About this detail of the Tiger
This is the underside of the turret roof in Rye Field's Mid Tiger. It has detail on the underside, including a good representation of the cupola shims, but not the lip of the cupola that they are inserted into.
However, this roof is missing an important structural feature. There were two ribs welded under the roof to strengthen it. The kit does not provide them. Also, there should be a strip of thicker armour at the front of the roof. All of these features can easily be scratchbuilt to improve the kit.
The right-hand rib reached from the back wall to the thicker part at the front. This is a side view of the right-hand rib.
The left-hand rib terminated near the middle of the roof, to avoid colliding with the cupola.
This is a profile of the beams. The beams were simple flat strips, not T-beams [1] .
Looking up from below, we can see how the two beams related to the cupola.