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    March 2010
Tiger Antennae
Posted by Bocks Suv on Friday, November 28, 2014 8:23 PM
Was it possible for a Tiger, Initial or Early prod, to have radio antennae? If so, how many, where would they be attached and how long would they be. Long whip antennae add interest and dimension to builds, but I want this 1/35 commission build to be pretty accurate. I have some leniency from the customer. My cat has some whiskers ready to donate to the project.
  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Friday, November 28, 2014 10:19 PM

Yes, the early Tigers had radios. The ball gunner was the radio operator and the antenna was in the hull right rear. I don't think it was a whip antenna.

  • Member since
    December 2012
Posted by Ixion on Friday, November 28, 2014 10:55 PM

The antenna is rigid, not a whip, 2 meters in length or 57mm in 1/35th scale. Although the real antenna is tapered, a piece of 15 thousandths piano wire works fine. There are aftermarket ones available.

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    March 2010
Posted by Bocks Suv on Saturday, November 29, 2014 3:40 PM

Appreciate all the tips. One more Tiger question, There are 4 pre-filter hoses in the back, two connected to the Y shaped piece but the other two seem to connect to random cones that sit on that back deck.  The instrucitons don't say much else.  Ideas?.

  • Member since
    December 2012
Posted by Ixion on Saturday, November 29, 2014 4:07 PM

It is the Feifel air cleaning system, this should help;

http://tiger1.info/EN/Feifel-air-precleaners.html

Goggle; "feifel air cleaner tiger" for more photos and info.

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