Work in Progress: Tamiya Tiger 1
The photos below show my labour of love for the past 6 months! It's the Tamiya Tiger 1 with the Aber etched brass set. All clasps, hinges and hatches work. I have installed an exhaust smoke generator as well as a (recoil driven) gun smoke unit.
The 'white on the first pic is 'Mr Surfacer' - this gives a realistic textured finish. (I posted this pic twice, sorry)
Pics 2 and 3 show the tools. All wooden parts are made from tooth picks and cocktail sticks.
Pics 4 and five show the air filters and the side skirts. One side has already been primed as rust started to form around the soldered parts.
Pic 6 shows the rear engine deck with home made wingnuts.
Pic 7 shows the turret bin with added rivets, a padlock and a key.
8 is the loaders hatch with working locking device.
9 is the clamp for the track cable. This started to rust so I had to prime this part early.
10 is the inside of the turret. I made a smoke generator for the nose cone of a firework and a model train smoke generator. This is blown by a 4mm fan connacted to the turret recoil unit. The sring is wrapped around the tube to stop kinking in the tube when the gun recoils. The yellow cover to the rear of the turret is a small covered orange LED. This comes on when the smoke unit is switched on. I will have a fibre optic lead upto the tank commanders mouth to simulate a cigarette - showing me that the smoke unit is on!
11 is the exhaust smoke unit. To refill this the engine cover can be raised.
Thanks for looking...