Tamiya 1/35 Tiger I WIP *update*

I work at a hobby shop and the plastic model guy, Paul, gave me his fruilmodel tracks for my tiger. I was very happy that he gave them to me, but i have never worked with them before and the package says they contain lead. Is there anything to worry about?

These are the MG ammo bags. The parts he are referring to are above the writing, not below it.

101stAirborne

For Christmas I got Tamiya's 1/35 scale Tiger I late version with a crew set of eight included. I have a diorama plan for it but for now I am just working on the Tiger. I need to have an interior for the turret because I will have some of the hatches open. I decided to scratch build the interior because I enjoy scratch building and I already spent enough money on buying a turned metal barrel from Lion Roar and a details set from Verlinden and brass shell casings from AFV club. I do not usually buy after market stuff because it is so expensive but I decided to spoil my self this time!

On with the pics!

I think these are supposed to go on the side skirt armor but I am not sure.

 

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=136574

I don't think many folks are sure what they are...

Littlefield Panther had them as well.

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You don't need to,  especially with all that tiny work going on.

John

I guess I can bring it in next week.

Cool pictures.  Are you going to bring it in next week so we can look at it?

John

I have another question. Does anyone know a Tiger unit that would have fought against the American GI's in France in 1944 after the D-day invasion? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Or if anyone knows a good book that has this information in it.

A little update. I didn't get much more done on it but still a little progress. I cut the hatch that goes on the back of the turret off of it's hinges because I wanted to have that hatch open. I also did a little work on the figures that I am going to have on the inside of the tank. 

For the tank commander figure I had to remove the straps from this figure's torso

I had to steal a commanders had from this figure...

...and put it on the other figures head.

The figure is from Tamiya's Kubelwagen set

This is a figure from a dragon kit which I did not modify at all. 

Here is what they will look like once in place in the tank. They are far from finished and may need a some dullcote!

Thanks for looking!

The Academy that 70gtvert built earlier this week has a cutaway drawing I could send you for reference.
The ammo pouches go onto the side wall of the turret wall next to the MG, on the side wall next to the radio operator (right front) and on the fire wall to the engine. This is the ammo for the turret mounted AA MG which also had its stowage position at the fire wall.

I have no clue what the rest of the parts are.

Good job on the Zimmerit, please keep posting your progress :)

Very Best Regards
Johan

Ryan, i know some of those bags go in the hull, to the right of the Radio operator/hull MG gunner. I have seen cutaways of Tigers, and as far as i recall, none went in the turret, though i am not 100% sure on that.

Looking really good Ryan,

A fine piece of Scratching and the Zim looks real good I've done one piece of Milliput Zim work and that was on a 1/48 Tamiya StuG III G. I really enjoyed that and hope to do it again.

I do remember why I despise PE now and why I have such respect for those who build such amazing parts from it I wish I could help buddy but grilles and tool clamps are as far as I go where PE is concerned. I'm getting better but it's a nightmare when all the pieces start pinging everywhere and sticking to your tools!

Best of luck - a fine start!

All the best matey,

Ben  

Ryan, excellent work on the zimmerit. You have much more guts then I.

Hey thanks for the help guys it clears up many questions. But with answers comes more questions. Are those bags supposed to be inside the turret? For holding the ammo for the MG in there or just as stowage?

No it is not a crime to say Verlinden sucks because I have had bad experiences with them before and it is no surprise that this is another one of those experiences. I have bought several kits from them and they always have missing pieces. 

Detailfreak - I am from the twin cities. I have entered several local competitions and national competitons. Maybe I have seen you at one of them? 

Ryan T.

                             Nice work on the zimmerit so far 101stAirborne,any scratch work that will save you the expense of aftermarket stuff is good. Seeing what you have scratched so far I think for looking through a hatch will be just fine. As for the q's,the little P.E. parts are the supports/braces for each fender section solder or glue them into place.The bags are Gurtsaches,I know my spelling is incorrect ,these bags as mentioned before are M.G. ammo. Verlinden instructions suck,oops can I say that? Anyway ,if you can make use of anything in the verlinden package ,congrats. Am I bashing?Do you have any reference material?I can send you a turret layout pic if you would like but as I said you've got it pretty good.

                              Off topic. Where are you from in Mn.?

                                                  Greg"Detailfreak"Rowley

I used some of this Verlinden set a few years agon, but can't remember much about it. Those bags you are asking about are for the inside, they are for holding the MG ammo. I am not sure on those brass parts, but i am sure they don't go on the side skirts. Yes, those are meant to be buckets.

There resin sets are difficult to work with. I also added there engine set to mine and that didn't fit very well. And i almost fitted there interior until i realised it was for an Early production tank, i had the tamiya Mid.

Hope you get all your answers, and look forward to seeing this come on.