Si-B’s Zvezda 1/35 Tiger II (AAGB)

[Si Benson]

Nothing of interest on the telly tonight so got Back on the bench and got on with snipping stuff off sprues...

Dry fit of the largest components. No signs of warping or defects









Snipped off all the parts for the running gear. Some Old school scraping will be in order to take the seem lines off the suspension arms.




time for bed.....said Zebedee!

[Guest]

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

Excuse me Si , while I contend with some young upstart going on about the Motherland's record keeping .
Mr Jones , there are quite well documented nos of Tank produced in Russian factories, just because they wooped the ass of your fancy metal monsters and chased you all the way back to Berlin with so many modifications that no one can quite understand which model it might or could be:smiling3:. We from the far north had very few upgrades, apart from putting in bigger guns and the odd bit of armour. :nerd:
As for historical accuracy, not really important when you were the winner !:smiling::smiling::smiling::smiling::nerd:lol.

[Si Benson]

Excuse me Si , while I contend with some young upstart going on about the Motherland's record keeping .
Mr Jones , there are quite well documented nos of Tank produced in Russian factories, just because they wooped the ass of your fancy metal monsters and chased you all the way back to Berlin with so many modifications that no one can quite understand which model it might or could be:smiling3:. We from the far north had very few upgrades, apart from putting in bigger guns and the odd bit of armour. :nerd:
As for historical accuracy, not really important when you were the winner !:smiling::smiling::smiling::smiling::nerd:lol.

Well someone just got a ticking off for bad mouthing the motherland :smiling5:

[Guest]

Yes be very afraid :smiling5:
Morning Si

[Steve Jones]

Awesome mate. Nearly had a Connery laughing so much. My apologies to you and the Motherland LOL

[Guest]

Awesome mate. Nearly had a Connery laughing so much. My apologies to you and the Motherland LOL

Don't do that mate, Si won't be able to cope with the catering and the bar.:smiling2:
As soon as I have finished the diorama stand by for a street fighting Tiger, that's is if a diorama is ok for the GB ?

[Mr Bowcat]

Nearly had a Connery laughing so much.

Sean or Jason? :tears-of-joy:

[Steve Jones]

Don't do that mate, Si won't be able to cope with the catering and the bar.:smiling2:
As soon as I have finished the diorama stand by for a street fighting Tiger, that's is if a diorama is ok for the GB ?

Too right it is!! That would be awesome dudeie. Bring on the Tiger

[Wouter]

aha, nice start bud, and respect because all those ejector pin marks on the tracks. I would have discarded immediately so kudos to you for sticking with them :smiling:.
I see cut outs on the center rear plate, does the kit provide clamps for the jack?

Cheers

[Si Benson]

aha, nice start bud, and respect because all those ejector pin marks on the tracks. I would have discarded immediately so kudos to you for sticking with them :smiling:.
I see cut outs on the center rear plate, does the kit provide clamps for the jack?

Cheers

Morning Wouts,

Looking at the destructions....


So I would say ‘yes‘ there are clamps for the jack.....is that good or bad?

[Si Benson]

Morning GB’ers,

Productive couple of hours last night and got all the suspension arms, wheels, sprockets and idlers cleaned up and seems removed.....quite a lot of clean up for a Dragon kit but I suppose it is an oldi!

What a lot of wheels:surprised:


Glued the suspension arms into place and even though they have a location pin there was a fair bit of travel in them.

So to make sure all the wheels will be level, using a steel rule I checked the arms where square to the hull and in line on the horizontal.


With that lot underway, I can concentrate on getting the hull and turret together.
Thanks for looking
all comments and abuse welcomed....

[SimonT]

Si - At this rate you will be finished by the end of the month!

I will still be cleaning up track links at the end of the six months

[Wouter]

Morning Wouts,

Looking at the destructions....
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So I would say ‘yes‘ there are clamps for the jack.....is that good or bad?

good nor bad per se, but from a certain production date the jack wasn't added to the Tiger II's because they were useless anyway. If you are going for the Tiger from the photo you posted I'd say fill the gaps and ditch the jack. Strangely enough, the wooden block for the jack was still added on the upper right of the rear plate.

Good to see the wheel assembly, bless the Germans for the amount of wheels they fitted ey

Cheers

[Guest]

good nor bad per se, but from a certain production date the jack wasn't added to the Tiger II's because they were useless anyway.

Interestingly, there are photos of M1A1 Abramses in the 1991 Gulf War carrying that same style of jack somewhere in the turret rack. I mention this because they weigh about as much as a Tiger II, yet their crews appear to have seen a strong enough need for them to carry non-standard equipment like that.

[Mini Me]

Old habits die hard. I like the idea of recreating the scene in the photo you posted, so I agree with Wouter, dump the jack. Cheers, Rick H.