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Armor/AFV: 48th Scale
1/48 scale discussion group hosted by Rob Gronovius
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Skybow Late Tiger 1
Darson
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Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Monday, April 17, 2006 - 12:14 PM UTC
Here are a couple of happy snaps of my Skybow Late Tiger 1. The kit was built OOB except for the tracks which I replaced with Skybow's individual link tracks.

Overall and amazing kit that is impossible to mess up.

Cheers
Darren







seanski
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Joined: February 06, 2006
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Posted: Monday, April 17, 2006 - 12:49 PM UTC

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Here are a couple of happy snaps of my Skybow Late Tiger 1. The kit was built OOB except for the tracks which I replaced with Skybow's individual link tracks.


Looks great!

Couple of questions: Are the PE grill covers come in the box? Did you use Bison decals and if so, how are they?
Darson
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Posted: Monday, April 17, 2006 - 02:31 PM UTC
Thanks Sean and a small apology is due. I forgot all about the engine grill covers which are from Hauler, the decals are from the kit however.

Cheers
Darren
Clanky44
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Monday, April 17, 2006 - 10:50 PM UTC
Great bit of work there Darren. Nice to see some 48th scale models completed. How did you find the individual tracks to fit?

Frank
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Posted: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 07:10 AM UTC
Nice looking Tiger Darren,Your paint job is really good.Looks like a great kit ,I just recieved my Early Tiger from Skybow in the mail today and cant wait to get started.


Thanks for posting your pics


Regards

Mark
Biggles2
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Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 07:10 AM UTC
Skybow does make a fantastically great model of both the early and late Tiger l - IMHO the best in the 1/48 market. It's just too bad they're so slow in further releases.
jlmurc
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Joined: August 29, 2005
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Posted: Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 02:09 PM UTC
Like many of us say, 1/48 adds and not detracts from our hobby. I love the choice that we can now make and this scale makes a really nice change as well as a different set of challenges in construction, painting and weathering.
Great job and beautiful project all round.

John
pottz88
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New South Wales, Australia
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Posted: Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 03:09 PM UTC
Exellent build Darren. I'M more into modern stuff but the Tiger has always impressed me. Love the paintwork

1/48 has been a hot topic lately. Is it more complex to build and detail than 1/35. I know there is'nt a great deal of difference in size but I've been contemplating a go at one.

koschrei
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Posted: Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 07:27 PM UTC

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Exellent build Darren. I'M more into modern stuff but the Tiger has always impressed me. Love the paintwork

1/48 has been a hot topic lately. Is it more complex to build and detail than 1/35. I know there is'nt a great deal of difference in size but I've been contemplating a go at one.



Darren has done a great job with his version.

The Skybow kit is no harder to build than a larger scale model, and goes quicker than you might imagine. It is remakably detailed OOB.

Konrad

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