Tale of Three Tigers
As I said earlier ,I can build 3 hulls and 3 complete turrets from this box set . By using bits from the parts box I find I am able to finish off a 4th turret ( Commander’s hatch , AA MG rail and roof fan needed ) I’m going to build one ” Porsche ” and 3 Henschel turrets and I’ll explain why . Because of its design flaws the Porsche turret had an armored collar added to the hull to help keep rounds from deflecting off the curve on the bottom of the turret and into the hull roof . The front of the turret had the same problem , but there was no easy fix . If you look at the Maus they added an armored collar in front of the turret , but the driver hatch was much further forward than on the Tiger II
You can see the collar below the turret on the Bovington Porsche turret Tiger . The redesigned production turret had no such shot traps . So one hull with collar for the Porsche turret and 2 hulls for 3 Henschel turrets ( probably one with a damaged gun and some large caliber shell holes )
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