Tamiya Early Tiger 1 Static to RC Build

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:32 pm

Good afternoon, Gentlemen,
Mr. Wobbly, a compliment received from the Tank of the Month for October builder is High Praise. Thank you, my friend! ;o) Terry, you're just more sane than most of us. *chuckles* Thank you again for selling me your M36B1. I just finished the 'Tank Killers' book this afternoon and got some great ideas for weapons and equipment stowage for it. The M36 and the M10 resin kit will be the new gems in my tank corral when they are complete. No selling off your armor. I enjoy seeing pics of your stuff and hearing about your adventures driving them.
regards,
Painless

Tiggr · Post by **Tiggr** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:00 pm

PainlessWolf wrote:Good afternoon, Mr. Tiggr,
Thank you, Doc! I hope all of your Tigers are doing well especially your historical build.
regards,
Painless

I've been a naughty boy - either that or my Tigers are breeding.
Expecting deliveries next week.
My Tiger 222 is a work in progress. It now has authentic Tiger sound which is excellent.
It appears that battalion 101 in Normandy actually had numbers of light blue with a white outline......

Anyway following your masterclass with interest !

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 2:59 am

Another ( and hopefully the last before detail painting ) quick update on Step 21. Almost forgot about these little guys. There are three on each side. Pics:

Post by **HERMAN BIX** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:02 pm

Now listen here you

................................
Now I have to back to another one of my tanks(White Tiger) and do bloody lashing rings

Could ya just not

I cant keep up

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 3:43 pm

Good morning, Herman,
Apologies. These were a detail that added to the tank and looked durable so on they went! I really need to go over that photo set from 131 in Bovington and spend some more time researching Tigers again. I didn't even know that there were such things until ABER called for them.
regards,
Painless

Markocaster · Post by **Markocaster** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 3:25 am

PainlessWolf wrote:Good morning, Herman,
Apologies. These were a detail that added to the tank and looked durable so on they went! I really need to go over that photo set from 131 in Bovington and spend some more time researching Tigers again. I didn't even know that there were such things until ABER called for them.
regards,
Painless

Just been looking through a few tiger books and I'll be dammned

You are right. I wouldn't have ever noticed if you hadn't pointed them out

Post by **HERMAN BIX** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 5:28 am

Markocaster wrote:
PainlessWolf wrote:Good morning, Herman,
Apologies. These were a detail that added to the tank and looked durable so on they went! I really need to go over that photo set from 131 in Bovington and spend some more time researching Tigers again. I didn't even know that there were such things until ABER called for them.
regards,
Painless
Just been looking through a few tiger books and I'll be dammned
You are right. I wouldn't have ever noticed if you hadn't pointed them out

I know right................how annoying is he

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Mon Oct 31, 2016 2:15 am

UhOh!, more annoyance! *chuckles* Anyway, I sat down and painted the work done on Step 21 and it is complete. The day was early so I started on Step 22. I was happy to see that Tamiya gave nothing away to ABER for this step and in the words of a friend, " I was able to use the manufacturer parts as is with no modification needed." I will probably add the lenses in because even the simple all metal periscopes have those cast in, otherwise, Step 22 is ready for detail paint. Pics:

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Sat Nov 05, 2016 1:03 am

Thank you, Kaiser, it's all due to Tamiya. Relaxed after a quiet Friday by doing a little detail painting on the interior hatches from Step 22. I went with the exterior color and bakelite brown. The periscope lenses are on their way. Pics:

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:18 am

Depending on which version of the Assembly manual I have in hand, I've been working on Steps23, 24, 25 and 26 the last few days. The periscopes I was waiting for arrived in the post yesterday so I spent a chunk of today finishing up Step 23 and 24 ( in the Static Build ) In the RC version, I worked on Step 23 - 26. Pics: