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Jagdtiger, Interior view


D.B. Andrus

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3 hours ago, lawman56 said:

Is that the new 1:1 scale "cut-away" from Tamiya?

 

:P

 

Actually, the Trumpeter kit is keyed in all the right places, so depicting a blown up vehicle is very doable, though would require a bit of cutting here and there, as determined by the extent of damage one might wish to depict.

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Apparently, most of the German crews hated the Jadgtiger with a passion and felt it was the wrong tank-destroyer at the wrong time. Also, it was so heavy that it found getting across soft ground very difficult. 

 

Having said all that, it's a fascinating AFV.

 

Cheers. 

 

Chris. 

Edited by Confusionreigns178
Correcting a typo.
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Some folks may not realize that the keyed segments invariably had prominent gaps that were just filled with pass after pass of weld. Certainly strong enough for daily needs, but also created weak points when there was an internal explosion.

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Hi guys,

 

The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum are restoring/rebuilding a Stug and a Jagdpanther.

They finished a Tiger 1 recently!

In some video's you can see them welding together plates of the hull, and saying eaxactly what LSP_K2 said.

 

I hope you guys will like these video's!

 

Happy Holidays,

Rob from Holland

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21 hours ago, panzerrob said:

Hi guys,

 

In some video's you can see them welding together plates of the hull, and saying eaxactly what LSP_K2 said.

 

I hope you guys will like these video's!

 

Happy Holidays,

Rob from Holland

 

The King Tiger and Jagdtiger, had very large gaps between the various keyed portions, as in no two pieces of metal actually touching each other prior to being completely filled with welds.

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On 11/26/2021 at 4:14 AM, rigor said:

Someone didn't know how to weld :P

Yeah. They never did any weld prep beyond cleaning the surface. It's all butt joints and fillets on armoured slabs.  There's a prototype Stug on the net that they have one of those tank chats on. The welds on it look truly hideous...like consistently awful...as though they didn't have enough amps to even run a decent bead.  Others look really awesome. Nicely stacked stringers or weaves....but none of it CJP.

 

Matty

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