Post by wouter on Jul 18, 2019 10:54:20 GMT
Hi gents.
Currently I'm doing a lot and at the same time nothing modellingwise
Couple of weeks ago I decided to take a queen from the shelves.
It's a Tiger I which saw service in Africa during WWII
Some of you might remember it. It's a Tiger I of the second Kompanie of the s.Pz.Abt. 501. The second company had it's own distinct features but most people will think of 1st comp. Tigers when one speaks about an African Tiger I.
When I started the build in 2012 (!) there were no kits to depict a Tunisian Tiger I - other than an older inaccurate Tamiya kit or a very rare and expensive Dragon kit.
So I decided to use Dragon kit 6600 (initial Tiger) as a base and add changes. The etchwork comes from Voyager models.
Tiger 243 is quite famous together with 241 from a set of photos where they just arrived in Tunisia 1943 and were en route from Bizerte to Manouba. These two Tigers carried a lot of jerrycans on the turret roof and that appealed to me. Apparantly it hasn't been modelled often so in way an original subject to portray ^^. In the past David Byrden pointed out that I made some inaccuraries so I'm busy adjusting them. The crew got painted but was never very happy with it. So they are stripped of paint and I'm busy doing some surgery.
Cheers
Currently I'm doing a lot and at the same time nothing modellingwise
Couple of weeks ago I decided to take a queen from the shelves.
It's a Tiger I which saw service in Africa during WWII
Some of you might remember it. It's a Tiger I of the second Kompanie of the s.Pz.Abt. 501. The second company had it's own distinct features but most people will think of 1st comp. Tigers when one speaks about an African Tiger I.
When I started the build in 2012 (!) there were no kits to depict a Tunisian Tiger I - other than an older inaccurate Tamiya kit or a very rare and expensive Dragon kit.
So I decided to use Dragon kit 6600 (initial Tiger) as a base and add changes. The etchwork comes from Voyager models.
Tiger 243 is quite famous together with 241 from a set of photos where they just arrived in Tunisia 1943 and were en route from Bizerte to Manouba. These two Tigers carried a lot of jerrycans on the turret roof and that appealed to me. Apparantly it hasn't been modelled often so in way an original subject to portray ^^. In the past David Byrden pointed out that I made some inaccuraries so I'm busy adjusting them. The crew got painted but was never very happy with it. So they are stripped of paint and I'm busy doing some surgery.
Cheers
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, terrific to see it surface again and i gotta say it looks superb..........figgies are excellent....especially the conversion work 
