Tamiya SturmTiger restart and now........... Finished .

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What could possibly go wrong inside of a steel casement stuffed full of explosives ..........and your being shot at ..........

[macmcconnell.]

wow some very fine etch work here

Mac

[TRM]

Nice bit of work there Carl!! Barrel looks sweet!!

[dupes]

Whoah, looking good!

How many rounds can fit in the racks? 8? Plus "one in the chamber"?

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Mac , T , Dupes thanks again guys for hangin in on this one . Hope you guys have patience cause this may be going on for a while .

Hey Dupes I see room for 12 rounds in the racks and one in the barrel . Wiki says 14 total . Maybe they could hang one from the loading hoist inside the casement but I cant imagine driving around with one of them 800 lb rounds bouncing about !

[Deleted]

great attention to detail as always very smart

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Thank you Pete ole chap !

[wouter]

totally agree with the fellas, Carl, this looks great!

Cheers

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Wouts glad to hear from you .Thanks !

There's much more detail that could be added inside but alas I'm calling this good and next I'll be spraying some primer in here .





Paints a' comin !

[Deleted]

Good job with a lot of details, the interior is going to be full when finished.
May I ask why you made the metal girders under the loading hatch too?

Eddy

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Thanks Eddy for taking the time .

The beams are the "track" that the interior hoist rolls across on for lifting the rounds onto and off of the racks . Off the racks for positioning them onto the loading ramp behind the breach . HTH

[tonylee-Rest In Peace]

Sure not what you would call a speed loader huh.

Get It On
Tony lee

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DickyF is right about  obstructing the hatch. But I was sure I had a photo of the inside roof and I found it, now I think I understand how it worked. Right under the hatch the 2 pieces could be removed when the shells were loaded, you can see on your photo on the underside an attachment with a screw, on the photo here you can see the center parts removed and the attachments in place.


So I think if you are going to close the large hatch, the 2 girders could stay but wen you open the hatches I suggest to eliminate those parts but make the attachments visible in both cases;

I hope this helps

Eddy

[tonylee-Rest In Peace]

The sections of rail that block the hatch opening can be folded back out of the way. Once the shell clears the opening they can be returned so shells can be loaded on the other side of the casement.

No Problem
Tony lee

[wbill76]

That's some fine detail work there Carl, looking forward to seeing it with paint on!

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Thanks for the comments .
A fine discussion guys . I saw that on the etched parts where the "rails " are etched so as to facilitate removing the section across the loading hatch opening . I thought it was an interesting detail seeing those "rails" across the opening .
Eddy , I get your point about removing that section . I'm thinking over the idea of removing that section . That would open up the view of the interior also . I looked at the model and I have those "rail" sections in backwards . I'm redoing that area now . Update pics later .To bad some p.e. wasn't provided for building the hoist itself . I suppose I could scratch one if I had enough info .....and Nemo-bility .

[Deleted]

Ok , "rails" redone .

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Nems thanks . Of course when I got my fingers in there I managed to destroy a couple of formerly attached details and more time was spent on redoing them .........oh well , I'll never learn .

[wbill76]

Looking good there Carl! You've got to knock at least one detail off when handling stuff, it's a foundation rule of model building you know.

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Hey Bill thanks ! Knocking stuff off seems to be especially true with p.e. doesn't it .

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Some MM Panzer interior buff lightly over sprayed with MM Classic white (filter?) and sealed with a good coat of Future so I can do an oil wash next .

[tobias5555]

Nice work on the interior, looking good.

[Leon]

Nice work on the interior Carl .Looking forward to your oil wash.

[bigjohn]

Nice progress Carl. Iterior paint looks good, I can tell it will look awesome once you put your magic weathering touch to it!

[thug626]

Hello Carl,
That is some very nice interior work you have there. Given the constraints on interior space with the racks to be loaded....I'm not sure I would call them ready racks. More like I'll be with you in a minute racks.

Very solid work you have here.

Dave

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Its a fine Sat. morn up here in the NW USA and its startin out well and good especially after reading your fine comments my friends !

I've some household chores to work at for a while today , must keep the over half happy First ! Then I'll have time latter on today to play and then I should get the oil wash sloshing around the interior .

Thanks again !

[thug626]

NW eh? Whereabouts? I'm @ the bench in Eugene OR.
May your chores go quickly so that you may slosh the oil wash soon.

Dave

[pt109]

Great details there Carl...a shame you don't have an engine with all that detail, or do you?

This is the Tamiya kit right?

Verlinden made a nice Tiger 1 engine compartment years ago...(hint hint)

Paul

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Would not want to be on the receiving end of this bad boy!

[wbill76]

Buff and wash...buff and wash...sounds like a great plan Carl!