Tommy Styrvoky Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 (edited) Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank (RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr I present my first model as an AFOL, a Tiger porsche or Tiger (P). This vehicle, and the Tiger I (H) (the more commonly known Tiger tank) was built to meet the requirements of a 45 ton vehicle that could mount a 88mm flak inside a krupp turret. Durning the testing of the two vehicles, the Porsche version struggled with teething issues in the electronic drive motors that drive the rear sprockets. This vehicle has an interesting means of propulsion, there are 2 V10 engines that drive generators, that in turn provide power to the rear drive motors. This eliminates strain on a mechanical transmission, and allows for ease of "shifting" between different amounts of power supplied to the rear drive motors. Because of the issues with the over-engineered drivetrain, the vehicle lost the competition, and it was not put into production. There had been a total of 100 hulls built by Porsche, and only 5 Tiger (P)s were finished. This vehicle is one of the few that saw actual combat, the markings of it are from the Panzerjäger Abteilung 653rd. I got the inspiration for this model from Sariel's Tiger XL, and I decided it would be cool to utilize his turret (like the actual tiger (P) used the same Krupp turret). I have made a couple small changes to the turret, as it was slightly too long, and the sloped portion was too short. The hull of the tank is packed with motors and details, as I replicated the entire engine bay, and that alone takes up at least 1/3 of the entire vehicle. The rest is filled with the 5 motors inside of the model. Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank(RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Lego Tiger Porsche blueprints (RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr IMG_7980 by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank(RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank(RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank(RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank(RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank(RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank(RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank(RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank(RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank(RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr I like how all of the SNOT work fitted together very nicely Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank(RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank(RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank(RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Edited March 16, 2015 by Tommy Styrvoky Quote
Kelkschiz Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 (edited) for some odd reason, I am unable to have the video correctly linked. Have you tried deleting the s at the end of http? Another solid piece of work . Edited March 15, 2015 by Kelkschiz Quote
__________________________ Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 You know you're one of the best builders when you can top Sariel Quote
Rishab N Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 Awesome tank. I like the SNOT work on the front Quote
Sariel Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Interesting, my impression now is that your version of the turret is slightly too short. Just a tiny bit, but maybe I'm wrong. It's probably hard to settle this, but this is what I got by comparing my Tiger with the blueprint (keep in mind, the photo has central perspective so things on top of the tank appear bigger): Quote
anton1678 Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 I love the detail on the armor plating, especially on the front of the tank. Great job. Quote
Tommy Styrvoky Posted March 16, 2015 Author Posted March 16, 2015 Interesting, my impression now is that your version of the turret is slightly too short. Just a tiny bit, but maybe I'm wrong. It's probably hard to settle this, but this is what I got by comparing my Tiger with the blueprint (keep in mind, the photo has central perspective so things on top of the tank appear bigger): I think my model may be slightly smaller than yours, as the whole vehicle is 37 cm long, so the scale may be 1/19th, but I will try scaling a blueprint to the model like you did above. Well I have a small issue with perspective, as it is difficult to get a perfect photo of the vehicle from above because of the tripod, but It looks like the turret should be even a tad shorter, I think the difference between my turret and yours is the thickness of 1-2 plates. blueprint overlay by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Quote
Tommy Styrvoky Posted March 16, 2015 Author Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) Here's another photo, I think it's a scale issue, as I used the same reference points, front of mantlet, back of trunnion/lift point, and rear of turret. I had to slightly scale up your image, so i'm sorry if it's a little blurry, and the photo is a little too far back for the reference points, as I missed the back of the turret with the bustle/storage. tigers by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Edited March 16, 2015 by Tommy Styrvoky Quote
Tommy Styrvoky Posted March 16, 2015 Author Posted March 16, 2015 I had some fun in gimp and created some "blueprints" for the model. Lego Tiger Porsche blueprints (RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Quote
neoconagenda Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Its am always amazed to see these great MOC's and then even more amazed to see how close you tried to stay to scale. As if the MOC was not already awesome you were able to keep it within a close tolerance to scale. You guys are awesome! Quote
Tommy Styrvoky Posted March 18, 2015 Author Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) I forgot about a few photos, so here are some more of the model outside, I may decide to convert one of them to serpia, to make it look like the actual vehicle on the Russian front. Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank (RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank (RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank (RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank (RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr and another fun edit. Lego Tiger Porsche heavy tank (RC) by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr Edited March 18, 2015 by Tommy Styrvoky Quote
braker23 Posted March 18, 2015 Posted March 18, 2015 Now this is an awesome tank, the LOD is amazing, thanks for sharing it with us Tommy :) Also, I just love the blueprint idea, this rocks! Quote
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