Jagdtiger Henschel Interior. Part II: Rear Wall

The rear wall of the Jagdtiger fighting compartment has a few interesting features compared to the rest of the vehicle and was perhaps the least difficult aspect to model in 1/35th scale. The most obvious feature, the center doors were well designed in the Tamiya kit. Our only addition was the rubber seal around the edge of the door. This seal is present on early black and white photos of the Aberdeen vehicle. Photos of the porsche at Bovington has only the rivets from the seal remaining.
The brackets on either side of the door, were presumably some type of internal locking mechanism which held a bar in place. To the left and possibly the right of the door, the intentionally vacant depression, are the periscope holders for the rear roof of the vehicle.
The large bolts on either side of the doors were to hold the large door mounts in place. We had intended to cast these in resin but were pleased with the appearance of the stacked PE bolts and these will be provided in the kit. The L shaped bracket on the right side of the rear wall has an unknown function but is likely relate to either an antenna to the command vehicle or perhaps to hold the mounting for commander's sight when the roof was removed. The tube over the door, again has an unknown function and does not appear to be the same design as those presumed to be map cases on the front and right walls.
The final feature worth noting is the large beam separating the rear wall from the firewall. This beam is likely added support for the rear wall. On the beam are two support brackets bracing the beam to the rear wall. There also a couple of square "boxes" of unknown function bolted to the underside of the beam. A couple of wire tie downs are also present with their function unknown.