Mk1 Tiger 1/16 Diorama

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Amen to that.

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After a little research into my Hachette Tiger i have found it to be a late production model, (1944-) it has Zimmerit anty-magmetic past and the new cupola with side-swinging hatch, the turret has a monocular sight (single hole to the right of the main barrel, also has steel road wheels and notched hull extensions on the front where the tow cables attach. bit techy i know but i like to get it right dont want to put an late Mk1 tiger in a dia 41/2 if the tank wernt built yet.:nonono:.

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Wow, what a scale. The details look so good. I hope to see more of this one.

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After a little research into my Hachette Tiger i have found it to be a late production model, (1944-) it has Zimmerit anty-magmetic past and the new cupola with side-swinging hatch, the turret has a monocular sight (single hole to the right of the main barrel, also has steel road wheels and notched hull extensions on the front where the tow cables attach. bit techy i know but i like to get it right dont want to put an late Mk1 tiger in a dia 41/2 if the tank wernt built yet.:nonono:.

John, remember 'cos it's a late steel wheel version, the outer road wheels will be left off....Unless anyone knows different! lol

Cheers,

Ron

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Thanks Virgil

Iwill try ti keep it up, will post more pic,s as and when i build them.

Thanks again John

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Looking very good John, I'm surprised at how much detail there is inside the turret. There are a lot of very good Tiger I books out there but I expect the kit to at least be correct in it's rendition. The items you state are correctly found on the later production models and there were indeed only three rows of road wheels as opposed to four on the plain rubber shod earlier versions.

There should also be no air filter units on the engine deck as they did away with these on later versions but I'm sure the kit is correct with such things. If you really want to get geeky the tools mounted on the hull also changed position with variants but I would leave it up to the manufacturer to have done his homework or buy yourself one of the books.

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Thank you Richard for your comments and info i'm new to this game .

How do i need to talk to to change my thread title from 1/6 to 1:1/6 as it seems to confuse some people.

Thanks again

John

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Ok all this is my effort so far lol no laughing ok. dont take any notice of the filler i'm just filling the gap's between the sides & top, but that wont take me five min to correct.









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There we go filler all sorted.









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John, I have actually seen the gap you have filled in made to look like the surface of a weld, which it actually is, but as to whether it should be such a deep groove is questionable. Your filling it in is possibly closer to reality anyway as this drawing of the Tiger I turret weld shows:

Tiger 1 : Edge of 40mm roof

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You might also find this link very interesting:

Tiger 1 : "Tiger Tank partwork" scale model from Hachette Collections

I did and I'm not building the Hachette model!

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Thanks again Richard,

I think it's a bit to much info for me to take in as a beginer, from what i can make out i've got a late turret with a mid production body, (i think).:smile12:

Theres not a lot a can do to change some of the detale on the turret except maybe sink the loaders hatch but this would be a bugger to do as the roof is firmly attached, i will have to think about it & way up if all the effort is worth it. Remember my skills are very limated and the turret is made of alumineum & not plastic, & would anyone even notice ??.

As for the rest of the tank i will have to see what comes with the kit & then decide.

Regards

John

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I completely agree John, I just thought you might find the links interesting rather than suggesting that you follow thier lead.

I quite often look at what others have done in awe but wouldn't dream of trying it myself.

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Sorry Richard

I was not having a pop at you i was just going into overload. Thanks for the links they will be of grate help when building the rest of the tank.

Shame one of the blogs is in German as i dont speek the lingo but the pic's speek volumes, the Tiger partworks link is ace but most of the changes are to the inside of the tank which you dont see in a dio.

Had a look at your pic's of the snow tiger very nice, i just hope i can do half as well and i would be happy.

Thanks again

John