1/6 Scale Armortek Tiger 1 RC Tank Build - Main Turret and gun plate assembly
2024 ж. 19 Сәу.
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Join me as i continue the journey to build this Iconic Tiger 1 Late Variant Tank from Armortek
In this video - I build the top section of the tank. The main turret, Gun barrel and top plate with Cupola.
This is a long video so I have split it into chapters to help you skip to the part you are most interested in.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:13 Main Turret & equipment bin assembly
10:48 Gun Barrel & Plate Assembly
29:03 Turret escape hatch and other accessories
42:55 Turret Top plate, cupola and hatch installation
Stay tuned for more videos
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ТОНИ ЗДРАВСТВУЙТЕ ПРОДОЛЖЕНИЕ СЛЕДУЕТ НАЧАЛО С ИНСТРУМЕНТАЛЬНОГО ЯЩИКА 🤩
Доброе утро Вадим. Еще раз спасибо за просмотр, комментарий и поддержку.
These videos are criminally underrated!!
Thank you, for such an amazing comment and it's very much appreciated. Hope you continue to follow this build and my future projects.
@@tonys_workshop Thank you for the reply! I absolutely will follow the rest of this one and future projects.
Bravo, Tony!
Thank you Sheldon, much appreciated.
Looking great Tony
Thanks Malcolm, much appreciated.
Hey Tony, beautiful job my friend and I find watching your work is most therapeutic and relaxing. You’ve only got a month to my birthday mate and don’t worry Tony I will pay for a courier. Keep up the good work buddy and thanks for sharing your build 👌🫡😉
Thank you for your really kind comments. I am glad that you are enjoying watching my build and hope you continue to follow..I have more coming up. Forget the Tiger...my next tank project will be the M26 Pershing...may be ready for your next birthday 🙂
How can someone make an ASMR video about building a tank!? Well done!
Not sure what to say other than thank you. Thanks also for watching, commenting and supporting.
Thank you for sharing this build with us. I am very much enjoying following the progress!!
My absolute pleasure and a big thanks back to you for watching, following and commenting, it means a great deal to me. Hope you continue to follow this and my next builds.
Tony,those Irvan clamps are reversible so you can use it as a spreader making lightweight work of spreading the turret front you just turn the end round 😊
The 3d models are great, and give the detail missing from some of the original, sometimes blurry, photos. I love all the new subjects, and your type-development series are very welcome!
Thank you Dermot, very much appreciated.
I love how solid that turret is on the Armortek kits. Armortek has a video of them forming the turret on their KZhead channel if you haven't seen it. Great work as always!
Thank you for another great comment and continuing to follow me and my build journey. The turret was a mighty thing and so solid with a lot of weight in it. I watch a lot of the Armortek machining, a bit sad I suppose :-) but fascinated by this technology. Check out the M26 turret casting on my channel playlist for the Armortek M26 progress it is incredible.
my God thats is a Dream😊
Another great video. There seems to be more enjoyment in the build than the running. There appeared to be a step on one side fixing of the barrel support and your after market hatch kit appeared to be missing the radial hinge!! Please don't think I am critical but just curious on the detail. Can't wait for the next and final video. Ahhhhhh - cheers.
Hi Warren, thanks for watching, commenting and continuing to support. The build is definitely the best part, however I do also have fun with driving the tank. I have a few more videos to come and then on to my next projects...Constructing a 1/6 scale scratch build bridge to put the Tiger through some paces and then the M26 Pershing when it arrives from Armortek. Hope you continue to follow. Have a great weekend.
Very nice work on the turret Tony it is definitely looking the part your tank is coming out awesome I can't wait to see it run two thumbs up I'm looking forward to the next video
Good morning Daniel and thank you for your very kind comments and continued support. Yes, very pleased with the way the build went, even though I had some challenges on the journey, I enjoyed every single moment. Be up and running soon. Thanks for the double thumbs up and thanks also for following.
Just discovered this channel and I love it! The fact that Tony actually shows each step of the build is so handy!
Hi Scott, thank you.I am so glad you have found my channel and hope you continue to follow my builds.
These videos are brilliant, cheers Tony! Thanks so much for sharing your great work!
Thank you Erik, your support and comments are very much appreciated.
Tony, having done some research of tanks over the last week or so, your channel popped up through KZhead's search algorithm I'm guessing? Have loved your progress and binged all the videos this with and this morning just caught up as you are about to finish! Although I am interested in how you detail this beast with aftermarket bits and bobs - being a toe-dipper into 1/6th scale I'm aware of just how much brilliant stuff you can get, I do hope the wife can be bribed into letting your have another, as I'm sure the garden can left to the grandchildren! 😀
Hi Martin, I am glad you found my channel and thank you for watching and commenting. There are a huge selection of after market tank upgrades available at 1:6, but I would say that Armorpax are the leading UK based supplier...Just have to be sensible as the cost can spiral up and up. I hope you continue to follow. PS. Yes wife bribed and another tank on order :-)
@tonys_workshop all good to hear, and await further updates, whatever the cost, hopefully a robot lawnmower for her, and another tank for you 😀
When fitting the small nuts in tight spaces the 4 way sockets that come with many RC Buggies would have been useful.
Hi Tony love the long videos.that turret escape hatch is wrong as you probably know .After my titanic have talked my other half into getting one of these kits .I told her to blame you 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hi Steve :-) LOL....Thats brilliant news....hope that what ever bribery you used it didn't cost too much :-) have you decided which model you are going to go for?
@@tonys_workshop if I can get it I'd like to do the stug if in stock at time of ordering
@@stephenparkes626 Hi Steve, I just checked for you...they are out of stock...Have you seen the 1950 Series 1 Landrover they are releasing...now that would also be a great one to build. if i had not already committed to the M26, I would have gone for that.
@@tonys_workshop saw enough land rovers in army lol .love that German half track with the canvas rood but think you will be talking big money 💰
@@stephenparkes626 LOL..Yes that was a great model..sold out for a long time....they do come up for sale very occasionally on the Armortek forum, but fully built and finished...No fun in that..The best part is the build.
Tony 👍👍
Incredible work 👍
Thanks Joe, very much appreciated.
You are doing great!
Thank you.
Can't believe it's nearly done (assume this was shot last year and the tank has been happily roaming about), cheers for sharing Tony, it's been nice to watch it all come together.
Hi Russ, thanks for continuing to watch and support..Yes completed late summer last year and yes, its been driving around happily since. A few more videos to upload to see it completed and driving. I am also in the process of scratch building a scale bridge so I can put the Tiger through some paces...filming that as well and then on to my next project when it arrives in March. The M26 Pershing...I could not resist :-)
@@tonys_workshop fantastic stuff Tony, I'll be watching with interest. Thanks for taking the time to make the videos, so glad I saw this and decided to be nosey.
Another great vid!
Thank you. I was worried it may have been too long, but it was difficult to short edit this as I felt there was a lot of leaning curves on this part that I wanted to share. Thanks for your continued support.
always wanted to make a model like that but man they are a lot of money.
Hi Alexander, thank you for watching and commenting. These are a lot of money, but they do hold most of their value in the used market as well. It took me a long time to be in a position to start this hobby, but I am so pleased that I took the plunge. It is a great way to distract from the modern day stresses. I do hope you manage to get into this as it is so rewarding. Armortek do have several payment plans which may be worth looking into. Hope you go on to watch my other large scale tank builds.
I have seen a builder use cabinet magnets to attach the turret top, and I think the top deck to the body of the tank. You are doing a great job! Hope you show the man/men you put in the tank and where you grt them from . Also, what type of paint did you use on the tank/
Hi David, Yes, I have seen that also, but I think unnecessary, because the top deck does not move once the turret is on. I did consider using something similar for the turret lid, but it actually sits quite well under its own weight. I only use two of the fixings to secure the turret lid when driving. I do cover the figures and where to get them from in a later video. the paint I have used is as follows: Base primer - P309 etching primer, then 2 x pre-finish primer coat in grey and 3x top coat Fosco Industrial Army Paint Color: WH. Dunkel Gelb, 400ML spray Matt. Rubbing down with wet and dry between coats. Hope this helps. Thanks again for your continued supporting comments. Have a great weekend.
Great work Tony, inspiring me to get cracking again on my Tiger, have you seen Steve Winstone's products? I have purchased a couple of upgrades from him.
Hi, thank you for watching and your continued support. I do hope you get going again on your Tiger. Yes..Steve's components are amazing...I found him too late to add to my tiger, but I did buy his Bosch light and machine gun upgrade which I do plan to retro install when I get a chance in the future.
Looking stunning Tony love the Armorpax details. How long did it take you to get to this point? You have been mentioned on the forum, and I see other members posting comments on your build which is Brilliant. Very interested to see the paks being fitted😁
Good morning Gary and thanks again for your kind comments. Just checked my work log..up to this video it was 162 hours, but most of that was probably scratching my head and looking blankly at the instructions :-) Oh dear, hope I have not upset anyone on there...not been on the forum since I posted an idea about a tank range a few weeks ago. The forum is a great place to share problems and learn and they were brilliant when I came across problems with setting up the radio gear. How is your Panther build going?
@Tony's Workshop head scratching agree with you, I've walked off a couple of times then come back to it🤣🤣 That's impressive you have got a long way in that time bud. Sorry I don't think that came across regarding the Armortek comet. Quite the opposite in fact very positive. You are one of a very few to share you're build and I massively applaud you for it. My panther.. Honestly I have no finger tips left.. I'm sanding all the machining marks off the sprockets and idlers really fiddly and time consuming. Moving forwards the main thing.
Hi Gary, yep, these kits are not for the faint hearted. I will check out the forum later. Thanks so much for your continued support and kind comments on my build, it seems to have captured a lot of watchers imaginations which hopefully is a good thing. Re Panther: But are you enjoying it, injuries. frustrations and all?
@Tony's Workshop to be honest Tony I'm really enjoying the build, I foolishly thought you bought the kit And it fell into place.. How wrong was i🤣🤣 However I have taken on a lot of extra details so haven't helped myself. Have a cracking week and look forward to the next installment.
@@garyrafferty8653 Thanks Gary, you too.
класс ! пугать беспокойных соседей ! хотя можно и ружьём !
Спасибо, очень шумно, но мне нравится :-)
@@tonys_workshop хорошее хобби ! хорошее вложение денег !
Спасибо и спасибо за вашу поддержку. Надеюсь, вы продолжите следить за моими проектами.
Really enjoyed this video Tony barrier cream brought back memories .defo think brass bush needed for armoured sleeve ,loaders hatch massive improvement on disappointed supplied one , they didn't bevel late escape hatch .Will you get engine fans and radiators set to fill the gap ?
Hi Steve thank you for your continued kind comments and support. Yes the old barrier cream is a must for me. I did manage to obtain a brass bush, which I go over in a later video. Yes, really happy that the Forum recommended Armorpax...they have some great reasonably priced upgrades. I decided against the engine fans etc, as once the turret is on, it is impossible to open the engine bay access door without removing the stowage bins and I had planned the power on switch and smoke switch to be located in one of the rear access grates. Thanks again for watching my progress. I enjoy our exchanges very much. Have a great weekend.
@@tonys_workshop bought myself a hand held reamer ,very good and handy 👍👍
@@steve1315 Hi Steve, yes...great tool...now I have one I'm using it a lot.
This video was very educational has to how you may need to make adjustments to some pieces. Do you have any idea how many hours you have spent so far? Thanks.
Good morning Ray and thank you. I was worried this video may have been a tad too long, but it was a long build session and hoped it would be informative. Up to this point and checking in my model build work log 162 hours. Thanks for your continued support.
@@tonys_workshopThanks Tony. I was happy to see the longer video. I have looked forward to them since they began. While I wait for the M26 to arrive, these have been very informative as to what to expect. And although I have a very nice workshop, I have added a few items based on your video. I actually built a 4 x 6 foot work table similar to the one you bought as it seemed to be the perfect size. Thanks again.
@@tonys_workshop Have you seen the KZhead video on a guy building a Tiger 1 in 1/2 scale? Here it is, I just found it this morning. kzhead.info/sun/dtqkfMx_gKuqiGw/bejne.html
@@raymassa3751 Thanks Ray, thats great to hear...I have placed my order for the M26 and await confirmation from Armortek on delivery. Glad I am helping in a small way..Have a great weekend.
@@raymassa3751 Hi Ray, yes..I have seen these...it must be costing him a fortune..I reckon I could build 10 armortek tanks for the price...I love the driving chair in he last video 🙂..fascinating to watch. Looking forward to seeing it finished and driving. Have a great weekend.
Very nice, enjoying the build videos.
Total agree
Thank you. Hope you continue to follow.
If it is 1/6 scale, I suppose it will measure 1.40 cm long, right ?
Hi Javier, thank you for watching and commenting.....yes pretty accurate...It measures 1.48cm overall including the gun barrel. Hope you continue to follow my projects.
What do you use for your 1/6 operators ... Action man / Dragon Models or action figures / Hot Toys / Soldier Story / Phicen or some other 1/6 figure ?
Hi Alasdair, thank you for watching. I use Dragon Models, but I only look for the used out of the box versions because when being donated to adapt to animatronic figures, only the head, hands and uniform is required..Hope this helps. Hope you continue to follow.
@@tonys_workshop : Thanks for the reply. Yes, the Dragon Models parts would be excellent to use with your hobby. I've been tinkering with 1/6 heads myself recently ... but R&D costs [and a long term illness] limit my momentum. It is however nice to see that 1/6 working metal military vehicles exist, and even nicer to see how strong they are. I love 1/6 ... and I'm glad that I'm not alone in that. I hadn't actually heard of Armortek till today when your video was in my list ... I had to do a "double take" if you know what I mean .. [I have other hobbies that take up most of my time]. Thanks for sharing. I hope your build goes well.
@@alasdairblackmore2592 Hi Alasdair, I also love this scale, and when you see the tank operate, its so close to how the full size unit operates..apart from the weaponry of course..but driving, climbing etc...brilliant... The guy I had provide me with my two animatronic figures is amazing...might be worth checking out some his videos: www.churchillcreations.co.uk/videos. I am glad you have found me and hope you continue to follow...I am currently scratch building a 1:6 scale wooden bridge to put my tank through some paces..I am filming this and this will be uploaded at some point next month...would love some feedback from you once you see that. I then plan to go on and build the Armortek M26 Pershing as my next project....I want to keep going while I can 🙂
no links to the kit?
Hi...thanks for watching and commenting...links below: www.armortek.co.uk/armortek-shop/ www.armorpax.net/parts Hope this helps...
What does something like that cost ????
Hi James, thank you for watching and hope that you are enjoying my build...check out Armorteks website shop: www.armortek.co.uk/armortek-shop/ These are expensive kits, but once you see what they supply it will be obvious why. Hope you continue to follow.
I am shocked at the price of this , I expected it to be more .
@@jimmymckay73 Hi Jimmy, they are expensive, but the engineering and quality of these kits deserve to be the price they are...These are designed and manufactured to last and the residual value of holds its own on these kits. I am on your page as to the cost versus value for money...thanks for watching and commenting, hope you continue to follow my next builds.
If this was to scale it should weigh 9.5 tonnes. 1/6 of 57 tonnes. 😉
Absolutely LOL..Thanks for watching and commenting David. Hope you continue to follow.