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Here is my long awaited Tiger (P)! The progress is slow being one of the too many projects that i am engaged with It still needs a lot of detailing including finishing off the Zimerit on the sides and turret.

I do have a soft spot for tanks that are rare in 1/16 or simply not made. My previous project was a Jaegdtiger (of the correct proportions) see past topics.

When finished it will resemble 003. The only one completed Tiger(P) with chassis number 150013 that saw combat service as a command tank - Panzerbefehlswagen VI(P) with schwere Heeres Panzerjager Abteilung 653. It was used by its commander, Hauptmann Grillenberg (turret number 003), on the Eastern Front in early/mid of 1944.

Great looking Tiger (P), the detailing is excellent. Just a question, what was the hole in the Commanders Cupola hatch used for? Great work Kommandant...

Hi RD. I was wondering myself about that hole. My guess is that it was either a pistol hole or a portable periscope hole (just my guess). As it was a Commander's tank of a Tank Destroying unit, i guess that there was no real danger from enemy infantry climbing over the tank and throwing in grenades as they kept well away from it. On the other hand, in the original photo, it looks big enough (and i will enlarge it more to scale) for the commander to simply pop his head though it for observation purposes. After all it was a rather unique beast.

Nice work!
Definitely a unique tank.

wow really good work there fella yours looks so much better than the metal one from tankzone real mean looking tiger

Just the reference to the past built JagdTiger. I hope that soon both can pose on a roadmarch of the Abteilung photo

http://www.rctankwarfare.co.uk/forums/v ... =33&t=7647

Thanks for the info KommandantX, very interesting. I'm presently doing a Befhels Tiger from the 507th and read somewheres that Major Schmidt had two openings in his commanders hatch cut out for the scissor periscope. I wish I had an actual pic to confirm this as text is not always accurate. Once again Thanks for the info.

Hi RD!
I think that i found your photo! have a look! I do not know if it was the same as Herr Schmidt's but whatever you do will be historically correct as it is from 507
Let's keep those monsters rolling!

I have also added a link that has a picture of the scissor periscope in case you decide to make one.

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=scisso ... m#10336622

http://www.armortek.co.uk/Forum3b/viewt ... 9&start=45

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=S1gb ... nk&f=false

RD i missed out the link with the scissor periscope, here it is:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_10336 ... m#10336622

Good Luck!

Dude, you are the man!! I've been looking for that pic now for awhile. Now I got figure out how he/they kept the elements out, especially on the Eastern Front. Also, being a command tank possibly a tactical bound or so behind the tanks in contact, I wonder if they were ever worried about infantry climbing aboard and utilizing their weapons or grenades. Thanks again Kommandant