Tiger 131 project

[Markocaster]

If I want to improve my models my instant solution is to take my glasses off.

[wibblywobbly]

Not much progress at all as I discovered much too late that I was almost out of the paint colours that I needed, should have it all on Tuesday, All that I have managed to do is put bullet holes and dents in the exhausts, air filters and turret bin, and rust the shrouds. No idea why I bothered for a piece of battlefield scenery, but as I already mentioned, I converted the solid mantlet/barrel into two seperate parts, then lengthened the barrel to the correct length, and now I have a complete mount for a recoil in there as well.

[silversurfer1947]

looking good already.

[Markocaster]

Ultimately it's what looks good to you and that's all that really matter
Do the mods that suit you and skip the ones that don't. Your doing a great job and I can't wait to see the final product

[wibblywobbly]

Having come across Zov's build in Google images, I discovered a very rare turret roof pic of 131. This shows that the vent is both in the wrong place, and different to the usual offerings as it has the cover on. I can't do the wingnuts but I managed to get a fairly close version of the real thing.

[silversurfer1947]

I've got some scale wingnuts, if they would be of use. not sure how many though. Alternatively, I have the Aber brass PE ones, which I did not attempt.

[wibblywobbly]

Thanks for the offer but I will see how it looks when it is finished, this is, or was, supposed to be a quick, cheap, and cheerful Tiger 131, plus an opportunity to see what I could make rather than buy. It is only since I started this little jaunt that I discovered all of the bits that are unique to this Tiger. I 'think' I have now got all of the angles covered, just a few scuff marks to put in. I actually put too many bullet holes in the exhaust shrouds. I picked up the wrong one, the left one doesn't have any so I will have to go back and fill those in.

I keep looking at that infernal turret, I know its wrong, I know it should be put right....it will play on my mind forever if I don't correct it, time will tell!

[wibblywobbly]

Slowly getting there, it has now has the base coat on. I am now leaning towards portraying this as it was prior to capture, so it will have the battle damage on the rear, but not the shell damage on the front. If I do it as it is now, all pristine and restored at Bovington, it wouldn't look like it did when it was captured, and wouldn't be 'right' for how a battle weary 131 looked.

It had already suffered some damage, and had been repaired. There is a 'D' shaped weld in the upper hull under the mantlet, so something must have clobbered it at some point.

IMG_20160903_091551.jpg (65.5 KiB) Viewed 3725 times

Seeing as it will be a battlefield scenic, I am also thinking of splitting a track and making a sprocket hoist to display it like this.

index-3.jpg (34.67 KiB) Viewed 3725 times

[HERMAN BIX]

Nice..............no way I would do a '131'..........too much rigidity and expectation !
Be good to see the gantry set up for sure.

[jarndice]

Tanks for the Memories Tiger 1 build includes the Gantry as part of the ancillary equipment,
Worth a look but then again the whole of TFTMs Tiger 1 build is worth a look.
Shaun.