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Re: ABE'S EARLY TIGER 1 BUILD
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 2:32 pm
by edpanzer
Blood looks like it makes a good wash......
Re: ABE'S EARLY TIGER 1 BUILD
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 10:38 am
by Abe Froman
edpanzer wrote:Blood looks like it makes a good wash......
Its a big tank...not sure I have enough Blood to do the whole thing!
Re: ABE'S EARLY TIGER 1 BUILD
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:02 pm
by Abe Froman
People,
Do any of you have good pics showing the inside of the cupola of a real tiger showing the periscopes?
Can find almost nowt on the web!
Any help appreciated
Re: ABE'S EARLY TIGER 1 BUILD
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:00 pm
by DavidByrden
You didn't say which kind of cupola you need. Here's the first kind;
Re: ABE'S EARLY TIGER 1 BUILD
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:08 pm
by Abe Froman
David, they are great..respect man
Started them earlier based on a very fuzzy internet pic! But now David has posted these, I can crack on..
Scratching the bodies from styrene and adding some of the Aber brackets for the eye pads and pads between the scope blocks.
Test fit...not a great pic!
Test fit to see if the barrel lies horizontal ..looking good IMHO
Re: ABE'S EARLY TIGER 1 BUILD
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:25 pm
by DavidByrden
Oh, I'm sorry, did you want dimensioned drawings?
David
Re: ABE'S EARLY TIGER 1 BUILD
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:17 am
by Abe Froman
DavidByrden wrote:Oh, I'm sorry, did you want dimensioned drawings?
David
David, no thanks. I am basing the periscopes on the Aber etch dimensions but beefing them up. Will look OK when finished.....I hope
Derek
Re: ABE'S EARLY TIGER 1 BUILD
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 3:38 pm
by SovereignZuul
Hey Abe, I've been somewhat absent from these lovely forums but I did notice your entrance awhile back.
Good to see more energetic Tiger builds still happening, with lots of fancy parts and major over hauls done. Sorry I wasn't early enough to chime in on that turret ring issue sooner. I too have lowered mine quite a bit following in Tanksforthememeories footprints.
You're off to a great start, everything looking good so far. Watch those injuries, take your time and don't get hurt. I've got a pretty large (ugly) scar on the meat of my palm/thumb from a chisel too. Take care, looking forward to progress!
Re: ABE'S EARLY TIGER 1 BUILD
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:38 am
by Abe Froman
Sovereign...I remember as my dad got older, he injured himself more with screw drivers and chisels...must be a getting old thing!
Did some painting on the gun assembly, nothing spectacular as it will be seen only through the cupola in the internal shadows. BTW the built up section on top is sheet styrene layers to level up the gun when fitted.
Loaders Hatch side
And my Solder paint arrived as well, so will be practicing on the Aber fenders!
More laters
Re: ABE'S EARLY TIGER 1 BUILD
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:32 am
by HERMAN BIX
AAhhhhhh.............the solder paint , in the bottle, with label
Going on a mission to get me some of that.
By the way, cudos to you Mr Froman for the gun and cupola interior details,
Maybe I am a bit(lot) biased, but the Tiger commanders sure do seem to get that extra "oomph" when it comes to getting the best out of H/L's offering of the stock unit ?
yeah, righto, im biased............
