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Very Cool.Looks like you are going all out on this one.Will be watching with interest.
Carl
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Nice one Phil, will be watching with interest.   Mark
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darbyvet wrote:Very Cool.Looks like you are going all out on this one.Will be watching with interest.
Carl
Yep quite the beast hopefully Carl  cheer`s Phil  COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Markwarren wrote:Nice one Phil, will be watching with interest. Mark Thanks for looking in Mark COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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So happy with the front plate on the drivers side but the mg 34 is not good the ball mount is awfull so i made one from milliput, just a simple ball pushed into the opening then once cured drilled to the right size and the barrel will be replaced with a Abber one , i Also started with the Zimmerit which is from Atak in Poland it is resin and comes on 3 sheets which you simply cut each pre moulded piece from the sheet sand off the backing and apply to the model i used uhu glue here as its cure time gives you enough time to manover the piece in place , and it`s a very easy process and really a time saver link = https://atakmodel.istore.pl/ tigerace attached the following image(s): COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Next i moved onto the Turret , and like the hull the hatch for the loader is moulded on and the commanders postion is also closed off with the cuppola a separate part ,so needed to open these up the commanders position was simple enough but looking at the loaders hatch was daunting as the hatch and its surround was all one piece ,so i scoured the internet trying to find not only a hatch but the surround aswell  the hatch was pretty easy to find, as you can get all these in white metal but not the surround , i almost had to rethink this until when i was looking at 120mm figures, i found a commander and loader diorama figure set and the loader came with the hatch and surround Saved  i chose to use the surround but i bought a white metal hatch ,so on with the surgery  below are picture off before and after , chain drilling filing and filling tigerace attached the following image(s): COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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You are having fun with this kit, Phil aren’t you! Great idea with the zimmerit and a real result with the hatches  Regards Gray
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CaptnBirdseye wrote: You are having fun with this kit, Phil aren’t you! Great idea with the zimmerit and a real result with the hatches Regards Gray Thanks Gray ye the zimmerit is quite good and you can get it for most scales all pre-cut cheer`s Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Continuing on with the turret i opened the vision port for the loader on the roof and filed off the loaders and gunners side vision ports cause you get these in the zimmerit set along with the escape hatch and gun mantlet ,i then applied the zimmerit to the turret tigerace attached the following image(s): COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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I then test fitted the surround for the loaders hatch and all though it fitted perfectly was warped but i got it to sit nicely,i then started on the abber etch which is three sheets of etch various brass wire and covers the whole tank where some parts are missing form the kit tigerace attached the following image(s): COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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the hatch was then added along with the vision port in the roof along with the roof ventilator which i added the missing parts from stryne tigerace attached the following image(s): COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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The rivets which are the archer ones were added on the stowage bin tigerace attached the following image(s): COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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The Abber Etch tigerace attached the following image(s): COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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The Abber gun barrel is a work of Art tigerace attached the following image(s): COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Couldn`t resist putting it together tigerace attached the following image(s): COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Some impressive work being shown here Phil and the gun barrel looks awesome. Can see this is going to be something special when finished..... Very well done... Regards Alan
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The mods are making all the difference to this kit, and the gun barrel is a million times better than the one supplied . You’ve made a good job of scratch-building the ventilator, and I do like those hatches as well. Keep it up Phil Regards Gray
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Gandale wrote:Some impressive work being shown here Phil and the gun barrel looks awesome. Can see this is going to be something special when finished..... Very well done... Regards Alan Thanks Alan cheer`s Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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CaptnBirdseye wrote: The mods are making all the difference to this kit, and the gun barrel is a million times better than the one supplied . You’ve made a good job of scratch-building the ventilator, and I do like those hatches as well. Keep it up Phil Regards Gray Thanks Gray more goodies to add yet mate cheer`s Phil COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Very nice work Phil, modelling at its best. Mark
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