ajmac Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Guys, I found reference to this rebuild in Switzerland, it could be the next running Tiger II by the looks of things: http://www.koenigstiger.ch/pages/webgalerie/index.html Interesting how the radiators / fan assemblies form a removable 'pack'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Interesting how the radiators / fan assemblies form a removable 'pack'... Cromwell is the same. Mind you, that's where the similarity ends! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim gray Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Well you cant argue with that example as a project starting point ! Wonder if the sad remains of the barrel is the reason that the original owners vacated? As to the colours i would say that someone has done thier home work as to me at least, it is one of the better renditions of the german colours then some i have seen. (you are now going to tell me it is the original paint job :-D ) Regards Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 I think the Haustenbeek Porsche Tiger 2 (now at Bovington) had a petaled barrel when it was captured by the US Army in april 1945. It might be a weakness in the 8.8cm KWK43 that caused a failure of barrel near the muzzle brake as is the case of the Swiss Tiger 2, rather then demolition or enemy action, -some crews were known to operate their gun even after loosing the barrel extremity- dependant on battle circumstances and commitment of the crew. In the case of a lost muzzle brake the gun would over recoil which is not fixable by the tank crew and would lead to the recoil failing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centi521 Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 (edited) they have the tiger since 4 years and nothing is going... when we have this little tiger he's runing up and down in this time Edited May 23, 2010 by centi521 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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