this pic)


5)Wipe with some Kitchen towl


6)Hey Presto no more sticky stuff/Patch

you may need to do steps 1-5 two to three times depending on how sticky the stuff is but it works every time

[Bigwheels_inc]

Started on the rear panel
still got to fill & sand it but its getting there

[littletankman]

Theres a load of issues with the HL Tiger but its all fun

[littletankman]

Hi I moved my turret back 10mm and centerlised the ring on the turret base so I could fit the turret protection ring .

andy