All my hobbies have been addictions, that's the way it is, I can't do anything half cock.
When I was a teen I bought the Tamiya Tiger 1 at 1:24 scale - with remote control (the tank was tethered to the control handset) and full interior detail. That model is long gone, but the latest metal models with R/C, sound smoke and BBs are excellent.
Of the 4 Tigers in the pictures below, 2 are metal and 2 are plastic, The first pic is my last aquisition in metal, the first Tiger in the second pic is the other metal version.
No point in fighting it - I "need" Tiger 2, Jagdtiger, plus a T34 and a Sherman for the Tigers to savage.