PlaStix Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) “Was vor uns liegt?” - Two Tigers – a chance meeting? (For details of each Tiger please see below) King Tiger No.333PzKpfw SdKfz 182 Ausf.BS.Pz.Abt.501 - Ohrdruf Proving Ground, Germany 1944Kit: 1/72 Dragon Armor Pro Series King Tiger - Henschel Turret w/Zimmerit This was the first kit I finished for the Achtung Panzer GB and it was completed back in March. However, I waited until I got a base made for it before putting it in the RFI section – and in fact I’ve decided to display it alongside the 1/72 Dragon Tiger 1 I also made for the GB. I’m going to post both builds in this one thread rather than clutter up too much of this area of BM! (I’ve still got three other APGB builds to post here at some point!) The only things I added to what comes in the box are the cable for the front light, the brackets that secure the front fenders to the side skirt armour and the aerial.Paints are all Humbrol and Revell applied by hairy sticks.WIP - http://www.britmodel...40315-finished/ And with a twenty pence piece to show the size: Tiger 1 No.112Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.E Tiger 1 late1./Pz.Abt.101Normandy 1944Kit: 1/72 Dragon Armor Pro Series Tiger 1 w/Zimmerit plus Tiger Aces figuresThis was the second kit I finished for the Achtung Panzer GB. To what's in the box I have added spare track links on the turret (links kindly donated by Sgt.Squarehead for my D-Day Tiger 1 build) tow cables (made from twisted wire) and the turret machine gun from the spares box. It's all brush painted with Humbrol and Revell acrylic paints applied with hairy sticks.The WIP thread can be found here: http://www.britmodel...0315/?p=1914060 And with a twenty pence piece just to show how small it is!: Kind regards, Stix Edited May 27, 2015 by PlaStix 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Excellent diorama, I really like your figures, very nicely animated & full of 'life'. Very nice paint & weathering on those two great steel beasts too!! Good work all round! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) Hi Keith. Thank you for your kind comments. They were very enjoyable builds. Kind regards, Stix Edited May 27, 2015 by PlaStix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick32 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Vey very nice! Those King's were big old things werent they, i never realised jut show big until now, seeing it next to the Tiger. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Thank you Nick. The King Tiger certainly was a beast of a tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Lovely.....Still can't get my head around how you achieve that quality of finish with a paintbrush. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 stunning pair of tigers they both look great, very nice job on the schemes and finish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Degenhardt Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Very well done - both of them. I like the camouflage especially. Just last weekend I saw both tanks as originals at Munster here in Germany. Standing in front of them I had the impulse to better get out of the way...even though they are immobile. In general a good idea with any tank but the Tigers (and the Merkava) seem to excel in that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 Lovely.....Still can't get my head around how you achieve that quality of finish with a paintbrush. Cheers Sarge. It's the only way I've got of painting these things and I've been lucky enough to pick up lots of tips and ideas from BM. stunning pair of tigers they both look great, very nice job on the schemes and finish Thank you batcode for your very kind comments. Very well done - both of them. I like the camouflage especially. Just last weekend I saw both tanks as originals at Munster here in Germany. Standing in front of them I had the impulse to better get out of the way...even though they are immobile. In general a good idea with any tank but the Tigers (and the Merkava) seem to excel in that. Hi Ingo. Thank you very much. I am very envious that you have managed to get up close and personal with actual Tiger tanks. I can imagine that they are very imposing when you are near them. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doozer1974 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 A lovely pair of Tigers, a great diorama and figures. Hard to believe it's in 1/72! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 My likes are reloaded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) A lovely pair of Tigers, a great diorama and figures. Hard to believe it's in 1/72! Thank you doozer for your kind comments. With regards the size I think a lot of it has to with how good these 1/72 Dragon kits are. I'm always impressed when I open the box! The detail on them is amazing.My likes are reloaded! Thank you Sarge - you are very kind, as always!Kind regards, Stix Edited May 27, 2015 by PlaStix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredben Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Brilliant builds, stunning work on such small tanks, the figures are painted excellent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Stix, Fantastic work, great detail, and all in 1/72 that's some talent. Ozzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Fantastic Stix, a great setting and you can just imagine the two crews swapping tales. Paint and weathering is brilliant as usual. Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Marvellous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 What a lovely pair of Tigers Stix. I like the diorama too. Stix. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Brilliant builds, stunning work on such small tanks, the figures are painted excellent. Thank you Fred for your very kind comments. Stix, Fantastic work, great detail, and all in 1/72 that's some talent. Ozzy Thank you too Ozzy for your very kind comments. Fantastic Stix, a great setting and you can just imagine the two crews swapping tales. Paint and weathering is brilliant as usual. Sean Thank you Sean. I struggled, for a while, to think how to best pose the figures and the tanks. My original idea - early on in the GB - was to possibly do a maintenance scene but I was running out of time to get the tanks and bases complete.(still got 3 bases to do! - don't think I'll manage all of them ) This scene seemed fairly straight forward. Marvellous Thank you Ratch! What a lovely pair of Tigers Stix. I like the diorama too. Hi Simon. Thank you for your very kind comments. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carius Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Excellent work with a small scale. Fantastic Tigers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thank you Carius. You are very kind. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stesca Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Superb, among the best I have seen in this scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 That's very kind of you to say Steve. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboydim Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 An excellent streak or ambush of Tigers. Really well detailed. Very well done Stix, Joe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel Szczudlyk Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Like I told you before. Great builds. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Looking at the size of these tanks, I am really impressed with what you have achieved! I would nonetheless have expected a bunch to Tigers to be bigger than that, even in 1/72! Really good show. Congrats! JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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