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Thank your for the heads up about the panzer books, just put them both on order, shall use them on my up coming build. Cheers mate.

Nuts & bolts https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/ac ... bolts.html

Awesome. Thanks. What size does most people use in general. These are to secure the exhaust shields to the rear panel.

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Hi,
I buy all my Nuts, Bolts, And Washers as well as the vital Nutspinners that do the job of a socket set from-
http://www.prime-miniatures.co.uk
The majority of the Nuts and Bolts that I buy is split pretty evenly between M1.2 and M1.6,
The Exhaust Shrouds on my Tiger 1s are held on by M1.6 Nuts Bolts and Washers.
A Tip,
When installing any "furniture" on the back panel of a 1/16 Tiger 1 remove it from the hull first and fit everything that has to go on the panel on the bench because you will have the devils own job trying to fit and tighten the Nuts holding the Towing Hook on the base of the panel and the lower nuts of the exhaust shrouds with the panel still attached to the Hull.
I use "Loctite 243" Threadlock on all my fixings, It holds everything in place but if you have to undo anything at a later date it comes free easily.
WARNING be very careful removing and replacing the screws holding the back panel in place,
The plastic lugs on the Panel are quite delicate and if you break one off you will need a new rear panel,
Don't ask

Cheers for the heads up on the rear panel, will take my care when removing and attaching. Thanks for the links to the bolts. Shall be picking up some for my Tiger tonight.

Got my bolts in the post, going to try and attach the re exhaust shrouds later on over the next few days, stay tuned for more updates. Soon it will be time to throw a coat of primer on the beast.

Well here we go. I ended up using M2.0x6 or at least that what it says on the packet. I didn't get any nuts which I am now regretting. So I figure either I'm going to order some or just be lazy and glue it in place. Either way time to work onto the second one.

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I'm calling them done at this point. Pretty dang happy with how they turned out. Beats the original by a mile so I'm happy. Next step is the rear convoy light and then onto the turret. Once the rear convoy light is done that will finish off the rear and I'll start the mounting process to the hull before I spray everything with a coat of primer.

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Looking good. Nice work on the shrouds.

Very nice work on the shrouds, I envy you Sir