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Posted: Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 02:15 AM UTC


I thought this was a pretty sweet trick.Just simple perspective usage.
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Posted: Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 02:39 AM UTC
To add life to your dio, you could add german soldiers running and diving for their life !
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Posted: Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 06:56 AM UTC

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You could have the effect that the Hog just rolled in on the tanks blowing them all to hell and have the smoke from the tanks hiding a rod to the Hog as it pulls up or manuvers to avoid flak.

Like the Cat dio.


Pilots don't like getting too close to brewing-up "former targets". You get in there too close and you can become "hoist on your own petard," as our British cousins would put it about the time an exploding 125mm comes flying out at you or the whole thing lets go and the turret comes flying up at you like an overgrown flaming frisbee!! #:-)
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Posted: Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 09:45 AM UTC

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You could have the effect that the Hog just rolled in on the tanks blowing them all to hell and have the smoke from the tanks hiding a rod to the Hog as it pulls up or manuvers to avoid flak.

Like the Cat dio.


Pilots don't like getting too close to brewing-up "former targets". You get in there too close and you can become "hoist on your own petard," as our British cousins would put it about the time an exploding 125mm comes flying out at you or the whole thing lets go and the turret comes flying up at you like an overgrown flaming frisbee!! #:-)


Now that would be something! In the news: "Hog gets smacked by tank!" Would be a real test for any Hog's durability
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Posted: Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 09:51 AM UTC
Looks awesome Jan! If my dio looks half that good I'll be happy man. I'll have to replicate the blur a propeller makes when it's spinning or else it will look like the engine is dead. Jets are easier #:-)
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Posted: Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 03:02 PM UTC

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You could have the effect that the Hog just rolled in on the tanks blowing them all to hell and have the smoke from the tanks hiding a rod to the Hog as it pulls up or manuvers to avoid flak.

Like the Cat dio.


Pilots don't like getting too close to brewing-up "former targets". You get in there too close and you can become "hoist on your own petard," as our British cousins would put it about the time an exploding 125mm comes flying out at you or the whole thing lets go and the turret comes flying up at you like an overgrown flaming frisbee!! #:-)


Now that would be something! In the news: "Hog gets smacked by tank!" Would be a real test for any Hog's durability


Yeah, but that would ruin my whole day, plus I'ld have to have my nomex poopey suit scraped out and dry-cleaned before I could wear it again if and when I got back down on the ground! #:-)
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Posted: Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 01:44 PM UTC
Finally got my Revell Tiger I! Started building it last night and the kit went together like a dream! The plastic is a bit too soft for my liking though.

Problem is, it's an Ausf H. I don't know whether they were present somewhere in the Falaise area after D-Day. I might have to convert it to an Ausf E. Any inputs guys?
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Posted: Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 01:55 PM UTC
Oh, and another thing: if the Tiger was running away from a Jabo, what would its gun elevation be?
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Posted: Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 06:49 PM UTC
By the time of the Battle of the Falaise Gap, most original units outfitted with Tiger 1's had been wiped out. Units that still were receiving replacements would be getting interim production standard Tiger 1's with the reinforced gunner's sight, solid road wheels, and zimmerit. Units that had previously been pulled back for refit might also have been issued Tiger 2's.
Turret bearing and gun elevation would not matter, since the AA machine gun was on a rotateable mounting and could be swung around to the rear to cover your 6
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Posted: Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 07:03 PM UTC
Oh boy!

I think I can get away with the solid steel wheels if I paint over the rims . I think I can exclude the AA MG too, since I want to depict a buttoned-down-tight Tiger running away at top speed. This might change when I find an MG in 1/72, or else get myself a true Ausf E.

Did all of them have zimmerit? Perhaps one did not? Please? This is a challenge because I haven't tried applying zimmerit yet. And I'll be doing it in Braille Scale! I still have a year to learn though
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Posted: Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 07:47 PM UTC
The old style road wheels were being replaced on Tigers because of the scarcity of rubber for the old style rims that needed regular replacement and because they had problems with structural failure following receipt of battle damage.
Zimmerit can be a pain in the north end of a south bound moose, I know. I don't see why kit manufacturers don't make kits with it moulded on the surface of parts on vehicles that were used during the time of its standard use, new vehicles having it factory applied until November '44.
I've got a Hasegawa 1/72 final production Tiger 1 that I've started applying zimmerit surface to. I brush on Testors liquid cement to soften the surface of the plastic, and then use a micro straight slot screw-driver and lots of patience to press the horizontal groove pattern into the softened plastic of the front, sides and rear of the hull and turret. The company PART of Poland also makes photoetch sets with complete and battle damaged zimmerit for nearly every Hasegawa and Revell German AFV in 1/72 along with a few other companies---if you can manage to find a dealer who can and will get them in.
If a German AFV didn't have an AA machine gun mounted and manned at all times by July-August 1944 with complete Allied air superiority, they were dead meat on the track.
Check out the pictures in Squadron/Signal's Tiger in Action, and you will see that there were exceptions to the rule as far as wheels and zimmerit go. My rule of thumb is if you can find an example in a picture, go for it!
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Posted: Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 08:37 PM UTC
Thanks for the inputs!

I'm one of the believers of the "if it looks good then it must be right" camp. I'll try not to over-analyze this project and just have fun with it.

Have yet to find a candidate Jabo kit though. Seems like we've run out of Academy Typhoons
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Posted: Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 08:47 PM UTC

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Thanks for the inputs!

I'm one of the believers of the "if it looks good then it must be right" camp. I'll try not to over-analyze this project and just have fun with it.

Have yet to find a candidate Jabo though....


Academy's Typhoon 1b is nice in its Normandy invasion stripes, but you have to find a pilot to fit in it.
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Posted: Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 08:58 PM UTC
Oops! Depends on what feels right---You could have anything from a Thunderbolt, Mustang or Spitfire, on up to a Mosquito :-)
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Posted: Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 09:41 PM UTC
Sorry about that Blue! #:-)

I've been thinking about those other Jabos too:
Jug
Mustang
Spitfire
Mosquito
Lightning?

Have to find the pilot too! Might hijack one from an Airfix kit
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Posted: Monday, October 07, 2002 - 06:32 AM UTC
Most Lightnings were traded in for Jugs or Mustangs by the time of Normandy.Your best bet would to go with a Jug because they were the big ground pounders for that campaign.P-51s flew escort most of the time(47's got escort duty every-now and then)and they didnt start strafing runs till about November of '44 I think.SO really you could have a 56th FG 47 rolling in on the Kraut bastards lol. #:-)
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Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 01:54 PM UTC
Found another candidate Jabo: Bell's P-39 Airacobra! This aircraft has greater chances of meeting a Tiger Ausf H because it was used in the early part of the war as a strafer. It served in the Eastern front and was used extensively by the Russians. More research required....
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