Half way there, new trunnions, nasty shovel on bow removed, MG rail, new jack handle and detail, all hatch handles replaced, armored cable for headlight, and spare track mounts on turret.
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/8594 ... 122ta4.jpg
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/1227 ... 128yp7.jpg
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/5669 ... 127dw8.jpg
Still to finish is: mount the periscopes, antenna, side tow cable, spare antenna tube, screens on the engine deck, add the extra road wheels, paint, weather, and add number 131 of Walter Hahn, 1st company of the 101st SS Panzer division, Normandy 1944
FOV 1/18 Tiger 1 modification
FOV 1/18 Tiger 1 modification
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... Very nice to see this coming along.
* Can you do something w/ the radio and driver op. hatches so that they can be opened
(: hinged ): * ?
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... Very nice to see this coming along. * Can you do something w/ the radio and driver op. hatches so that they can be opened
(: hinged ): * ?
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Still adding details, so I thought I would show the progress to the rear deck, turret, and front hull.
First two shots show the added detail for the removed Feifel air filter system, including the hose retainers and hose clamps on the exchange tubes. Also added a hinge that was missing on the escape hatch and detailed the loaders hatch.
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9872/picture150mq0.jpg
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7174/picture156oo8.jpg
Next two pics show the front of the turret and hull with the added coax MG, binocular gun sight, ball MG scope sight, scratch built handle and clasp for the jack block, armor cable for the headlight, and added the periscopes in the last picture. Of note is the removed running gear from the donor FOV Tiger off to the left. Wheels are next.
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9448 ... 149zd7.jpg
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/580/ ... 57cxx8.jpg
First two shots show the added detail for the removed Feifel air filter system, including the hose retainers and hose clamps on the exchange tubes. Also added a hinge that was missing on the escape hatch and detailed the loaders hatch.
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/9872/picture150mq0.jpg
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7174/picture156oo8.jpg
Next two pics show the front of the turret and hull with the added coax MG, binocular gun sight, ball MG scope sight, scratch built handle and clasp for the jack block, armor cable for the headlight, and added the periscopes in the last picture. Of note is the removed running gear from the donor FOV Tiger off to the left. Wheels are next.
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9448 ... 149zd7.jpg
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/580/ ... 57cxx8.jpg
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[+] > Coming along very nicely Mark. The added features are a real + ! *
[+] > "Keep up the great job on it". *
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[+] > "Keep up the great job on it". *
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Really shows what can be done to the FoV tiger.. Well done, keep the pics coming! 
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[+] > ... More like the axles. OoOoOo
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... More like the axles. OoOoOoMitch v MG
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Getting to the wheels was easy.
Getting them off was not.
I had assumed from all the screws in the construction that the wheels were also mounted that way, but when I got down to it, they are mounted with “child proof” rivets glued into the wheel….so to get them out I had to dremel the suspension arm right off, and then clamp the head of the rivet in my vise and pull, twist, pull, and PULL it out. Not easy.
BUT good news is the inside wheel (the rivet side) is perfect as it has a hollow end just like the outer Tiger 1 road wheels on the real beast. (The wheels were attached with a pipe had a hollow end, and within it there was an oil-filling tap. )
All I had to do then was saw off the other wheel, glue a bit of wire into the hole, drill a corresponding hole into the attachment wheel and glue the puppy on.
Solid as a rock and the tracks still roll just as well.
Sooooooo left to do...finish up some detail add the antenna, and paint and weather…in the home stretch.
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4228 ... 159tn1.jpg
Getting them off was not.
I had assumed from all the screws in the construction that the wheels were also mounted that way, but when I got down to it, they are mounted with “child proof” rivets glued into the wheel….so to get them out I had to dremel the suspension arm right off, and then clamp the head of the rivet in my vise and pull, twist, pull, and PULL it out. Not easy.
BUT good news is the inside wheel (the rivet side) is perfect as it has a hollow end just like the outer Tiger 1 road wheels on the real beast. (The wheels were attached with a pipe had a hollow end, and within it there was an oil-filling tap. )
All I had to do then was saw off the other wheel, glue a bit of wire into the hole, drill a corresponding hole into the attachment wheel and glue the puppy on.
Solid as a rock and the tracks still roll just as well.
Sooooooo left to do...finish up some detail add the antenna, and paint and weather…in the home stretch.
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4228 ... 159tn1.jpg
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