Help, Restoration Project on a first release FOV King Tiger
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:45 pm
Help Restoration Project of a first release FOV 1:16 King Tiger.
I might be getting the FOV 1:16 king tiger to repair
Price for FOV King Tiger $200. USD
Price to fix up and restore King Tiger: unknown
When restored: priceless
did the FOV king tiger come with an extra road wheel?
I might be getting the FOV 1:16 king tiger to repair
Price for FOV King Tiger $200. USD
Price to fix up and restore King Tiger: unknown
When restored: priceless
did the FOV king tiger come with an extra road wheel?
Yoxford wrote:Patrick,
First off it is the hard to find, first release, King Tiger!!!!…but it is quite beat up. Most of it can be fixed, and what is gone can be made better with 1/16 after market parts available from backyard armor. I did quite a few upgrades to mine so it’s not the end of the world and actually makes it a much more detailed. BUT they are expensive little buggers.
Big things that stand out are:
Missing the rear engine deck lid….I do not see it in the box so you will want to ask if it is in there. Also the hinge area is gone and so is the little retaining arm that holds the deck lid in the open position. These are parts you will need as I know of no after market replacement for them.
The rear escape door is missing the right side hinge, and also seems to be missing the hand hold. Left forward turret lift ring seems broken, and the loaders hatch is also missing its hand hold & missing its retaining arm (I see the arm in box and can be re-glued, it is the white curved thingy at the bottom of the parts pile) The retaining hooks for the spare track links on the turret are broken, (again metal upgrade parts are available.)
The misc. white parts are from inside the turret and seem to be from the main gun carriage. The Turret does release so you should be able to fix these. The coaxial MG is broken off and can be re-glued alongside the gun carriage.
The two parts next to the broken road wheel seem to be the rear mud flaps, should re-glue ok.
The road wheel is the rough one. I have no idea without up close shots of the tank suspension arm. That may be the hardest thing to fix. Worst case is you glue it on and it remains a frozen road wheel. Shrapnel took out the bearings.