Saturday, February 7, 2015

My Tigers

This post was inspired by this one at Paul's blog:  http://plasticwarriors.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/tiger-time-with-dave.html

There is nothing new here, in fact the very reverse.  The Airfix Tiger I did a long, long time ago, I'm thinking early teens.  It might have been based on an Airfix magazine article, or I might have used the Roco Mini Tank as a template.

The road wheels are missing (which tends to make me thing I was following an magazine article when I made this - needed Panther wheels).  There is some plastic card in use (it was very rare stuff when I was growing up in Adelaide in the 1970s), but mostly I have used Plasticine.

The black tracks mean this model is not as old as I thought it was, but it might have been a cannibalization of two kits.  The body being an old model of mine (if you look closely you can see I assembled the gun barrel wrong) and the tracks from a mate's model that was probably a wreck.  But I'm guessing.

An actual transfer in use which is rare for me.  You can see I have mainly tried painting on detail.

The Roco Mini Tank (or at least I think it is).  1/87th scale.  Nice little model, but a tad too small, especially for a Tiger.  You wouldn't think maths was my best subject given how I've painted the turret numbers.

Given the identical colour schemes I must have done these in the same timeframe.  Would have been good old Humbrol enamels.

Still painting on the detail (and insignia).

An opening hatch.  How cool is that!

These are a more recent acquisition, this century at least.  They were on special at Cancon one year and obviously I couldn't resist.  The command tank is remote control.

Can't remember the brand, but they are the ones that come fully assembled and painted.

They mean business.

Sadly the first two picture models (the Airfix and Roco) were in my spares box.  Lucky for them Paul's post won them a reprieve and a chance for 15 minutes of fame.

10 comments:

  1. I have a Matchbox Tiger 1 in my collection that has never fired a shot in anger, but it was fun to build. Same with a Battlefront 15mm Tiger 1, fun to paint, never been used on the table because, well, I dunno. Doesn't seem sporting somehow, unless I can find a proper historical scenario for it. Yours are some fine old campaigners. I did try to build a Fujimi plastic Tiger 1 two years ago, but the kit was shite, the instructions incomprehensible, and I binned it after gluing one eye shut.

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    1. We had a game of Blitzkrieg commander using King Tigers and they were awesome. And then we had another game that had JS IIs - they were deadly as well.

      But my fellows are yet to see action.

      I have a stack of kits that I am looking forward to making, but I am yet to even plan to consider making a start.

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  2. Always liked the look of the Tiger1s. Nice work!

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    1. Thanks. Not much to take credit for, except the old beast.

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  3. Nice conversion work on the old girl. The spares box should be thankfull of having it in it.

    It looks game ready to me!

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    1. Thanks.

      Yes, game ready... While I was searching for something (possibly that Airfix article) I came across this:

      http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~tmarshal/wcfd/wcfd2.html

      It might be the inspiration I need for a game, but have to concentrate on Waterloo 2015 preparations first.

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  4. Great stuff, the company looks very good together

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    1. Thanks - yeah, those three out of the box Tigers look good.

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  5. Very nice Mark - always loved the shape of the Tiger!

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    1. Thanks Carlo - you're only saying that coz it's more your scale.

      The Tiger has more of the look of an early war tank and for me that is some of its charm.

      This post is also a good example of what we were discussing last Wednesday - my old work or work that has been purchased, gets more comments than stuff I have put recent blood, sweat and tears into. I have an exquisite unit of 15mm Nassau just about completed and will be watching reaction to it very carefully when I feature it in a post.

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