Tiger Tank SIG in honor of Coen C(Jan. 1st-April 1st 2015)

[MikeyKb]

Nige Wells is a good fella to ask about the Typhoon Mike.
He's one guy I can think of off the top of my head.

Thanks!!

[Nige201980]

Nige Wells is a good fella to ask about the Typhoon Mike.
He's one guy I can think of off the top of my head.

Thanks!!

if it was me id go with A but they both would have been used for ground attack which is what the typhoon was used for during the period they would knock out Targets of opportunity be that a tank, train or a soft skinned convoy.

hope that help mate.

[kozzybear]

Count me in on this, love the tiger 1 and ill be going all out on my Tamiya early production Tiger 1

[sef]

I have the HobbyBoss 1/16 Tiger sitting in the stash... I'll have to look at time scales and see if I can fit it in...

[MarkVerploeg]

I have the HobbyBoss 1/16 Tiger sitting in the stash... I'll have to look at time scales and see if I can fit it in...

Good luck with that
It is a massive build even without the addition of scratch building and after market
I think it can be done but you would have to be a fast modeller or have nothing at the bench
Would be a nice break from all the 1:35 Tigers though

[Gb64c]

I will build this one as well 6700, Mike recommended it so I bought it recently.

My god are there a lot of tiny parts

The directions take some studying, any suggestions Mike?

It will take quite some time but will keep me busy and look forward to seeing if Dragon is as good as Mike and Paul say

Can we start now???



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[Coen]

Suggestions Greg, patience, planning, and preparation, haha,
That goes for any build though.
Decide on the subject that will fit your kit, or decide what you have to do to your kit to make it fit your subject.
Acquire any aftermarket bits if you decide you need some.
Sit down with your instructions and your references and maybe a printout of a trusted review of your kit, and make sure to highlight anything that you need to fix or change.
Then... Go nuts.

[alextheblue]

My suggestion for getting to grips with Dragons instruction sheets is to first study physics to degree level, finally specialising in a doctorate in quantum physics. Armed with this knowledge formulate a research paper, backed with mathematical evidence in order to crack the unification theory that so eluded Einstein for the latter years of his life. In doing so you will not only demonstrate a deep understanding of not only string theory, M theory and quantum gravity, you will also win the Nobel Prize for physics and in doing so you will be able to explain exactly how the universe started to Professor Stephen Hawking.

With all of this immense knowledge, you might, just might, be able to understand just how the feck you're supposed to put a Dragon kit together from its instructions!!!

Only kidding!! The instructions are a little confusing in places, but the kits themselves are some of the best you'll build. As Coen mentioned, take it slow, plan well and read everything at least three times.

[Gb64c]

Suggestions Greg, patience, planning, and preparation, haha,
That goes for any build though.

******Typically I don't plan, and just start snipping the sprues, but they are Tamiya and can be built without instructions, lol. This kit will take studying.******

Decide on the subject that will fit your kit, or decide what you have to do to your kit to make it fit your subject.
Acquire any aftermarket bits if you decide you need some.


*******Have done nothing but OOB, so no doo dads.******

*********The subject is a Tiger I, which happens to be the first AFV (Tamiya) I ever built, late 1970s, after, as a kid many failed cars, planes and ships, I was hooked on Tamiya AFV after that.*******

Sit down with your instructions and your references and maybe a printout of a trusted review of your kit, and make sure to highlight anything that you need to fix or change.

******Great, I will look for reviews and recall your previous suggestion for doing this. I think I bookmarked the site, Links??*******

******I really look forward to the build, it looks like a beautiful detailed kit, and has PE, which will be new to me as well.********

******Anyone know what type of glue works with the tracks? I have never had luck gluing vinyl tracks, but think I read recently about gluing vinyl.******



Then... Go nuts.

[Coen]

The best glue for the tracks in that kit it tamiya extra thin. Works like a charm.

As for reviews.. this is one of the best reviewers on the net.
There are a number of reviewers that I trust but cookie is really good.
I try to use more than one review for each kit.

http://www.missing-lynx.com/reviews/ger ... wcs_1.html

http://www.network54.com/Forum/47207/th ... 00+mantlet

[Gb64c]

The best glue for the tracks in that kit it tamiya extra thin. Works like a charm.

As for reviews.. this is one of the best reviewers on the net.
There are a number of reviewers that I trust but cookie is really good.
I try to use more than one review for each kit.

http://www.missing-lynx.com/reviews/ger ... wcs_1.html

http://www.network54.com/Forum/47207/th ... 00+mantlet

Great Mike thanks

[MrModelling]

I am in!

[rsrdevon]

I am in!

Thank you for joining in with us. Look forward to seeing what you come up with.

[ForbesHutton]

42 entries already? Paul and Lee better check on the forum's server capacity, this GB may cause something to break or melt down...