milsurp53

On the Tiger 1,I see a chain attached to the round escutcheon on the rear of the canister, where does the other end go? Thanks.

Dave

BiggTony

Actually, there's 3 chains that are attached to caps. 1 on the bottom of each chamber and one in the middle. I've always wondered what their function was too, but lost the thought when I got rid of the air filters. I can only assume it was to drain any excess build up of water and crud. Only info I've been able to find was the inventor of it and why it was made.

This is an early version I believe. I don't think late tigers had the same Fiefel.<br type="_moz" />

Panther F

Wow, only 3 hours this time. Not bad!

Actually Late Tigers had no filters, at least the external type as shown. Thought you would have read that part.


- Jeff

milsurp53

Thanks BiggTony. That's the best photo I've seen. Not easy to find close-ups of the back.

milsurp53

Is this a common question? I searched here and Google and couldn't find the answer.

BiggTony

LMAO! <div>
</div><div>No, Jeff's just raggin on me! Normally I've already had posted in a thread by now, but believe it or not....I've actually been working on stuff! lol</div><div>
</div><div>And yep, I should have read that somewhere, but alot of my resources are in Russian and I've only been focusing on my initial Tiger, lol.</div>

BiggTony

Wait, now I am confused. If that's not considered an early version, then what version is on the later tigers (not the metal road wheel Tigers?) There's two types of Fiefels I've seen. The one I've posted with individual chambers visible and the other that is in one enclosed housing (like the ones that come on the HL and Tamiyas.

milsurp53

That must be the early early before they hid the air cleaner type.

sevoblast

System was dropped sometime in the mid production run, and on a lot of early Tigers the system was removed later in the war. You can see some photos of Tigers with the brackets but no system.

milsurp53

I like the looks of them, with the air hoses and all. I'm leaving my tank as an early type, just trying to give it a little detail. I'll be asking questions soon on paint colors and techniques. Thanks all.