This is my first ever-German vehicle and is dedicated to SS-74 aka Dave Tong, my good friend from Hong Kong, and number two Pig in the Sty.
Dave continuously ribs me about my “U.S. Armor only fetish”, (he can’t stand olive drab), and ordered me to complete at least one German vehicle as an initiation into the Sty.
So here goes. As a novice German armor builder, this is a nice kit to start with. The fit of the model is tight, with absolutely no flash on the parts off the sprues. I felt the directions could have been a little more helpful. The layered multi wheel suspension can be tricky if its new to the modeler, and the placement of a few of the smaller hull parts could have been better explained, but, there are enough box art photos to get through. I like the clean boxy front hull view of the Tiger, so I decided not to put the spare tracks across the front plate.
There are some issues with what I’m showing here. I misplaced a small unit designation decal on the front hull, tried to move it, but Solvaset had already done its work, and it came apart.
I also over weathered the Tiger. My intention was to show a vehicle that’s been down, dirty, and in the thick of it, but I originally applied way too much dark paint across the rear engine deck, (to show the effects of a tank engine that’s been worked pretty hard, for a long time). I had a disaster on my hands, but attempted to softened the impact by drybrushing with the base dunkelgelb, some various browns, steel, and rust. I should have followed the less is always better tip on weathering.
I would appreciate any helpful comments.
Ps: (time to get back to U.S. armor and olive drab)
