As you can see, I left the fenders off to show the nice MK tracks (it's pretty neat how they go together; try them sometime everybody) and, as seems to be common with King Tiger models, I left a few tow cables and tools missing from my tank.
The JR barrel is made of two parts. A turned aluminum barrel and a white metal muzzle brake.
The one remaining tow cable on the tank was scratch built. I twisted seven pieces of copper wire together and stuck them into the reworked ends from the Tamiya kit.
The entire turret and back hull piece are replaced with resin parts from the Atak zimmerit set. The back hull was warped slightly, but cyanoacrylate held it in place nicely. The grey resin parts came with the Royal Model etch set.
A placed some stowage on the back. These include the Tamiya kit's jack, updated with RM photoetch, a Verlinden helmet, with a chin strap added using lead foil and a PE buckle, and a Verlinden German jerrycan.
Here's a close up of the tow cable I made. The Royal Model clamps hold it in nicely. To get the haphazard look of the stowed cable, I must admit I copied Mario Eens' Henschel Turret King Tiger as seen in Military Modelling Magazine or at Missing Links.
The wire going to the headlight was made from lead wire. The Atak zimmerit sheets to cover the hull front and sides are extraordinarily thin.
I made the two parts of the gun barrel cleaning rod (I think that's what it is) out of styrene rod. I drilled holes in the end and in one end of each added a thinner piece of rod.
No targets yet. The RM PE set included parts for the insides of the hatches as well.
Quite blurry, I had wanted to show off my superdetailed fire extinguisher. At least you can sort of see it. I used pieces from two Royal Model PE sets, as well as my own copper wire, styrene rod, and lead foil.
Now I just have to paint it....... and decal it........ and weather it......... and add some figures............. hmmm............................
Nic
