Tiger I Interior

Have you checked out the detailing article for this kit on Missing Links??

I just picked up a Tiger 1 Early Tamiya kit and was wondering the same thing about interiors, thanks for the info...http://www.missing-lynx.com/

Wipw,

Thanks for the info, it provides some good info. However I was looking for a picture. Thanks again.

Hattals, I got you covered with loads of interior info. Here you go!
Here's bovington tank museum's restoration of the only running tiger 1 tank in the world. There's interior and varies tiger pics in here...
http://www.tiger-tank.com/secure/journal.htm
Here's a bunch of drawings on tiger 1 interior/exterior stuff with exact dimensions of the tiger 1 from on hand observation by the artist and german manuels...
http://tiger1.info/topicIndexEN.html

EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED THX!

http://tiger1.info/saumur/photos/ti59.jpg

1st : ArmorMaster you did it again.....another great Tiger link. Thanks
2nd : hattals, you are doing the right thing. The most obvious flaw in the Academy kit is the ammo racks. The kit racks can only have three rounds side by side, the real Tiger could have four.
Good luck with your Tiger and post some pics of the finished model.

QUOTE: Originally posted by hattals EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED THX! http://tiger1.info/saumur/photos/ti59.jpg

Printed that one out for my reference library!

Ron

Monrad: Yea the whole "Ammo" stowage on Academy's Tiger is, well, jacked up. The upper racks only hold 3 rounds, while the lower racks are too short. Not to mention the driver side racks look more like a tackle box than ammo stowage. I am not sure my skills are up to changing out everything, not to mention my stock in stryene over here in Korea is slim to none. Thanks again ArmorMaster, you hit the nail right on the head on that ref. site.

Your welcome hattals, gotta share the wealth right?

hattals:

Do you have an APO address? If so, why don't you e-mail it to me. I would be more than happy to pick you up some styrene sheets or whatever and send it to you. We AF guys (retired MSgt) gotta help each other out! Click the e-mail link at the bottom under my sig.

I don't exactly count, but I'm a c/ssgt in AFROTC. Yeah, I guess we Air Force guys gotta help eachother out...

Yeah, especially when we're talkin' about these tracked things!! lol

Thanks Wipw, I will take you up on that offer. Right now I am cutting up an old M-7 Priest that I never got around to (sorry ShermanFreak) and using other spare parts. I will email you when I get home.

Another quick questions: Are the rounds included in the kit too large? The reference has 4 tiers , I can only squeeze 3 tiers in.

The ammo boxes on the Academy Tiger are not shaped correctly or sized right. If you take a look at that article I mentioned on Missing Links, they tell you how to fix them up. The biggest problem I had is that all the sizes of plastic stock they use are in metrics, which I can't find here. So I got as close as I could in fractional inch sizes. Just let me know what you need. I haven't started mine yet, so don't know much about it other than what the two articles say. They are pretty extensive, but I think if you get the ammo storage boxes fixed, that will go a long way on having the interior look right.