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Would make a good 1/16 project dont you think 

I've got a couple kits of this Berg Tiger not yet built. I have a 1/72 Dragon kit and an Italeri 1/35 kit. I think it would be a relatively simple conversion from a Tiger.

i think its a great idea for a 1/16 model, it would look real cool going round a battlefield towing the dead tanks off

        Tony

I started doing a 1/16th version a while back. Its easy to do, I even got the crane all built and fitted until I found out what it was for. Apparently it wasnt for tank recovery or engineering, it was for placing demolition charges in front of enemy fortifications. So the Charge would be slung from the crane, driven up to the "blockage", dropped, the Tiger backed off and then the charge was detonated in place. So I kinda thought bugger that and stripped it all off. Having said taht I have just this month been collecting teh bits back up to start teh project again for something different, but no, no good for towing stuck tanks, never designed for that.

Rckt

tiger205 wrote: i think its a great idea for a 1/16 model, it would look real cool going round a battlefield towing the dead tanks off

         Tony

Tiger tanks were forbidden by regulations to tow crippled comrades.

it wasn't recommended but it was done.....

the preferred method....

Great pics oz, i suppose it does'nt matter what the rules are if your mate breaks down in his tiger your gonna give him a tow (bugger the stress on the engine) 

So the Berg would be a pretty easy conversion and fitted with the 3:1 ration gearboxes would be able to tow pretty much anything on the 1/16 battlefield.

Im tempted.

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