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Glad to see you are having so much fun with the hobby! The tiger has really evolved

Thanks. I thought my Tiger was finished long ago but every time I look it over I see something else to improve. Definitely about the funnest hobby I’ve ever had. Now with the electronic improvements I’m increasing the enjoyment of the hobby exponentially.

Here’s a short video. Nothing too exciting but you can hear the two airplane user sounds and see a nice slow spin turn. I imagine this Tiger to be near a Russian village in 1942.

Just as a reference for anyone trying to model one of the first 100 Tigers. They only carried 5 gun cleaning rods, 3 on the right and two on the left side. I just recently learned this and removed one of mine tonight or it would be driving me crazy. Thought I would pass on the info in case anyone wanted to use this thread as one of their modeling resources. Here’s my source: http://tiger1.info/EN/Cleaning-rod-holders.html



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Does this apply to the late production ones as well? Good catch too my friend!!!!


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Apparently only the first 100 tanks had 5 rods. After that they had the more familiar six. I found out that not many folks model the initial production Tiger 1 however I still think it’s important to expand the modelers knowledge base of info. Just in case.

I finally got around to using my Aber jack detail parts. I used a plastic Taigen jack for the project and the most difficult step was using a sharp chisel blade to carefully remove the part that the handle attaches to. That part needs to be reused so it was a slow careful job. I’ve seen other modelers get better results but I still think it looks better than the metal Mato jack I had.



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Here’s a quick comparison illustrating the difference it made.



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A very nice touch of detail often overlooked
I avoid the worry of slicing lumps out of my jacks by pin vicing a couple of holes in the jack then bend a staple to shape and place the ends of the staple into the waiting glue filled holes,
To finish off the jack I pin vice a hole in each of the jack holding brackets and push the shaft of a Shumo Wing/Butterfly Nut in place.
I long ago made up a batch of jacks ready fitted out and painted so that when the next build comes along the jack is ready,
I don't know why Heng Long/Taigen provide the ready folded handle which looks rubbish when the addition of a proper handle adds so much to the look of the jack as your pleasingly detailed example proves.

Good Morning, Mr. Jimster,
A worthy addition to that detailed and eye candy rich build. ABER uses the Tamiya ( or Taigen or MATO or HL ) plastic jack to achieve comparable realism. Fiddly but worth the work as you have shown.
regards,
Painless