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When I went to look at the Torro Jagdtiger for the first time in person the one thing that bugged me was the gun travel lock didn't move. This is how I fixed it, enjoy.

Here you see the factory travel lock, it looks nice but it doesn't move. Christian offers 2 different travel locks for the JT, 1 made of zinc and 1 hand made of brass. I chose the zinc one as I liked the look a little better and it was less expensive so win win!


Remove the upper hull and look on the inside of the front and you'll find 2 pins that go through the hull that are part of the travel lock and they're crazy glued in. I drilled the pins out so the factory travel lock could then be removed. Note the lower "hinged" parts, I used the factory ones I simple cut the travel lock free of the hinge parts that mount to the deck.


Once removed and set next to the new one from Christian, you can also see where I cut the original towards the bottom.


I then cut and filed down the left over piece from the hinge leaving just the portion that would attach to the tank then I test fit it.


Here it is raised still in test fitting. Note green squadron putty used to fill the pins holes also while I was at it I removed and puttied over the red LED that's to the left of the main cannon.




Here's the finished product! I also sanded down the fake old bolts and drilled out the deck hinge parts for a screw and nut. Also added the tiny brass parts for the travel lock, sadly I lost 1 of the tiny nuts for the brass bits so I just added a tiny drop of crazy glue to help hold it all together. I plan to use the insulation off of a wire to make a replacement "nut" for it. The crazy glue holds it all together perfectly the insulation will just be for cosmetics. Also need a couple more coats of paint to darken up the repaired area.



And yes it does go up and down and folds away juuuuuust like the real thing would! If anyone needs/wants more pics please just let me know, or if you have any questions please feel free.

Next time I'll be replacing the factory plastic mud flaps with the metal ones that RCtanksde sells mounted on brass hinges and working!

Till the mud flaps arrive...

That looks great, Jack. Now I might have to do that to mine. So how much was it with shipping and how long did it take to get to you? He takes paypal, right?

It was €24.78 shipped, like 2 weeks, and yes he takes paypal. And thank you!

Nice touch..really adds to the overall impression.

You sure you're wearing pants while working on this thing Mr Jack !!?
I know I would struggle

After visiting with the Jagd at the old Aberdeen proving grounds in 2010 and seeing up close the gouges in the glacis armour, I always had a plan that if ever I got an RC one that I would make a localised thicknessing lamination and try to replicate the depth of the shot gouge.
Sure was a hell of a machine to be near let alone be opposing one.

Go you for getting hold of one Sir.

thank you for good photo serie

Nice uppgrade

Looks cool! I have a blank canvas Jagdtiger upper & lower waiting in boxes to be done in the near future. Are there in RC tank groups down your way in Md? (I'm in South York, Pa)

pedal2metal wrote:Looks cool! I have a blank canvas Jagdtiger upper & lower waiting in boxes to be done in the near future. Are there in RC tank groups down your way in Md? (I'm in South York, Pa)

I wish there were but sadly no. If you're in York PA maybe we can get together and try to come up with one.
Where in York are you?

I don't know how I missed this Jack,
A brilliant conversion of a static part to a fully functioning piece of engineering, Nice.
Shaun.

Thank you Mr.Shaun! I'm no where near the league of some of you professional builders but I'm learning and trying.