Initial Production Tiger Ausf. H1 - full build | Abt. 501 Africa | 1/35 | RFM | 3D printed Tracks

[@AdamMann3D]

This was so much fun to watch. Seeing my own stuff used is super weird, but I love it. Overall you did a great job, and RFM really fixed any issues there were for the kit.

[@Tankbrusher]

Thanks Adam, your Tracks are just awesome!

[@joebringas4807]

Adam’s and Panzermiester’s videos are the reason I build now. So much good kit information. Used his Tigers for dummies video on Adam’s channel to purchase my Dragon kits. Happy to say I now have the 6 main variants in my stash. Great video Tankbrusher

[@Tankbrusher]

@@joebringas4807 Thanks Joe. Pretty much the same with me here ; )

[@AdamMann3D]

@@joebringas4807 always glad to hear stuff like this. I was much the same with Hamilkar Barkas.

[@Emtbtoday]

Hi Adam how much are your tracks bud? Do you ship to Scotland? Is it just tiger's your doing just now or have you and stug 3 winterketten? I'm needing them to finish of an Accurate alket

[@SteveJonesScaleModellingSite]

Built this kit a few years back. One of the best kits I have ever done. Your build is immaculate. Looking forward to seeing the paint job. Thanks for sharing

[@Tankbrusher]

Thanks Steve, this kit is hard to beat indeed! I'm going to convert the initial release into the Prototype H1-V1 with Vorpanzer. I can't wait to get this one painted.

[@ghostmodelling1376]

Wirklich schönes Teil hast du da hier her gezimmert. Gefällt mir. Find ich gut das jetzt auch gedruckte teile dabei sind. Bin aber auch fasziniert von deinen ketten. Frei mich schon auf die Fertigstellung von dem Ding. Frohe Ostern Kai

[@Tankbrusher]

Danke Dir - wenns jetzt auch noch mit den Werkzeughaltern klappen würde, wäre ich echt schon zufrieden. Naja, aufs neue Abschleppseil waren, dann geht's weiter : )

[@mikehufnagl8696]

Fantastic video Kai. Love the information you provided on this Tiger version. Also I appreciate you showing the difficulty you faced.

[@Tankbrusher]

Thank you Mike, just keeping it real : )

[@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling]

Sehr schön geworden und mit deinen gedruckten Teilen kitzelst du noch das gewisse Etwas heraus!

[@Tankbrusher]

Danke Dir!

[@multipl3]

Your attention to detail is second to none!

[@Tankbrusher]

Thank you, I still managed to miss the rear fenders should have ribs with cut out handles : /

[@ThatMofoDamon]

Excellent job done on this one Kai. Looking forward for your painting and weathering stage. Thanks for sharing, take care and keep up the good work my friend.

[@ScaleMilitaryModels]

Looking great so far!

[@Tankbrusher]

Thanks mate!

[@Ricks135scalemodels]

Nice looking kit and build. Great to see another video and build. Looking forward to your painting and detail work!!

[@Tankbrusher]

Thanks Rick, I do as well, time is long overdue for putting a finish on something : )

[@paulhumphriesz4557]

A great choice of Kit Kai I was recently looking at this kit to purchase rather than the previous release by RFM and your rear stowage bin does look great and a bit daunting to build in P.E but great results all the same thank you again for showing this and happy modelling to you. 😎👍

[@Tankbrusher]

Thank you very much Paul. The initial release is obsolete with this one now. I'll convert my older one. I like how well everything did fit together and with the PE stuff included, complexity was easy to dial in just as far to call it still fun.

[@paulhumphriesz4557]

@@Tankbrusher Hi Kai I just love what you do and its also very interesting what you say about the more technical things such as the road wheels I'm learning more and more from you on this subject and have seriously started to buy more decent reference books when I can, the wish list is growing. 😂 take care and I look forward to the next video. 😎👍

[@WelderART]

Im supporting of your Patreon account for a few months , u got excellent download data out there ! Good job my friend

[@RimsModels]

Excellent video my friend the build looks amazing love the detailing and nice job on the tracks to 👍👍

[@Tankbrusher]

Thanks mate : ) You (and all the other guys) need to finish these T-34 tanks soon mate. I'm starving to watch some German stuff getting put together xD

[@RimsModels]

@@Tankbrusher just finishing of all the fiddly photo etch not the best at doing it but I’m getting there lol

[@Tankbrusher]

After being done assembling this one here... I hear you mate, I hear you xD

[@GregReilly135ScaleModels]

Nicely build my friend I build the old one and found it to be a great build. Now seeing what's in the new release. I think I'll have to getting the new boxing. Another enjoyable video will look forward to your next update

[@Tankbrusher]

Thank you Greg! Hard to beat kit, enjoyed the good and easy fit together with the options to raise complexity on what would have almost a Tamiya like building experience. If you build your 2nd one, I sure I'm going to watch.

[@panzer-meister]

It's amazing work, Kai. I learned a lot from this video. Also, I'm looking forward to painting and weathering. Best wishes my friend. NOB

[@Tankbrusher]

Thank you NOB, can't wait tp get it painted : ) Stay safe my friend and I hope to see you bilding yours soon as well.

[@mr.brightside1295]

What an amazing job you did there, new sub! :D

[@Tankbrusher]

Thank you and thanks for the sub

[@vasili1207]

looking good my man. 🙌

[@Tankbrusher]

Thanks Vas!

[@timothywood4402]

Great video my friend..! I like the format as its kinda like a kit review/construction in one. Its nice to see all of RFM fixs pointed out.plus seeing the 3D printing is awesome.(nice tracks Adam )so is the tiger your building like tiger 131 at Bovington ??? I have RZM "the tiger file" dvd which shows 131. Up close and in HD COLOR.anyway this tiger has a small bevel under the rightside (looking at the front) mantal.just the right side tho.they point this fact out as ALWAYS being missed in armor kits.and your 3D wheels are spot on as seen on this tank.thanks for sharing.cheers

[@Tankbrusher]

Thanks Timothy! Tiger 131 is chassis no.122, between this and mine a lot of small changes happen. I will cover this in detail up the timeline it is mine here -> H2 -> Tiger 131. If it works out the way I want to do these builds, you guys will get the full picture of what changed over time. I do have the Dragons Kit of 131 already here : ) That bevel is clearance for the antenna socket of the by than canceled Porsche Tiger, that's why you often read Tiger P mantlet. On my build here this tiger was produced before the last contest of Prosche vs HWA (late Oktober '42), it still was kind of the thing back than and Tigers were still limeted to 100pcs per first contract.

[@secretstreetid]

super detailing !

[@Tankbrusher]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@rickmoreno6858]

I just picked up their 2015 release of ryefield 503 kursk with full interior. I need to get the sprues they just released with the hoses and stuff for engine, etc. Its an awesome looking kit

[@Tankbrusher]

Hey Rick. That early Tiger is a nice kit! Somebody warned me here in comment section that they didn't change as much as they did with the Initial production. I love the idea of a good full interior Tiger, but somehow I want it to be 1/16 scale and a "cut away" hull : )

[@rickmoreno6858]

@@Tankbrusher I like it just the way it is in 1/35. I can barely afford full interior kits, plus I won that kit for half the price it would be in store. With shipping it was 70 bucks, I got a smoking deal, won it off a fb model auction page. I will wait to build it, not until I get those parts that are missing and my ab skills get a little but better, I dont want to ruin an awesome kit. And to be quite honest RFM should have added for free those missing part, I mean if your spending about $100 on a full interior kit, they should have at least given those sprue. But in the end I'll purchase them as I want my tank to be as close to accurate as possible .

[@wargamesgeek1334]

Really enjoyed this video, new subscriber 👍

[@Tankbrusher]

Thanks mate and wellcome : )

[@Red-rl1xx]

Looking good!

[@Tankbrusher]

Thanks!

[@Emtbtoday]

Interesting you said that about the H1 I build the Eastern front full interior kit to an accurate H1 and not an ausf E too! It's one in my old friends books he's been a modeller for 40 years got hundreds of books and the RFM kit was more accurate for an H1 than an ausf E for Kursk! I have all the photos etc of the real tiger to my build it's all accurate without them smoke discharger mounted on each corner and the rear exhausts one thing that's different on my build I copied from the real thing it has a notek on the fender! It's a strange feature but when show the model with the photos as shows it really interests people!

[@hendrikschultze9978]

Nice build! Amazing research infos! The will help me on my next tigers! What type of resin 3d printer are you using? The parts are amazing and the resolution of the layers are spot on! Thanks for uploading the video!

[@Tankbrusher]

Thanks Hendrik, don't miss the next part. There are some small changes to the rear I did not do in this episode... I use two Resin Printers atm Phrozen Sonic Mini 4k

[@Yourlocaltankgirl8375]

What do you think about RFM's Abt. 503 Tiger?

[@Mitch_N_Monty_get_fuked]

I like tiger 131 style if h tiger because fenders look better but great job i love

[@Tankbrusher]

Hey and Thanks. I do have Tiger 131 by Dragon, planning on doing soon - it's a very different vehicle in my eyes. : )

[@Mitch_N_Monty_get_fuked]

@@Tankbrusher funny how they fpught same places near same period yet tiger 131 looks like a russian front tiger and this one looks like mist tigers from tiger 1

[@Tankbrusher]

@@Mitch_N_Monty_get_fuked 142 looks like the first Tigers used by the Abt.502 in russia - 131 looks almost like a early tiger. Main difference is the first 100 tigers are a different contract that the next 2xx one. 131 is chassis 122 so it is more a 2nd batch or early tiger.

[@Mitch_N_Monty_get_fuked]

@@Tankbrusher thx for the info and correction you definintly know alot about tigers :)

[@wengjoel]

Great video! Just to clarify, the RFM-5001u parts at 0:42 are the only changes made in relation to the previous RFM-5001 model? The rest of the pieces of RFM-5001U are identically the same with RFM-5001 right?

[@Tankbrusher]

Exactly. Next projects in line are v1 based on 5001 and turret 100 with 5075, so I'll have a look at both other kits as well.

[@paulbautista3926]

Thanks! I now have confidence tackling this kit as my first lol. Btw can all the hatches open? Is there a working gun elevation? Im planning to convert this kit into rc.

[@Tankbrusher]

; ) you will mange. All crew-hatches can be displayed open. The Commanders hatch will rest a the wrong angle by about 10°. Gun is elevating, you need to make your own bearing for both gun and turret. Good luck with your RC conversion.

[@nikolajc7617]

Maybe the box say its initial version but its wrong, initial had no side skirts and no feifel filters and a very different storage bin on the turret or no bin at all.

[@Tankbrusher]

For an umbrella term you can count the first ~20 vehicles as initial production "early" isn't very perceice either... They share that stuff was still figured out, initial wheels, mirrored track... and Ausf. H1 designation. However, if you want to categorize futher than this one would be a post-initial, calling only the first Abt. 502 Tigers "Initial". That's what I go with by now. This Abt. 501 Tiger arrived at the barracks looking very similar to the 502 Tigers, aside from it having the later hull sides. No skirt mounts, no Feifel mounts from factory. Most of the features you named like skirts and Feifels were not factory mounted. Idnk when exactly they where outfitted and painted, but it looks to me like this happed previous/during training for Africa. In Italy they already looked like we know them from Africa.

[@mauriciomorais7818]

56 tonnes of dedicated German engineering. This box-shaped breakthrough-tank is a marvel to behold. But is it really 100% German??? Experts say the Olvar transmission was stolen from the British!

[@Tankbrusher]

Pretty sure the gearbox didn't care ; )

[@鎌田英明-c6f]

アフリカ戦線、最強🐰

[@Tankbrusher]

実際にはそうではありません:)しかし、最も見栄えの良い

[@鎌田英明-c6f]

アメリカ軍？初陣シャーマンの評判は悪いし、パットンの暴力事件も嫌だなぁ！戦争の仕方を知ってんかい？👩パンツァーww.

[@daveybyrden3936]

Tiger "142" was the fourth Tiger to arrive in Africa.

[@Tankbrusher]

got it. one transport was earlier 23.11. got it wrong in my notes. Thanks for pointing it out!

[@daveybyrden3936]

@@Tankbrusher Tiger 142 was on the first MFP but there was a ship before that. See page 14.

[@Tankbrusher]

@@daveybyrden3936 Thanks again! I did put the correction into the descripton and will set it right next expisode. Rear wall got a treatment according to your webside now as well. RFMs upgrade looks good though.

[@leonweber5244]

Does the upgrade set contain wire? You mentioned it on 3:15 , however on every review there isnt wire included

[@Tankbrusher]

I either missplaced the wire or there was non included after all. I'm still thinking I unboxed it, mesured the wire and did put it aside(?)

[@leonweber5244]

@@Tankbrusher thank you, then I will be buying some copper wire with it👍😁

[@michaeltiedt6376]

Warum hast du das Modell schon??? Ich kriege das noch gar nirgends...

[@Tankbrusher]

Hatte meinen am 2.1. beim MBK vorbestellt : )

[@michaeltiedt6376]

@@Tankbrusher Komisch. Auf der Internetseite von MBK ist das selbst jetzt noch nicht als verfügbar eingestuft... das ist doch 5001U, oder? Oh, no. Sag nicht, daß die Vorbestellungen so zahlreich waren, daß die gesamte Lieferung sofort wieder weg war...

[@Tankbrusher]

Beim MBK selbst hab ich den dann auch recht schnell verschwinden sehen. Ist ein beliebter Bausatz, darum auch ausnahmsweise mal ne Vorbestellung. Container aus Fernost sind derzeit ja richtig langsam unterwegs... 5001U is richtig und schau mal bei www.mn-modelar.com - da hatte ich vor zwei Wochen bestellt und war innerhalb von drei Tagen bei mir - da ist er noch auf Lager. Ist ein tschechischer Shop und die Preise sind in Ordnung.

[@michaeltiedt6376]

@@Tankbrusher Danke für den Hinweis! Übrigens! Ich klebe PE-Teile nur noch mit Ultra Glue von Ammo of Mig. Das ist nach meinem Verständnis ein Leim. Die Verarbeitungszeit ist länger und Überschüsse kann man einfach wegzupfen. Seit ich das habe, habe nichts mehr mit CA-Zement geklebt. Du machst dir das Leben leichter. Am Ende hält es auch besser. Der Verbund ist recht flexibel wohingegen Sekundenkleber ja knallhart oder gar brüchig wird...

[@Tankbrusher]

@@michaeltiedt6376 Guter Tipp! Das schaue ich mir gerne mal an. CA bekommst Du in verschiedenen "Festigkeitsklassen" brüchig ist nur das Zeug das "Endfest" ist. Mein dünnflüssiger Kleber ist eigentlich für RC Reifen, das bleibt ähnlich flexibel wie Holzleim, mein Gelkleber ist auch nur Mittelfest. Da gibts so ne breite Auswahl and günstigen Industriekleber mit echten Spezifikationen, da kaufe ich eigentlich nichts mehr was ein "Modellbau-Branding" trägt (und das doppelte kostet). Beim Debonder hab ich ne Ausnahme gemacht, da macher industrielle auch den Kunststoff anfrisst.

[@jameskernop4170]

Ok where's part 2 of this video?

[@Tankbrusher]

In the makeing. Will be published on Sunday 9th of may. Damn towcables took 12days to be shiped, sry for the delay.

[@jameskernop4170]

May 9th Sunday need that video

[@bengtwahlstedt1021]

I have seen pictures of that Tiger in Libya numbered 724 ! No fenders on the sides. Mudgards on front made by the crew. Plugged shellholes on turret and on the side of the superstructure.

[@Tankbrusher]

Yeah, that's a famous picture set. There is one in front of a roman theater with natives posing next to it. I got the Dragon Kit for that one, it's on my bucket list! The one i build in that video is placed earlier in the time line, just after arrival.