Taigen, merit hybrid mid/late tiger

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Taigen, merit hybrid mid/late tiger

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Hey folks, she's finally done, the build threads here:

viewtopic.php?f=23&t=13476

In case you don't fancy wading through pages of my yabbering here's a brief background:

The tank modelled is a mid tiger but one from a batch which used the steel wheels (making my life easier!). The basis for this model is the taigen full metal late tiger. Onto this I grafted the upper hull from a merit (aka wsn, hobby boss etc) mid tiger. I've used the voyager photo etch set and some other scratch built features. Anyway hope you enjoy.

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Tom,
I'm completely pleased. Beautiful match up of the Taigen and WSN hulls. I followed this build and have to say that the paint and weathering are spot on as perfect as I've seen. What's the weight on this Grrl?
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Thanks very much painless! About 9kg
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Amazing work Tom. I haven't been following the build but the end result is great ! May I ask how you did the zim ? Not mean to offend but it looks like Atek pre-fab. Love the details.

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MichaelC wrote:Amazing work Tom. I haven't been following the build but the end result is great ! May I ask how you did the zim ? Not mean to offend but it looks like Atek pre-fab. Love the details.

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Thanks Michael! It is atak, after doing it by hand on my Porsche KT I've swore never again!
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Hi Tom

A fine looking Tiger, I've owned a full metal Taigen Tiger and it weighed 6.5 kg, I weighed it , so how can yours weigh 9kg..... :think:
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H/L,Taigen :Initial Tiger 1, Panzer III, Kv 2, Panther G, Bulldog, Leo 2A6
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Jake79 wrote:Hi Tom

A fine looking Tiger, I've owned a full metal Taigen Tiger and it weighed 6.5 kg, I weighed it , so how can yours weigh 9kg..... :think:
My scales could be a bit wonkey!!

Edit seems they were, tiger weighs in at a slightly disappointing 6.6 Kg (with batteries and improved speaker), the full metal elefant is just under 10kg for reference.
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Thought that seemed a bit hefty, but wow that Elephant is heavy......
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Looks great Tom.
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Re: Taigen, merit hybrid mid/late tiger

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A video of her running:

http://youtu.be/X7XC0cBsQ5Qp
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