I am going to try to make the Tiger I in the picture.
Please can someone tell me if it was a command tank or just a “normal” late Tiger?
The reason I ask is the kit I am using is this:
http://www.ryefield-model.com/thread-717-2.html
Which has the option of doing either and I have not found any pictures of “211” with the star antenna raised/fitted.
Tiger “211” has a C-hook stored to the left of its exhausts (see the arrow in this photo), therefore it cannot be a Command Tiger.
Command Tigers.had this C-hook stored between the exhausts at first, then when the Feifels disappeared they moved it to the upper left corner of the rear wall, then when the engine heater port was added they flipped it to the upper right corner.
David
@DByrden
Thank you for your reply.
After some research I am going with this:
Model made as a late production standard vehicle as per RFM instructions.
The ATAK zimmmerit 35075 https://atakmodel.istore.pl/en_US/p/35075-Zimmerit-TIGER-I-Late-Production/22730647
has an optional pattern for the turret which is “thicker” and I understand that was what “211” had so I am going with that.
The only thing I am not sure about now is the idler wheels, Jentz & Doyle imply that “211” would have had the smaller 600mm idlers but someone has suggested that it may have been the 700mm ones.
Please can you tell me what you think of my choices?
Thank you John.
“211” had a 40mm thick turret roof with the “Pilze” crane sockets on it, so it’s the final designed version of Tiger. In the normal sequence of design changes, it should have the two-part turret roof (with a weld joint at the bend). Its muzzle brake is the small one, and there is a single hole for the gunner’s telescope, as we expect.
I can’t see the loader’s hatch but it should not have the “long hinges”. Its handle is certainly offset to the side.
The turret Zimmerit does indeed look thick and crude.
I’m looking at three photos of it and I am sure that the idler was “small” - as you would expect for that version.
David
