I have been working on this bad boy for some time now, so please be advised, this will be a picture heavy post.
My subject is Tiger 100 from Abteilung 502 and the kit is Dragon's Tiger I Initial. I will also be using Spade Ace mirrored metal tracks, RB Model Tiger I early barrel and ET Model PE set for the Dragon Tiger I initial (seems the set provides some options for the African Tigers, too). I am still have not made up my mind if I am going to use the TMD resin turret, will see how it goes.

















CC welcome!

Thanks for watching

Christos

Thanks for sharing this build with us. I will be watching through the months.

Off to a great start.

Brent, Tim,

Thank you for your interest and taking the time to comment, much appreciated!

I did some prep work today and misted the clear parts with heavily thinned clear green to give them that green tint they seem to have.

Should get more work done tomorrow.

Catch you later

Christos

Shaping up now!






The road wheels and the hull roof are dry-fitted, as there is plenty of work still left to be done.

Thanks for watching

Christos

Hi Christos, your Tiger is coming along very nicely. I look forward to future updates. Just by coincidence I am building 502 # 111 with the same Dragon kit. Best regards....Dale

Thank you for the good word Dale!

Do you have a blog of your build? Would love to see another Tigger being built!

A bit more work done on the Tiger and I had to use some squadron green putty to fill some gaps and re-create the weld seams (where applicable). I have also started adding the OVM, but it looks like the Dragon wire might be a bit of a challenge to bend into shape/place.









Let me know what you think, all comments are welcome!

Lower hull is now completed, only the turret left to finish the construction of the Tigger










All comments are welcome, thanks for watching!

Christos

The turret is almost completed, just the smoke launchers are missing and a few minor details from the turret bins.







Thanks for watching, all comments are welcome!

Christos I have listed this as a BLOG in the hope that more members will take a look to see what you are up to. keep up the good work.

Thank you very much for the good work Darren and for setting the topic as a blog! I think I did not select the option to set it as a blog when I started it!

Cheers

Christos

The smoke launchers are now installed and I have added the weld lines to the turret bin brackets.








Priming is next!

Have you used a cotton cable for the tow cables? I ask as it looks different.

I used the cables that came with the kit and not the easiest thing bend or fix in place.
I found out a tad too late, but apparently the cables and eyes are OK for a later Tigers, but the initials had thinner cables (22mm instead of 32mm) and the corresponding eyes and storage brackets were smaller, too.

This is one spectacular build. Is the horseshoe supposed to be upside down?

Hi Matt,

Thank very much for the good word, much appreciated!

It was like that on the real tank, as well


To be honest, I always thought this is the correct way to hang horseshoes as lucky charms!

If it's upside down, all of the luck falls out.

Great work here! Can't believe I've missed this. Keep up the good work sir.

Cheers,
Dustin

This explains a lot then! Tiger 100 was stuck in the mud and was captured intact by the Russians!

Never to late to join in the fun Dustin!
Thank you very much for the kind comments, glad you like it so far!

I have cleaned up the Tiger by washing it with ethanol and then applied the primer. I think all is good!





Cheers

Christos

"I will also be using Spade Ace mirrored metal tracks"

I just got one of these kits in the mail this week and am watching your build with particular interest. I have built two sets of Fruil tracks before but have not heard of the Spade Ace tracks. Are they also metal with a wire to join the links? How do they compare with the Fruils?

Hi Paul,

I can't comment how the Spade Ace tracks compare to Friuls because I don't have any. But I can comment how the Spade Ace compare to Masterclub and I think they are on par, see picture below:


The bottom left run is Masterclub and the bottom right run is Spade Ace.

They come with a pretty hard wire to use to connect the links together, but I used pins instead. I found it a lot easier to push the pin by pushing its head and the end result looks more accurate, too.



HTH

Christos

Base coat is now applied and boy does it look hot!







I used Gunze's Dark Gray H401