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Title: Tiger 1 early production
Post by: stevepalffy on March 06, 2016, 10:49:06 pm
My Tiger 1

(http://s29.postimg.org/fsslrywyr/2016_03_07_01_03_31.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/fsslrywyr/)



(http://s18.postimg.org/mo6hkd7ph/2016_03_07_01_24_03.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/mo6hkd7ph/)
Title: Re: Tiger 1 early production
Post by: ultravanillasmurf on March 06, 2016, 11:55:49 pm
Lovely, especially the sand effects.
Title: Re: Tiger 1 early production
Post by: stevepalffy on March 07, 2016, 10:53:24 am
Thanks
Title: Re: Tiger 1 early production
Post by: chrismanu87 on June 17, 2016, 08:26:04 pm
Hi man,great work...is this a real paint scheme?I would use it on my future tiger....
Title: Re: Tiger 1 early production
Post by: ripley on June 18, 2016, 09:08:25 am
If your going to build the early Tiger with rubber wheels , air filters on the rear deck and drum commander's cupola , then yes a Panzer Grey scheme can be used .  Steel wheel Tigers were all Panzer Yellow and various cammo schemes . Tigers are a real can of worms , it seems like after every 25 or so built , they changed something at the factory . 1st ones had 2 pistol ports , no rear escape hatch , then some had stowage  bins added  on each side of the turret , then they used  the bin from  Panzer IIIs , then one specifically designed for the Tiger , then they added the escape hatch . Confused yet ? Wait there's more ! The layout of the tow cables , the tools and the position of the headlights also changed at various times . Lots of fun to kit bash at 1/35 scale , not so much at 1/56 . The Rubicon kit builds up nice as in Steve's pictures , the only things about the kit that I didn't like was the bow machine gun , (  looked odd , not a mg 34 ) and there was no hand wheel for the inside of the loaders hatch ( added one from my railroad parts ) .  Not really big deals  ::) . So build and enjoy
Title: Re: Tiger 1 early production
Post by: stevepalffy on June 18, 2016, 09:10:33 pm
Yes real paint scheme....more than a few of the early production tiger 1 s were painted  panzer grey.
Title: Re: Tiger 1 early production
Post by: chrismanu87 on June 21, 2016, 05:33:34 pm
Thanks