Thanks.
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Subject: Re: Tiger 1 road wheels
[TANKS]
Both were MG34s. 7.92 Mauser.
rftrans-at-msn.com
wrote:
> Does anyone know what caliber the MG carried by the Tiger I
was? (Not
> the MG on the turret, the one on the front.)
>
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> *From:* rftrans-at-msn.com <mailto:rftrans-at-msn.com>
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*Subject:* Re: Tiger 1 road wheels [TANKS]
>
> Hey I'm new here. I'm building a 1/6 scale
Tiger. Bout all I have to
>
say.
>
>
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> *From:*
Steve Edwards <mailto:sedwards-at-awger.net>
>
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*Sent:* Monday, June 26, 2006 8:30
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> *Subject:* Re:
Tiger 1 road wheels [TANKS]
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> burn995-at-aol.com
<mailto:burn995-at-aol.com>
wrote:
> > Tom
down here in in Tenn.(transplanted from PA four
years
> ago).Bought
the
> > tamiya
tiger 1 1/32 scale model for detail refrence on my
1/6
> tiger. I
noticed
> >
that the road wheel arms are in oppisite directions.left
side
> face aft and
the
> > right
face fwd. Can anyone tell me what this does for
the
> tank and if it
really
> >
matters on the scale models.Hope to have some photos
worth
> putting on
the
> > sight
soon.thanks
>
>
>
> http://tiger1.info/EN/TorsionBars.html
>
> Like George said...
made for a tight, clean install.
>
> I don't recall where
I read this, but (supposedly) the fact that
the
> tracks were the
same for both sides (but hung running in
opposite
> directions)
had a slight affect on straight-line running.
I
> guess
the
> suspension arms
hanging in opposite directions could also
have
> contributed, but
I seriously doubt this would affect a 1/6 model.
>
> Tigerfibel,
anybody?
>
> http://wwwzimmerit.com/main/pagineweb/tigerfibel.pdf
>
<http://wwwzimmerit.com/main/pagineweb/tigerfibel.pdf>
>
> - Steve "YMMV"
Edwards
>
> P.S.
Panther and Tiger II combat tracks were asymmetric -- there
was
> a definite left
and right track.
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