tiger WIP
 

hi guys.. got this tiger from evilbay from one of our member here... got it in pretty good shape..

added front fender and side fender..
removed the battery container
made the two rear engine hatch functional
mode the electronics to the upper hull
move all the switched to the back so that it cam be access from the functional engine hatch.
fixed the suspension arms like the asiatam metal hull.
and more...

cant get the final paint yet. was thinking of another tunesian tiger tank (141 or 111) like my 131 tiger..or battle of the bulge tiger tank with white wash... any suggestions?

daryl

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Very nice Tiger!

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Great job!

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almost done..
just wating for the lower hull's paint to dry.

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done with the wash... now have to figure out the weathering style....
no ready made decals are used... all painted.. samething with my other tanks.. =)

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another

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i guess am done.. hehehehehe
brshed it with a grey powder....

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Brother you ain't fool'in around are ya?

That is an absolute wonderful Tiger. You nailed the weathering. Decals look great also. Cammo is easy if you think about it. the monotone schemes are tough to bring to life, but you did it.

Fine Fine bit of craftsmanship!

Don

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Hey did you say you did 131?

Get some pictures of it. I mea some real good pictures of it. There is an event coming up that you may like. More on that later. hehehhhehe

Don

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thanks don.. heres the 131 and much clear pic of the tanks

daryl

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Sweet! That looks great!!!

Get some still shots of her in her natural element. No rush at all. Just have them by Dec. 2010. Trust me you'll be glad you did.

Don

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just read your post don..
heres the pic i took ysterday

131 has the metal hull and the 111 has the stock hull.. but i modified the suspensions so that it'll be more realistic in height and when its running. copied the metall hull's suspension pattern and the correct height. also installed another homemade metal gearbox reduction. rcc turret is pretty cool also blitz track tensioner noise while the tank is running even thought it doesnt function the same as the metal hull tensioner that swings back and fort... in the end the tensioner is pretty good..

daryl

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Oh yeah!

Now that is what the real company would have looked like. Awesome! Stay tuned!

Don

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thanks don

heres some test run vid of the 111


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyrFAtM1xHY[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9FpLyJoAig[/youtube]


daryl</p>

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Fantastic work on both tigers.. thanks for all the pictures,i picked out a few good things to do with mine.?and if can you tell,or show me how you made the hinges to open and close the engine grills then i would be able to finish mine.thank you chinito_03. good job on the tanks again.

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thanks chief,

heres the step by step in how i made my engine hatch functional.

1. youll need 1 or 2 track links
2. cutter/hobby knife/scalpel 10 (i used scalpel 10)
3. few pieces of styrene sheet
4. glue
5. san paper.

now use the cutter or knife to separate the hatch from the hull.. follow the seam line it might take a while to cut it.. do it slowly because you might cut yourself or ruin the cut.
took m3 about 45 minutes.

once its separated use sand paper to clean the cut line and make a lil angle on the bottom part so that it wont touch or it will creat a few cm space from the hull once you put them together.

now get the track link (SEE PICTURE BELOW)

after putting it together i used a piece of styrene sheet to cover glued part...


daryl

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Thanks chinito_03, thanks for the pictures,drawings,and the how to do.now i can install the engine grills. i tried a few different ways but had no success. Wayne

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chief,
dont mention it.. glad to help. at 1st i tried installing a tiny hinges and installed it to my 1st tiger but it doesnt seems right.. then tried another one but no good... that idea came from my fiance... she cut from pieces from a track link and asked me to try... then what do you know it worked.. hehehehe

daryl

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Deral, Then let me thank the both of you .

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Correction Daryl

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post some pics of your project... we would love to see everybodies work..
thanks

daryl

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made a grill...