Si-B’s Zvezda 1/35 Tiger II (AAGB)

[Guest]

Did any end up with the final stand in Hungary??

There are plenty of photos of Tiger IIs in Budapest, like these, though this one has Zimmerit:

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This one is apparently also in Hungary, and fits the idea of missing skirts much better as well as having no Zimmerit:

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[Allen Dewire]

They stopped applying Zimm in September 44 so my vehicle would be an early-ish I have the 8 toothed drive sprokets and the correct tracks in the kit but need to check through other details.

Psssst, Mr. Benson,

I'm in too and love carrots. Should be a nice build for ya. I am not a rivet counter, but the drive sprockets were 9 tooth. Earlier, the field repair shops cut every other tooth off with a torch. The originals were 18 tooth sprockets and then they were produced with 9. Wouter is the man for help Si as I'm going off to learn how to fly……………..

[Fernando N]

Nice one Si, will follow along too.
Lots of nice info already coming up, going to be an interesting build:smiling:.

[Si Benson]

Psssst, Mr. Benson,

I'm in too and love carrots. Should be a nice build for ya. I am not a rivet counter, but the drive sprockets were 9 tooth. Earlier, the field repair shops cut every other tooth off with a torch. The originals were 18 tooth sprockets and then they were produced with 9. Wouter is the man for help Si as I'm going off to learn how to fly……………..

Hi Allen,
Good to have you along. Well done for spotting my typo on the sprocket teeth. Worse is, I spent over an hour reading about the track and sprocket types used last night.....my sieve like brain cannot cope:upside:

Good luck with your flying machine mate, chocks away :thumb2:

[Mini Me]

Si, here are shots of late war hard edge camo without Zimm. also late war 18 tooth sprocket. These photos (for discussion purposes only)
came from the book titled Duel in the Mist vol.3. I have the tank commanders name, unit, and where the vehicle was lost. If you are interested I can pm you the rest of the info. In my opinion this hard edge ambush scheme is one of the most striking I have ever seen.
Cheers, Rick H.

[Si Benson]

Morning Rick,

Thanks for the pictures of the hard edge Scheme:thumb2:

Im good for info and think I found my subject last night after going through over 150 Tiger II picture.....for discussion purposes only.

I quite like this particular vehicle that was abandoned somewhere in Hungary. It has no Zimm, looks a proper mess, the paint work is open for interpretation and the whole scene could possibly be a candidate’s for a Diorama, building and all?

I’ll chew over it for a few days and try and make a decision.

Thanks again for taking the time to help Rick:thumb2:

[Mini Me]

My pleasure.

[Steve Jones]

If it looks a proper mess then it will be right up your street. Really think you should do the building as well mate. Now go and take some medication from Matron and rest your brain LOL

[Wouter]

Morning Rick,

Thanks for the pictures of the hard edge Scheme:thumb2:

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I quite like this particular vehicle that was abandoned somewhere in Hungary. It has no Zimm, looks a proper mess, the paint work is open for interpretation and the whole scene could possibly be a candidate’s for a Diorama, building and all?

I’ll chew over it for a few days and try and make a decision.

Thanks again for taking the time to help Rick:thumb2:

Nice choice mate.

I did some research and looking at the style of the turretnumber I'd say this was a Tiger II of the 3./s.SS.Pz.abt. 501 which saw action during the offensive near Lake Balaton, Hungary in early 1945. The Tiger II's where quite succesful there, though a lot of them suffered final drive failures because of the soft ground in the area where the were operating. Not 100% sure but it could be that the commander was SS-Uscha. Hans Wilhelm Kramer. Most likely this Tiger II had the Licht und Schatten (commonly called ambush) camouflage, though it could be also a later variant with red oxide primer or even olive green as base color. Also, the brackets for the jack on the lower part of the hull plate are missing, which states production the earliest at October 1944.

Cheers

[Si Benson]

Hi Wouts,

Thanks mate , really appreciate you finding the info :smiling4: So it seems that this Tiger suits the kit nicely. There is another picture of it that I found.



So armed with a couple of pictures I think this is my particular Tiger.

Thanks again mate:thumb2:

[BattleshipBob]

Si, count me in sir, like the big kittie!! Unusual bus stop:thinking:

[Guest]

Some interesting facts and photos from Rick and Wouter.
Unfortunately for me the Russians weren't ones for taking photos like the average German soldier, so unposed photos are rare. The ones with the children on and the two Russian troops do have that staged look about it.
The US one looks the most natural.

[Steve Jones]

Not only photos, they weren't much better at recording information like tank production figures and details. Less hassle on historical accuracy though when building a Russian tank LOL

[Si Benson]

snip, snip, snip.......

So like my Comrade, Mr Jones, I like to get the tracks underway as soon as possible. Spent and hour snipping the tracks off the sprues today.




There will be some sanding/scraping and filling required here and there!

Some of the ejector marks are pretty oop:oop: but I suppose its an old mould and has probably seen better days!



Off to snip some more plastic :smiling4:

[BattleshipBob]

Enjoy Si !