not sure how i missed them (page might have stuck) in the BIG tiger book i have here, but i did find nice drawings of the Tiger's turret hatches (just wish they had true sizes marked on them....), so i put the book on the scanner and started scanning in some of the wanted images. i know i wanted to put on a Winter paint scheme, but wanted to see what version of the Tiger it was as i at least wanted to get the hatches on top right along with any other noticeable details. i have 2 pictures so far (i know i saw 2 more, just can't remember where now) as see i could just deck this tank out, but don't want to as i'm sure some stuff may get blown off by others (someday soon if all goes well ........ i hope). i thought i'd start with the rectangular hatch as that seemed to look fairly easy. so i first went with a top view of the turret scale it to print out to 1:14th scale (as 1:7th won't fit onto a piece of 8.5 x 11" paper) then doubled the measurements from it. looks pretty good so far ...... then i measured the outside edge of the hatch i was interested in........ bring up the drawing of the hatch on the computer and start printing it until i get it to scale ........ what's wrong? it's off, it's longer than it is wide (or was it the other way around, i don't recall now) ... maybe i measured something wrong ....... check again, eh, might be off a hair here .... nope, doesn't bring it close enough, so i made it between the measurements and figured good enough and printed it out to start on it tonight. well, i start sizing up some pieces of plexi glass and plastic sheeting and kept looking at the hatch on the print out and decided, why not make it open and close and maybe use it to load the paint balls, so while i am rechecking on the size and if this is the right hatch, i have emails Ralph to see if's master it for me (and maybe some of the other hatches) now to recheck scales and sizes ....... Chris, _Odyssey Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html)
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