Front Headlights

The headlights on the Tigers that were deployed to Tunisia were moved from the top hull, near each corner at the front glacis, to the glacis as shown. At this time, they still used both headlights. A mount was field-fabricated to hold the light, and the electrical conduit moved to the light, with the feed still coming from the conical-shaped junction box in the top of the hull.

I used 0.020" styrene sheet, cut into a rough square, big enough for the mount. The brace that serves to hold this up is a triangle cut from the same material, although small enough that its' edge does not come out to the edge of the mount for the light. I glued these in place, and slightly rounded the corners of the mount. Critics may see other references where this new mount was an elaborate affair, constructed of angle iron and complex bends. Since this was field-fabricated, I think mine would be appropriate, too.

The kit headlights were used, although the long, narrow post was cut-off, and a short, thicker rod replaced it. This is to represent the socket mount. Thin strips were installed in an "+" pattern, with the post in the center, in a scale representation of what the male-female connection looked like. A hole was drilled in the left side of each light for the conduit entry. The junction box exiting the hull was duplicated with rod that was rounded on top like the real one. A hole was also drilled in each junction box for the conduit.

The conduit run is a 0.020" piece of lead solder from Hudson and Allen that I had as spare. First, I glued this into the junction box, and ran across the front lip of the top hull, and made sharp bends to get this to the light, where I cut the solder to length, and glued it into the light. The final touch was a very small piece of thin foil, as the clip that holds the conduit in place just after it makes the 90-degree bend to go down over the glacis.