Hi Boys and Girls,
Here is my entry for MOM. It's DML's Tiger 1-initial version. I added some basic pe, engine grills (Thanks Donald99) and a Tamiya engine. I plumbed out the engine bay as well. It's painted with Tamiya acrylics, and weathered with powders, and a wash. Finished up with a drybrushing. The Tiger is going to be in a dio, so some of the tools have been left off, and the right side track has been laid out, the Tiger will be getting some TLC and reloaded.






edit-I guess it should say MOM-maybe. Hopefully all will be running smooth by the 15th!

All the pics look good but the first one looks real.

Nice! I love these early Tigers and you have done them justice! Good Luck on the MOM if it happens that is! :-)

Great job Brian,
come round and finish mine for me
Good luck in the MOM
Andy

Great job. I love the attention to detail.

Hi Brian, excellent work.
The red primer is a nice touch and came out great.
What are you doing dio wise with this Tiger, season, theater, city, rural, additional figs. etc. ?
Nice work - Cheyenne

Thanks for the kind words everybody!
Andy, umm, send me your kit, I will build and paint it, then I will take several pictures of it and send them to you. Sound good?
Cheyenne-I don't have all the details worked out yet, but it's gonna be placed next to a destroyed house. One crew member will be tending to a road wheel issue. While other are cleaning out the barrel. I will also have a mutnitionschlepper along side of it unloading some ammo.

Hi Brian,

Excellent build. Did the loader's hatch swing all the way open on early tigers? I thought there was some sort of counterweight that allowed it to stay at a 90 degree angle. Maybe this was introduced on later models?

Cheers,
Soren

Hey Soren,
I originally thought the same thing, however, an other member built his init Tiger with the hatch laid down too. I said the same thing as you, and a couple of other members corrected me stating that not all initial Tigers had that swing arm. Hopefully they were right!!

That's one handsome Tiger I you got there. I am glad that the engine grills got a new lease of life on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. Incidentally, I had the front outside wheel removed like yours. I wonder whether the round plate that the missing wheel supposed to attach to should be in primer red instead of panzer grey. I did some damages to the rubber road rim as well but yours look better than mine.

Is the engine Tamiya's offering? I don't know how it should look like but It does look busy enough in that bay.

Don't know about initial version but have seen photos of mid production version with the loader's hatch opened all the way. I suppose you are safe there.

Thanks Donald,
The grills you gave me really dress it up. I thank you again. And yes, the engine is the set from Tamiya along with some extras I added to dress it up a bit.

Hi Brian,

were you able to post it in the Gallery? I can't access it at the moment....BTW, what a superb build...I have to build that kit someday.

Cheers

No, not as of yet. I will keep trying though!

thats one killer build Brian, I like the small touch of mud, & the damaged road wheels it's the little things that make a model look good. how does the tamiya engine fit?

Awesome build, I really like the subtle mudding and damage on the wheels. Nice work on the engine compartment, too.

Good luck in MOM.

Eric

Thanks Tim,
the tamiya engine fit very good, I had to do modifications, but nothing major.