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I've been wanting a Tiger for the last couple of years and I've hummed and I've haaaa'd over what one to get time and time again. In the end, I decided on an early version and Tamiya because I use Tamiya paints...and I don't like having to "convert" when I get another manufacturer
Nice one, JD.
Many years ago, I had the Tamiya 1/24 scale Tiger I, Panther and Jagd Panther. The Tiger I was an excellent model with a lot of interior detail, and metal torsion bar suspension. They all had individual track links, although in plastic, not metal. Somewhere, I think I have some photo's.
Unfortunately, they all suffered from the ravages of time, especially during the move from one home to another.
Yeah - it looks like a nicely detailed kit.
I'll open it up tonight or tomorrow and get some pics up of the sprues
Nice kit!
If you need some photos related to Tiger #332 you can find a few here:
http://ww2images.blogspot.com/2013/02/tiger-332-stuck-in-mud-recovery-training.html
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Note the double Balkenkreuzen on the back of the turret as mentioned on the site.
Thanks Stagger
Here's the kit unboxed
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Nice touch....a bit of material for hoses
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Lots of wheels - 2 sprues
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Decals
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Nice rubber tracks and nice touch with how they've moulded them to take account of the drop between the front wheel and first road wheel.
I'm not a fan of those "build your own kits" tracks and NO - I'm not interested in spending £10 on metal tracks :knuppel2:
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The instructions
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Colour & decal schemes - personally I like the bland grey
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And there you go. As with ALL my models, I'm really looking forward to building this - but it'll have it's place in my ever growing backlog of model kits :smitten:
OH heck, that looks so tempting.
Quote from: Staggerwing on May 26, 2016, 07:15:19 PM
Nice kit!
If you need some photos related to Tiger #332 you can find a few here:
http://ww2images.blogspot.com/2013/02/tiger-332-stuck-in-mud-recovery-training.html
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Note the double Balkenkreuzen on the back of the turret as mentioned on the site.
3 Famo 18's if you have them, please.
Quote from: bob48 on May 27, 2016, 04:42:22 AM
3 Famo 18's if you have them, please.
Sorry, can only spare 2 at the moment... but I'll throw in a motorbike, ok?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-022-2926-11A%2C_Russland%2C_Abschleppen_eines_Tiger_I.2.jpg)
ROFL
Quote from: Staggerwing on May 26, 2016, 07:15:19 PM
Nice kit!
If you need some photos related to Tiger #332 you can find a few here:
http://ww2images.blogspot.com/2013/02/tiger-332-stuck-in-mud-recovery-training.html
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Note the double Balkenkreuzen on the back of the turret as mentioned on the site.
I'm embarrassed to say (as a wargamer, on a wargamer's forum and as a casual history buff) that I did not know what Balkenkreuz was and had to look it up.
Oh - the shame! :-[
Quote from: Staggerwing on May 27, 2016, 05:38:07 AM
Quote from: bob48 on May 27, 2016, 04:42:22 AM
3 Famo 18's if you have them, please.
Sorry, can only spare 2 at the moment... but I'll throw in a motorbike, ok?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-022-2926-11A%2C_Russland%2C_Abschleppen_eines_Tiger_I.2.jpg)
I'll give you 3 bob
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I totally love this thread 8) :)
If I cant have a Famo 18, can I at least have an sdkfz 7?
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-022-2926-11A%2C_Russland%2C_Abschleppen_eines_Tiger_I.2.jpg)
I saw what you did there... both of you.
BTW, Bob, It looks like we can get you three Famos to extricate Tiger #332 after all:
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Awesome :-))
What? No electric motor? Even my waltzing Matilda from 1978 had an electric motor. ;)
A bit late to the party, but did you get this one finished yet? I didn't see it on your shelves in the Flanker post...
No - I wasn't making any progress until the Flanker was done - which took a year. So all models bought were to add to my stash - including this one.
I don't know where it'll fit in because the stash I have (what it is) is full of great models all of which I'm eager to build.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on April 21, 2017, 07:54:26 AM
No - I wasn't making any progress until the Flanker was done - which took a year. So all models bought were to add to my stash - including this one.
I don't know where it'll fit in because the stash I have (what it is) is full of great models all of which I'm eager to build.
Cheers, so Leo next? Looks good.
I've got a 1:35 StuG III Ausf G by Dragon sitting on its box, I've sprayed the external parts with dunkelgelb as a base paint, but got stuck. It's been five years, I need to finish it. I plan to convert it into a Finnish Stu-40 with the tri-color came, should look the part if I ever finish it. After that a 1:72 Ju-88 is waiting.
I haven't done any models since my teen years, apart a few ones I built with kids. I let them do all the work, and am immensely proud of myself of not finishing it for them.
I did help with one of their Brewster Buffalo paint job a bit, we did it after a one they recovered from a bottom of a lake so made it look like it's indeed under water for 75 years. But that's it O:-)
5 years!!!!
lmao
Quote from: JudgeDredd on April 22, 2017, 03:47:08 PM
5 years!!!!
lmao
More like a few stints during the first year and then four years on the shelf, looking accusingly down at me. :hide:
I'll get it done though, one of these years...