Old Tamiya King Tiger Re-build

[billpe]

Yeah, It's (on a good day, assuming he doesn't take another vehicle) the battalion commanders tank. HQ section had standard I, II and III numerals and the company command tanks were 100, 101, 200, 201, 300 and 301. Assuming Tigers in Combat is correct, it was probably one of 45 delivered in December 1944, so factory painted, with some of the later revisions (notice it's not equipped with a jack and as you point out, there is a jerry can or two where the jack block would be) Tiger II with a whitewash over the top. Other photos of 509 Tiger IIs show they came with a track rope but not the reinforced front fenders. Oddly some of the other 509 Tiger IIs have a jack block but no jack mount.

[Merlin707]

Great work so far riggy, looking forward to seeing the completed article.

[riggy15]

The equipment is a basket, made of metal strips, containing jerrycans.
The tank is indeed a command tank, with 2 radio sets.

David

Yeah, It's (on a good day, assuming he doesn't take another vehicle) the battalion commanders tank. HQ section had standard I, II and III numerals and the company command tanks were 100, 101, 200, 201, 300 and 301. Assuming Tigers in Combat is correct, it was probably one of 45 delivered in December 1944, so factory painted, with some of the later revisions (notice it's not equipped with a jack and as you point out, there is a jerry can or two where the jack block would be) Tiger II with a whitewash over the top. Other photos of 509 Tiger IIs show they came with a track rope but not the reinforced front fenders. Oddly some of the other 509 Tiger IIs have a jack block but no jack mount.

Thanks fellas, wonder how long one of these beasts would run with a few jerry cans being slopped iunto the fuel tank

Great work so far riggy, looking forward to seeing the completed article.

Thanks Merlin.

[jarndice]

Hi Riggy, David is the man for an accurate KPL/MPG but my understanding is, it was a negative ie Litres per Kilometre or Gallons per mile. I shall wait for the definetive from David. shaun

[edpanzer]

Yeah I think it was more like how many gallons to the mile.

[puramo]

Riggy this looks like a lot of very hard work
what about the IBU2 , it's a lot more than just forward or backward but it would be way more fun in the long run no ? Keep up the good work

[billpe]

Thanks fellas, wonder how long one of these beasts would run with a few jerry cans being slopped iunto the fuel tank

It depends on the terrain but It's about 200m per litre. So at least two gallons per mile. It's not a big engine either by the grand scheme of things, both in it's actual size or it's capacity. It's not even half the capacity of a big radial like a Centaurus.

[riggy15]

Riggy this looks like a lot of very hard work
what about the IBU2 , it's a lot more than just forward or backward but it would be way more fun in the long run no ? Keep up the good work

Cheers Puramo, I have being looking at the IBU2, but to be honest I am only just starting to learn about RC, which is why I was just thinking of starting simple without to many up / downs / recoil / bang / sounds---------- etc (Having said that theres plenty of time to change, and there is plenty more crawly things to make).

It depends on the terrain but It's about 200m per litre. So at least two gallons per mile

Jeeeez, unreal.

Anyhoooooo, on with a bit more progress, I mentioned earlier on in the build that the original barrel got buggered when I started to strip her down, so I purchased a cheap alloy replacement from E-Bay, then set about building a new barrel.

First up was to remove the plastic barrel that I had cracked beyond repair ready to recieve the alloy one


In the above piccy the 'connection' end of the barrel did not fit into the 'mantel' end very well (loose), this was solved by cutting up a plastic syringe which had the correct internal and external dimensions (lucky or what)



And together, with the ball fixing mount removed. I know I will have no 'recoil' action but that is not a problem as that was never in my original plan (The original kit did not have this option, just a led flash unit to simulate firing ---- thats what the wires are coming out of the gun)


Final piccy, barrel primed ready for camo application latern on.

[riggy15]

Moved onto the rear end and added lifting lugs onto the exhaust covers, made two flanges for the exhaust stacks, and enlarged the outlet from the exhaust with me good old dremmel. Pic below shows the home made exhaust flanges (left one original) bolt heads made from hex plastic strip.



Last pic for now shows the exhausts 'rusted' and test fitted, plus the exhaust covers.



Its getting to the stage where I am gonna have to decide which tank to base this on ( going of the earlier idea) and it is looking like it shall be one of the earlier units that had the jack still fitted ----- but that is more than likely having to apply some zim ------ decisions decisions

Later
Martyn.

[puramo]

"I am gonna have to decide which tank to base this on"

less wheels to paint