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King tiger question
tankglasgow
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Posted: Saturday, November 11, 2017 - 06:07 AM UTC
Building Takom King Tiger with interior and am puzzled as to what the large box that sits on legs between the transmission and fighting compartment floor (on front to back axis) is for. Have spent hours trying to find out and now can't rest till I get an answer!
Cheers Paul
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Posted: Saturday, November 11, 2017 - 12:11 PM UTC
G'day Paul

It's an oil reservoir.

Regards

Rob
tankglasgow
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Posted: Saturday, November 11, 2017 - 10:41 PM UTC
Many thanks, will sleep tonight! I take it the resevoir is a kind of header tank for transmission/final drive?

cheers Paul
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Posted: Sunday, November 12, 2017 - 03:34 AM UTC
I think that would be a reasonable supposition.
bslTanksAreBest
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Posted: Sunday, November 12, 2017 - 08:22 AM UTC
David Parker wrote an excellent book on building the Tiger II.
wedgetail53
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Posted: Sunday, November 12, 2017 - 12:13 PM UTC

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David Parker wrote an excellent book on building the Tiger II.


He did indeed - it's called Superking and I used it extensively when I was building both Takom and Meng KT interiors.

Be warned - it's not cheap, but well worth the cost.

You might also like to join the Schwerpunkt Facebook page - lots of useful info there.

Regards

Rob
tankglasgow
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Posted: Monday, November 13, 2017 - 04:41 AM UTC
Thanks for the info, will check out facebook, will wait till my numbers come up and get the 1/16 trumpy and book together!

Cheers Paul
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