Tiger I - January 1943 production "Tiki" 8./SS-Panzer-Regiment ”Das Reich”

[monica]

just small detailing dose make all the difference to add just a little more,


will be interested to see,what you are doing with the mud guards,

[eddiesolo]

Nice work Tommy, lovely stuff mate.

[grumpa]

I like...............Jim

[Tommy]

Thanks for your comments!






More stuff that needs to be fixed...


The drivers periscopes are missing on this kit so they need to be added.






The holes for the 5 steel rods that kept the splash screen in place are missing and the notches on each side of the splash screen are also missing.

[papa 695]

Great work Tommy kit bashing at its very best.

[Robert1968]

Just caught this Tiger and although I was never really into Armour now I have a good interest.


This detail and accuracy to the exact detail is phenominal and I'm definatly going to stay and look in on this.


So far the work is really interesting to say the least


Kind regards.


Robert

[Tommy]

Thanks, glad that you are liking it so far...

[Guest]

Tommy, I'm with Robert on this one, except for the not being into armor part. I've got 12 braille scale panzers staring at me at the moment waiting to be built. In fact, I was looking for info on the Tiki Tiger for a small scale version of Tiki when I ran across the page on your build and had to check it out. I'm going to enjoy watching your work on this big cat.

[Tommy]

Thank you!


Never built anything in that scale, too small for me.


Let me know if you have any questions regarding the Tiki Tiger.


Looking forward too see your small scale builds!

[Guest]

That's looking good so far I have my popcorn at the ready.


Scott

[monica]

amazing how much we just don,t relies is missing with the detail,


what a great job your doing on this one,

[Tommy]

Thank you Monica






And the result... added the periscopes, the holes for the steel rods on the splash screen and the notches.


And the narrow gap between the two front plates are filled with some putty.

[monica]

looking good so far,


will wait to see what the result is,

[Tommy]

Time to start with the turret.


In the above picture is the two gun mantles that was included in the kit. The top one is the earliest version and the bottom


one is a reinforced type of a little later date.


Unfortunately none of these two are of the correct type for the Tiki Tiger.






The above photo shows the Tiki Tiger during the same event as the previous photo I posted.


And as you can see the gun mantle is of a different reinforced type than the two that was included in the kit.


There was more than 10 different variations of the gun mantles for the Tiger I, so if you like me want to build a


specific Tiger, remember to check that out. It can easily be missed.


I'm currently working on the mantle I will use, it's made of resin and have a lot of excess material that needs to be cut off.

[Guest]

Just caught up on this one and it is looking good. I like the alterations you are doing top job.