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Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:05 am**

Hey Guys,
Hope everyone had a good super bowl party!!! I'm still eating chips and salsa...ha ha ha
Anywho, heres a couple photos from this weekends work.

I saw these brackets on the rear starboard hull of the tank I'm trying desperately to model, so I decided to make some out of some PE sprue.
I'm guessing the brackets were for Jerry cans, so I fitted it to one I had left over from an old Verlinden kit.

: Heres a pic I found on flickr of the rear hull brackets.; P2040001.JPG (89.18 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: spare PE sprue and Verlinden Jerry Can; P2040002.JPG (85.76 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: P2040003.JPG (94.5 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: Bend Bend Bend...batta-bing...; P2040004.JPG (89.07 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: fit like a glove; P2040005.JPG (89.56 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: Soldered them together and soldered mounting posts.; P2040006.JPG (86.12 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: Dry fit; P2040007.JPG (88.21 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: Taking a dip; P2040008.JPG (88.84 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: While bracket is Burnishing, going to work on port side Zimmerit for rear hull.; P2040009.JPG (84.48 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: Just need to be carful when cutting out, because this stuff can be brittle.; P2040010.JPG (85.09 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:27 am**

: All cut out and made a little damage.; P2040011.JPG (91.03 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: I forgot to sand back while it was still on the sheet, so I carefully and gently sanded to sheen off the back to give the glue something to bite into.; P2040012.JPG (89 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: All sanded; P2040013.JPG (92.55 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: Using CA glue to mount Zimmerit. Its the 10-20 second formula and fills gaps.; P2040014.JPG (90.8 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: Once in place I use the 1-3 seconds CA formula with a skinny glue spout around the edges. Its very watery and sucks right under the Zimmerit.; P2040015.JPG (88.63 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: Got Jerry Can brackets out of the burnishing fluid and mounted them.; P2040016.JPG (88.19 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

Some fellow Tankers helped me out with some photos and some advice regarding the 507th insignia. From the photo it looks like the Zimmerit was ground down for this particular insignia. So I will do the same...

: Many thanks to Akira at Missing-Lynx & Dave at Track-Link for the info and photo!!!!

: Here goes nothing...Tried this tip on my dremel, but it wasn't aggressive enough.; P2040017.JPG (91.59 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: This cutter worked much better.; P2040018.JPG (88.88 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

: Used a thin sanding stick to smooth out the rough spots.; P2040019.JPG (91.66 KiB) Viewed 4301 times

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:34 am**

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: Using reference book for insignia.; P2040021.JPG (91.33 KiB) Viewed 4300 times

: 507th; P2040022.JPG (88.07 KiB) Viewed 4300 times

: Scanned this out of book and cut out to get an idea of how it will look.; P2040023.JPG (89.8 KiB) Viewed 4300 times

: Hmmmm I think I got carried away with the dremel tool. Made it a bit to wide. I can fill in with putty and tool the Zimmerit up to the edge of the insignia.; P2040024.JPG (89.98 KiB) Viewed 4300 times

Ok fellas...thats it for now...Have a great week!!!

Posted: **Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:17 am**

: GOT MOST OF THE ATAK ZIMMERIT SECURED. ALSO FIXED INSIGNIA AREA TO FIT INSIGNIA BETTER.; P2100001.JPG (91.69 KiB) Viewed 4279 times

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: NOTICED STARTER ADAPTER PLATE HAS 4 POSTS. I THINK THE REAL MOUNTS ONLY HAD 2 POSTS...SO OFF TO THE CUTTING AREA.; P2100003.JPG (90.83 KiB) Viewed 4279 times

: 2 POST MOUNT ON REAL TIGER REAR HULL.; P2100004.JPG (95.68 KiB) Viewed 4279 times

: P2100005.JPG (93.34 KiB) Viewed 4279 times

: AND THEN THERE WERE TWO....; P2100006.JPG (90.86 KiB) Viewed 4279 times

: MAKING MOUNTS FROM SMALL ALUMINUM PIPE.; P2100007.JPG (86.54 KiB) Viewed 4279 times

: P2100008.JPG (89.46 KiB) Viewed 4279 times

: THIS SHOULD DO IT...; P2100009.JPG (86.12 KiB) Viewed 4279 times

: GOOD TO GO...; P2110018.JPG (88.44 KiB) Viewed 4279 times

Posted: **Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:27 am**

Noticed 20 ton jack base was a little off, so I tweeked it so it was correct.

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: P2100011.JPG (89.52 KiB) Viewed 4278 times

: BASE SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS WITH CROSS BRACES.; P2100012.JPG (94 KiB) Viewed 4278 times

: GOOD THING I HAD SOME EXTRA PARTS FROM THE JACK KIT LAYING AROUND.; P2100013.JPG (87.58 KiB) Viewed 4278 times

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: NOT PERFECT, BUT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE GIRLS I GO OUT WITH.; P2110015.JPG (88.77 KiB) Viewed 4278 times

: ALSO ADDED BASE BRACING WITH SOME STYRENE.; P2110016.JPG (85.88 KiB) Viewed 4278 times

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Posted: **Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:34 am**

Fantastic work Mr Burger

I'm enjoying this build

Posted: **Mon Feb 12, 2018 4:56 pm**

Grinding the Zimmerit pattern down a bit looks like a good solution. Better than only the micro setsol

Posted: **Tue Feb 13, 2018 3:33 am**

c.rainford73 wrote:Fantastic work Mr Burger I'm enjoying this build

Thank you sir...Slow and EZ...attention to details...

Posted: **Tue Feb 13, 2018 3:41 am**

Soeren wrote:Grinding the Zimmerit pattern down a bit looks like a good solution. Better than only the micro setsol

Hi Soeren,
Yes I agree with you. Plus, after studying some photos, it looks like the crews did the same when they received their Tigers in the field. It actually makes sense, so you don't have to fight the ridges of the Zimmerit.

: Curtesy of TIIF; 507TH.jpg (17.37 KiB) Viewed 4259 times

Posted: **Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:38 am**

All these details sure do bust my hump when it comes to whats required for my F05 T1 !!
The jack base is a well known feature, but its just never given the attention to highlight it in so many builds.
I guess there are so many other things that absorb attention that by the time a humble jack comes up, the builder is 'over it' by then.

Great work mate, plenty of things for others to draw on.

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