Dear Friends,
I don't want to post only pictures from completed models and therefore as promised I will continue my current construction report here. I have started it in June but I am afraid that the report was deleted in the meantime in the other forum.
This is my fourth tank model and there it is always the question, why tanks are so fascinating. Well tanks are not really beautiful but they are technical monuments and in 1:25 it is possible to built details that hardly can be built in 1:250:)
I don't want to tell much about the Tiger because much is known and information is available in the www. It was one of the most famous tanks in WWII altough the number of produced Tiges was not really high (about 1,300 in total) compared with other tanks. The Tiger was a real warbeast with heavy armour, a powerful gun that could knock out any tank at high distances but it was very expensive and not reliable. Many Tigers had to be abandoned due to breakdowns.
The kit is from Kartonowy Arsenal (Halinski), published in 1998 and is including about 2,800 parts. Compared with other tanks from KA this is not much but for me enough:) The model is an early production type that particapated at operation 'Zitadelle' (tank battle at Kursk) in 1943.
I am using laser cut tracks as I (sluggard) did for my other tanks. although not a really new production the design is very nice.
An interior is provided that will be later visible via several hatches and my aim is it to provide as many insights as possible.
The fit and construction of the model are very good but the drawings leave many questions open and the layout of the pages is chaotic. Therefore the construction is quite challenging but gives much pleasure on the other hand.
As you can see I have completed the corpus (the little cute tank is a tank IV) and now I have some fun with the turret. I want to leave the turret roof removable for providing insight to the interior. The fit of the turret is not perfect what is not a flaw of the construction but bringing 1 mm card into a round shape was not so easy.
The next step will be building the Tiger's teeth, the main gun (8.8-cm-KwK36/L56).
Regards
Gerd
I don't want to post only pictures from completed models and therefore as promised I will continue my current construction report here. I have started it in June but I am afraid that the report was deleted in the meantime in the other forum.
This is my fourth tank model and there it is always the question, why tanks are so fascinating. Well tanks are not really beautiful but they are technical monuments and in 1:25 it is possible to built details that hardly can be built in 1:250:)
I don't want to tell much about the Tiger because much is known and information is available in the www. It was one of the most famous tanks in WWII altough the number of produced Tiges was not really high (about 1,300 in total) compared with other tanks. The Tiger was a real warbeast with heavy armour, a powerful gun that could knock out any tank at high distances but it was very expensive and not reliable. Many Tigers had to be abandoned due to breakdowns.
The kit is from Kartonowy Arsenal (Halinski), published in 1998 and is including about 2,800 parts. Compared with other tanks from KA this is not much but for me enough:) The model is an early production type that particapated at operation 'Zitadelle' (tank battle at Kursk) in 1943.
I am using laser cut tracks as I (sluggard) did for my other tanks. although not a really new production the design is very nice.
An interior is provided that will be later visible via several hatches and my aim is it to provide as many insights as possible.
The fit and construction of the model are very good but the drawings leave many questions open and the layout of the pages is chaotic. Therefore the construction is quite challenging but gives much pleasure on the other hand.
As you can see I have completed the corpus (the little cute tank is a tank IV) and now I have some fun with the turret. I want to leave the turret roof removable for providing insight to the interior. The fit of the turret is not perfect what is not a flaw of the construction but bringing 1 mm card into a round shape was not so easy.
The next step will be building the Tiger's teeth, the main gun (8.8-cm-KwK36/L56).
Regards
Gerd
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