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Re: Look what the nice man from Parcelforce delivered today
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:11 pm
by adin
Thanks matey,
Just got some from Fleabay

Re: Look what the nice man from Parcelforce delivered today
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:19 am
by Mackem
LUCKY BUGGER!!!!
Now you can start saving for the photo etch parts, they take it into a different league.
Enjoy
John
Re: Look what the nice man from Parcelforce delivered today
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:37 am
by adin
Thanks guys

Re: Look what the nice man from Parcelforce delivered today
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:59 am
by BREL
Re: Look what the nice man from Parcelforce delivered today
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:01 am
by fv432
Re: Look what the nice man from Parcelforce delivered today
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:23 am
by adin
Already draining mine lol.
Awaiting the arrival of Combat History of German Tiger Tank Battalion 503 in World War II from Amazon, this should give me some good photo's to work from(although I do intend to stay quite close to the Tamiya build as this is my first one)
I've also ordered photo etched grills for the engine covers, the gear reduction kit and the support bearings for the idlers.
Can you hear my wallet screaming?

Re: Look what the nice man from Parcelforce delivered today
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:33 pm
by mickyb
I think you should have taken a bit more time building it.
The paintwork is too dark, The headlights are too close together and you should not have used a cheap brush as some of the hairs have com e out in the paint......looks like it will handle the gradients ok though..........can I hear the engine purring!
Nice....enjoy
Mike
Re: Look what the nice man from Parcelforce delivered today
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:52 pm
by septon
have fun building you tiger i have 4 tamiya tiger 1s thay are a great tank to build and run i would change the mud flaps to metal ones as thay break i have done all my tigers ane thsupport bearings for the idlers are a must if you are going to run metal tracks apart from that they are a very reliable runner
Re: Look what the nice man from Parcelforce delivered today
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:50 pm
by adin
mickyb wrote:
I think you should have taken a bit more time building it.
The paintwork is too dark, The headlights are too close together and you should not have used a cheap brush as some of the hairs have com e out in the paint......looks like it will handle the gradients ok though..........can I hear the engine purring!
Nice....enjoy
Mike
PMSL !
@Septon - wondered about the metal tracks will add them to the (ever growing) list - thanks matey
The book arrived called "The combat history of German Tiger Tank Battalion 503" Looks really good. Think I'll "losely" base my Tiger on one of theirs, probably 332 as it has the most photo's, but not sure yet.
Re: Look what the nice man from Parcelforce delivered today
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:52 pm
by Rivetcounter
I used the Aber kit on my own Tiger I it was very fiddly and more than doubled the build time but was worth it in the end, the only thing that may give you trouble is the turret rotation sometimes it can stick other than that they go together nicely metal tracks are not really requires unlike the Tiger II