Tiger ausf. E : Cupola hatch handles

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The commander's hatch on the Early Tiger had three internal handles for locking it. When the hatch was open, the handles looked like this:

Cupola hatch handles

Note that the three handles are not identical. Two of them are, but the other one is "mirrored". As a result they all adopt convenient positions.

(Note: the Tank Museum's Tiger "131" should not be used as a reference if other sources disagree. It has been taken apart and altered more than once. Parts from other tanks are used in it.)

The kit's hatch handles

This kit provides identical handles. This is the kit's assembled cupola. The bottom left handle is the wrong type for that position.

Because there are four handles in the kit, it may be feasible to cut up two of them and rebuild the parts as a single handle of the right shape.

 
 

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