1/18 King Tiger Re Vamp In Progress

[grunt1]

As you know, via phone, count me in for each of the three options and two of the most common. Rock on Pic!

[normandy]

Production well underway at the Pickel Werks....

[pickelhaube]

All of the wheel moulds are made .

Things left to do to start production.

- Finish tow shackle
-Finish track moulds
-Make moulds for tow hooks

I think that is it.

Hopefully I will get this all done this weekend. Because next week looks to be a slow week at my regular job so the resin will be flowing !!

Normandy those pics look great !!!

[CW4USARMY]

No rush, I'm still practicing my painting.

[normandy]

Normandy those pics look great !!!

Pickelhaube, the Pics are easy......Your custom work is the difficult part!

I'm looking forward to this King Tiger and I'll be sending payment for the
Jagdtiger this weekend.
Thanks for another outstanding 1:18 custom.

[pickelhaube]

Things are progressing slowly but surely.

I have all of the upper hull bodies made.

I am still not done with the individual track moulds.

These moulds and the track links are proving to be problematic.

The connector links are coming out fine. The toothed/ tread links are the troublesome ones

There is such a tiny amount of rubber that can go in and around the pin . So when I pull the moulds apart that tiny piece of rubber tears out. Making the next pour almost semi solid not allowing the connecting track to interlock with it.

60 seconds with a Dremel takes care of this with ease.

I have made the top track link longer . By doing this it cuts out about 13 more links on one side.

By doing that it will also cut down on the individual link count by 600 pieces.
Now I need to make a form so when I pull those long lengths out of the mould they need to be formed into the long J as per the originals.

It still looks great while having the single links going around the main drive and rear idler.

[pickelhaube]

This is the track link of which I am having issues.

Also check out the top of the track. The elongated J will be made in one piece .



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[Jnewboy]

The more one piece sections the better!!

[normandy]

Progress sounds good Pickel!

[pickelhaube]

Yep the resin is flowing.

[normandy]

Dang , a look at the real Pickel Werks!
A one man design and production company; Pickel You Da Man.

Looking at these pictures I can see the amount of time and labor that You
put into these projects. All I can say is thank you for keeping our 1:18 dreams
and the 1:18 line alive!

This Tiger of Yours is looking Great, Nice job Matthew!!!

[normandy]

Just saw this video and thought it fitting, in honor of pickelhaube"s upcoming King Tiger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuzrwpOg3a4

[Jnewboy]

Looks great!

I love these pics as I love to look through the backgrounds and try to identify all the 1/18 stuff piled on each-other I also see lots of Horton parts still hanging around

[pickelhaube]

Almost ready to go out and pour more parts this morning.

After my second cup of coffee.

There are thousands of parts for me to pour. Mostly wheels and tracks .

I finally worked out the gun barrel mount , it is similar to my Panther II barrel mount .

Simple and effective.

So ALL of the engineering and mould work is done and all that is left to do is pour , pour , pour .

[pickelhaube]

Updated list of orders.

Please PM me if this not correct.


-----------------------Henschel-----------------Porsche---------------Jagdtiger

Zelda--------------------x---------------------------x---------------------x
Maritime 96-------------x--------------------------------------------------x
Normandy----------------x--------------------------------------------------x
Tank Ace ---------------x---------------------------x-----------------------x
Grockwood--------------x--------------------------------------------------x
Grunt--------------------x2-------------------------x2?--------------------x2?
Norman 88--------------x2
CW4USARMY -----------x
Robbie P.----------------x
Canberra Paul----------x
Skypirate ---------------x
Pierro of Italy-----------x
Harden Steel------------x?
Pickelhaube--------------x---------------------------x------------------------x

A total of 19 units. With 6 more probables and 3 for me.. Yes... I will make sure I have one of each for myself. I do not have many of my creations that I call my own but I got to have the K2 and it's variations .

This is a little short from the 42 orders from the poll.

Please let me know if this is correct.

[maritime96]

PM sent

[pickelhaube]

I have been busy making many many parts.

Over this long weekend I will do my best to build a Tiger for another online building instructions similar to what I did for the Horten project.

[normandy]

Pickel at the Pickelwerks.......

[maritime96]

Pickle you have incoming. PM sent - Thanks

[pickelhaube]

Alright guys I really have not had any time to put on the K2 . I probably should have not done the " live auction " at this time and probably should have done that after the K2 but ......

The live auction did kill about 3-4 days that I otherwise could have put on the Tiger project

Anyway I do have all of the hulls , turrets and half of the wheels poured. As well as a few other parts.

Real work has been kicking and I will probably work through till next week.

Next week we will be flying out to Los Angeles for my son's graduation !!

We will be leaving next Thursday and will be coming back on May 20.

I have already made plans for one of my buds to come over so we can get together and get the K2 kits out to you guys.

Between now and then I should be able to wrap up the directions so you guys will have that ready for when you recieve the kits.

How do the directions look so far ?

Any gray areas for you guys ?

[normandy]

That sounds good Pickel, this is going to be a great kit.

[CW4USARMY]

Congrats on your son's graduation Pickel! Always a proud moment! .
Everything looks great as far as instructions go. Wont know what I dont know until I start.

[pickelhaube]

All right guys. Obviously I did not get the chance to finish the directions.

We will be shoving off tomorrow morning and will be gone for 2 weeks .

We are going to Cali for my son's graduation.

Thank you all for your patience and as soon as I get back the Tiger will be priority # 1

Thanks to all you well wishers.

[CW4USARMY]

Have a great (and safe) trip Pickel!

[normandy]

Have a god trip and enjoy the graduation,
I'll need at least two weeks to make room on my workbench for a King Tiger build.