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Posted by JohanT on Monday, December 19, 2011 1:16 PM

That is astonishing work!

So looking forward to your next update Big Smile

Very Best Regards
Johan

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Posted by the doog on Monday, December 19, 2011 12:28 PM

WOW, man--it's been a long time since I've seen any panzer detailed quite to the extent that you've done on this Tiger, Greg.

It's stunning and impressive as hell!

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Posted by deafpanzer on Monday, December 19, 2011 8:22 AM

Greg, looking real good! Yes  No details were lost during the primer job.  I forgot what primer do you use... from Krylon?  I used Krylon brown red primer recently on my friulmodel tracks and I was very pleased with the result. 

Andy

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Posted by detailfreak on Sunday, December 18, 2011 10:18 PM

                            Today as I primed the panzer II upper hull I just couldnt resist shooting some on the Tiger firewall.



                             Coming along slowly but surely.As always questins and comments are welcome.

 

                                                               Greg"Detailfreak"RowleyYes

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Posted by wbill76 on Monday, November 28, 2011 3:44 PM

Nice work on the details Greg...may not be huge progress but it is fun seeing this one come to life a little bit at a time. Beer

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Posted by detailfreak on Monday, November 28, 2011 10:51 AM

                                       Not a big update but an update none the less. I have added the fire bottle to the firewall as well as a couple more of the levers to operate various controls.

                                     Will be adding stencils from archer for the controls as soon as the firewall is primed and painted. As always ,thanks for looking.Any questions and comments are always welcome.

 

                                                    Greg"Detailfreak"RowleyYes

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Posted by detailfreak on Saturday, November 19, 2011 5:05 AM

                              TheWildChild,thanks for your input.At the moment having the spring on the headpad seems to be the most logical place.As you mentioned ,it is out of the way of the feed tray cover and such.

 

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Posted by TheWildChild on Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:00 PM

i would think that the spring attatches to the head pad. attatching it to the gun would probably make loading and cocking the weapon difficult in my opinion.

1/35 XM77  "Sledgehammer", 1964 Chevy Impala Derby Car

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Posted by detailfreak on Monday, November 14, 2011 10:44 AM

                                        Greetings all,a bit of an update ,if you can call it that. I was very curious to see how CMK's Tiger I transmission compared to Cornerstones and Verlinden. CMK's is just about as under scale as Verlindens,or is Cornerstones over scale??Confused  Well either way I am leaning toward the original choice of using Cornerstones.

                                     Now for a bit of a technical question. The bow gunners M.G. is supported from the roof of the fighting compartment by a spring .My question is : Does the spring attach to the head pad or to the M.G. ?



                                    Hope the pics are not to difficult to see. Still learning you know.

 

                                   As always any comments criticism ,constructive or not are welcome.

 

                                                            Greg"Detailfreak"RowleyYes

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Posted by wbill76 on Monday, November 7, 2011 5:26 PM

Any progress is good progress Greg! Nice work on the details even if they do end up being hidden away somewhat by the MG ammo when its all said and done. Beer

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Posted by deafpanzer on Monday, November 7, 2011 10:02 AM

Loving all of the details... hope we will be able to see all of the details when it is completed!

Andy

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Posted by RBaer on Monday, November 7, 2011 9:21 AM

Wow, Greg. Just,...  wow.

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Posted by TheWildChild on Monday, November 7, 2011 9:09 AM

it turns out i picked one heck of a project for my first 1/35 tank in the academy tiger. i am also making a diorama for it (my first real attempt) and building/painting my first figures other than the 1/48 ones that come in the revellogram aircraft kits. although i found most of the parts for the tiger pretty good (other than the gun mantlet and symmetrical turret) the academy figures were a bit disappointing. in 1/35 scale they would all be approx 6'4'' to 6'5'' tall, but i also got a set of tamiya figures just in case and found them satisfactory. (the primary purpose of getting the figure kits was to get some more of the tiger ammo, but since i had the figures i figured i would try my hand at them as well as diorama making) i will be placing my tiger in a late winter-early spring russian front diorama with the crew re-supplying the tank. i will have to look into those PE sets and thanks for the numbers. i will post pics as soon as i can, i have to make a photobucket account and then i will post them in a thread.

also Tigers in The Mud is a great book. not to be a spoiler, but i found Otto's account of destroying a sherman through a house with his Jagdtiger quite interesting. really shows the power of that 128mm gun.

1/35 XM77  "Sledgehammer", 1964 Chevy Impala Derby Car

Whats next? Aircraft for Ground Attack Group Build

"I dont just tackle to make a play, I tackle to break your will." -Ray Lewis

"In the end, we're all just chalk lines on the concrete, drawn only to be washed away"- 5 Finger Death Punch

"Ahh, my old enemy.......STAIRS"- Po, Kung Fu Panda

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Posted by detailfreak on Saturday, November 5, 2011 6:05 PM

                              Bodge ,WildChild, thanks to everyone for your time. I have spent the last several evenings on and off trying to get the firewall detailed to my satisfaction. Comparing photos and drawings and such trying to get a reasonable facsimile of that area of the vehicle.WildChild the majority of the P.E. is from an Eduard set that was actually made for the kit you are working on.Very nice stuff.As for the rest of the scratchwork it is sheet styrene or brass,much of it the scraps from the P.E. frets.I'll take some snaps and post them later.The firewall is coming along ,although at somewhat of a snailspace,lots of handles knobs and switches,oh and gurtsachs/mg ammo bags 150 rds each.I messed up on the ductwork for the exhaust coolingsystem,it will be mostly hidden by the fire suppression bottle and ammo sacks when finished.The Tiger gurus will no doubt catch the blunder but I guess its a lesson learned.

                                   The following two images were taken from the Tigerfibel and the Haynes Tiger repair manual and are for discussion purposes only.As you can see after adding the Gurtsackes not much is visible.


                                WildChild these are the #'s for the Eduard etch sets#35 500 which is three sheets and contains the turret basket floor and updated instructions,and the second which is bascally the same minus the turret floor is #35 134 .Please post pics of your build WildChild.

 

 

                                                           Greg"Detailfreak"RowleyYes

                            P.S. WildChild if you would like the # of the Eduard P.E. set I'll add it next posting.

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Posted by TheWildChild on Saturday, November 5, 2011 5:16 PM

WOW! all that PE and scratchbuilding is amazing! i am building academys early tiger 1 with the interior and that tries my patience at times, cant imagine doing all the detail work you have done. looks awesome!!!

1/35 XM77  "Sledgehammer", 1964 Chevy Impala Derby Car

Whats next? Aircraft for Ground Attack Group Build

"I dont just tackle to make a play, I tackle to break your will." -Ray Lewis

"In the end, we're all just chalk lines on the concrete, drawn only to be washed away"- 5 Finger Death Punch

"Ahh, my old enemy.......STAIRS"- Po, Kung Fu Panda

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Posted by Bodge on Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:56 AM

Thats looking superb mateyYes

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Posted by detailfreak on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 10:15 PM

                                  So I have been reading Tigers in the Mud,by Otto Carius during my breaks at work.My question is are there better photos of this tank ,I believe the turret number was/is 312,anywhere on the web or perhaps the Bundesarchive? Any help at all would be appreciated.

 

                                                            Greg"Detailfreak"RowleyYes

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Posted by wing_nut on Monday, October 10, 2011 7:50 AM

Have not checked in on this one in a while.  That's just SICK!

Marc  

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Posted by deafpanzer on Sunday, October 9, 2011 8:58 PM

Hey Greg!  Always looking real good especially the radios! Yes  I am afraid how many PE sheets you have for the Tiger... Big Smile

Andy

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Posted by wbill76 on Sunday, October 9, 2011 4:26 PM

Nice to see this one's still getting some attention Greg. Amazing how time can get away from you isn't it? Big Smile

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Posted by detailfreak on Sunday, October 9, 2011 2:20 PM

                               Wow,haven't updated this thread since aug..At the moment the only change is that I have fitted the rear plate and dry fitted the radios and transmission into place. Other than that I have all my irons in the fire and spreading the bench time pretty thin.So on to the pics.



                               Thats a close fit between the radio rack and the roof.Thanks for looking and any questions or comments are welcome.

 

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Posted by detailfreak on Friday, August 12, 2011 10:17 AM

                         RBaer,thanks for the tip.I shall definately check it out.I also compared the Tamiya roadwheel to the Dragon wheel and it would seem some surgey is inevitable.Thanks again.

                                                              Greg"Detailfreak"RowleyYes

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by RBaer on Friday, August 12, 2011 5:35 AM

I think there's an old MMiR that showed these being used, but it was a Tamiya kit, and I seem to remember the roadwheels being a little different in the way they mounted. I think your deduction is correct, based on what the DML roadwheel looks like.

I guess that wasn't any help, was it?

Apprentice rivet counter.

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Posted by detailfreak on Thursday, August 11, 2011 10:46 AM

                         Greetings all,not much progress on the Tiger but I do have a Question about an item I picked up.TWS Tiger roadwheel hubs for removing the outer roadwheels. Anyone ever use em before? They have no instructions.It appears I will have to remove/saw a short section of the hub extension from the roadwheel and the attach the hub and the extension to the spindle.So as I mentioned,I was just checking to see if anyone had used this item before.




 

 

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Posted by detailfreak on Monday, July 4, 2011 5:58 PM

                              Thanks Andy,and Bish as to your question,I have found the Haynes book invaluble,I do not regret that purchase one bit. Thanks for checking me out all.

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Posted by Bish on Monday, July 4, 2011 5:17 PM

Some lovely work there. definitely putting a lot into this build. Interesting comparison of the turret bins. I have a Voyager set for one of my Tigers.

I got the Tiger Haynes Manuel last week, but have only had a quick flick through. Have you found it useful for this build.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by deafpanzer on Monday, July 4, 2011 5:07 PM

The radio set looks great!  I bet they even work now... Happy July 4th buddy! Toast

Andy

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Posted by detailfreak on Monday, July 4, 2011 4:26 PM

                             Well ladies and gentleman,its not alot of progress but I figured any progress is worth showing. Been dividing my time between the Tigers internal bits and a Bergepanzer III for the up and running Panzer III and Variants G.B.. .As always any comments are welcome.



                               Thanks for looking all.

                                                            Greg"Detailfreak"RowleyYes

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Posted by wbill76 on Saturday, June 25, 2011 4:48 PM

Nice to see you're able to get in some bench time here and there Greg! I'm in the middle of a month-long "repaint the house interior" summer exercise (forum regulars may recall that last year was teh outside along with expansion/remodeling) which has made it impossible to get to the bench for a while, so I envy you what you've been able to get squeezed in, the PE and soldering work is sharp! Stick out tongue

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