Hi

I would like to place my King tiger w/zimmerit from DML in a 1944 urban setting. I would like to have my king tiger fighting its way in an harbor,railway yard,near a dock, or any other industrial area. But I have no clue how I could lay this out. If anyone has ideas or tips they will be most welcome. I also would like to know if their is a manufacturer that produces cranes, heavy machinery and other industrial machinery found in the places mentionned above.

Thanks for the help.

Cheers

Hey Mahdi Sounds like a good plan! Why not send [AlanL] a private message? I know that on his big dock scene he has used a small crane amongst other things, and will be able to steer you in the right direction. Al's a top bloke and will be only too happy to help out
Brad

Hi Mahdi,

Just came across your post. I don't know much about the deployment of the King Tiger other than 1 in Normandy and those used in the Battle of the Buldge.

On cranes there are two 1/35 options that I know off.

MIG 35114 European Harbour/Railway Cargo Crane

and

CMK RA033 Kohlenkran DR - Coal Crane

Here's a link to Netmerchants where you can have a look at them


http://www.netmerchants.co.uk/search.php?jssCart=12b149fa4edf9d16cc6b3ea3a911f48e

Just type the word Crane in the Search option on the top RHS

Are you thinking Eastern or Western Europe? If the King was deployed in the East, then I would be inclined to go for a railway setting as there are a lot of bits available, ie track, goods wagons etc plus there are a great variety of good Russians for it to attack., think the hand to hand German/Russian sets (MB or MiniArt)

I am sure there will be an option in the West too around the Batle of the Buldge time but that would be a Winter setting.

Hopefully some of the German experts will be able to give you more precise info but a good starting point would be time/season and theatre of war.

Hope that helps a bit.

Al

Thanks for all the ideas. I was thinking of a King tiger in Danzig or Konisberg. Or a railway setting in cities where their where major battles. Warsaw, Breslau, Budapest, Poznan or any other. I'm not sure where I should place the objects on my scene.
this is what inspired me to build a scene of the sort. (replacing the LWS with a king tiger and adding other machinery and stuff.)
http://www.dws.xip.pl/bron/niemcy/n17e.jpg

Mahdi,
Don't overlook the railway hobby shops, or the RC shops for resources. Some hobbyist don't ever think about other hobbyist resources for their use. I have even found resources in fine arts stores and craft work stores. Lucky that I have a very supportive wife who has contributed to my hobby addiction by giving me things from right here in the house to use for some things I would have otherwise gone out and bought. She calls it being "frugal". But I call it being cheap. Hell it works is all I can say.