SimonT - Tamiya 1:35 Sturmmorser Tiger (AAGB)

[Guest]

I have also seen this done on a 1/72 scale tiger with Testors liquid cement and a very thin, narrow screwdriver. Very effective method if you can't afford one of those fancy wood burner rigs:smiling5:.
Cheers, Rick H.

Excuse us Simon .
Rick do you think I should get one with my love of burning ?
Thanks Simon .:smiling3:

[Mini Me]

:tongue-out2:I'm surprised you don't already have one to go with your pearl handled flame thrower!!!:tongue-out3::tongue-out:

[David Lovell]

Ahhh the old pyro whatsit were old enough to remember Historex kits ,Max thingy Ray Lamb always on the cover of MM ,horses mains ,tails ,saddle sheep skins ,bear skins, shako plumes all in 54mm and that strange white plastic..?.....

[SimonT]

Steve - I will need the real thing for the big tigger when I eventually get around to it

Jim - it works quite well up to 35th scale

Rick - the pyrogravure was a purpose made tool not a wood burner

John - not hot enough for you as it melts not burns

David - oh yes, they were all the rage back in the day

[Jon Heptonstall]

Still think the pyrogravure does the best zimm.Mine got a bent tip and went missing years ago but still miss those many hours better spent in the pub.Same model too.
Jon.

[SimonT]

Hi Jon - still a useful tool. Nearest thing today is the Rai-Ro from Germany - has a variable temperature range which is better as it should be adjustable to take account of different plastics hardness


this turned up today from McKeeman Models who specialise in small scale stuff so I shall be attempting a double Sturm build - comes pre-zimmed and with link and length tracks

No internals and hatches are moulded shut

This one will end up abandoned at the side of the road as per the commonly seen photos

For the 35th one I have bought the Tamiya maintenance and ammo loading crews from SMS - the maintenance set provides a basic engine :thumb2:

[Guest]

The dear old Pyrogravure! Glad to see it put to such excellent use Simon.

[Guest]

Sounds good Simon.
Does the 1/35 one come with PE for the barrel internal ?

[Steve Jones]

A mini Sturm!! What could be nicer. Of the 35 you have now brought, how many have you started and how many have you finished??

[Guest]

A mini Sturm!! What could be nicer. Of the 35 you have now brought, how many have you started and how many have you finished??

That's a question and half Steve :smiling3:

[SimonT]

Silly boy - I haven’t purchased 35 of them! You have been putting your own punctuation in there when you read my post :rolling: :smiling2:

John - don’t know, haven’t investigated the etch yet

Peter - do you have one?

[Guest]

Silly boy - I haven’t purchased 35 of them! You have been putting your own punctuation in there when you read my post :rolling:

I don’t think he has:
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[Steve Jones]

Wait until you talk about the 72nd one. Then I will be asking for photos!:smiling5:

[SimonT]

Exactly Jakko - there is no comma or full stop there. That is only half the sentence. I know Steve did it for comic effect and appreciate that

Steve - :smiling5: Here goes then


the 72nd one is complete rubbish.

It says on the instruction sheet that it is a limited production run kit which just seems to give them an excuse for producing expensive crap!

£18 gets you:

thick roof of the superstructure that is concave - it may be possible to push it back out with the help of boiling water but I suspect it will be tricky to get it evenly flat. Replacement may be the only option

link and length tracks made from old style non-glueable vinyl so pretty pointless

engine deck is hopeless - must be about the worst ever attempt at a Tiger engine deck. Even the vintage Airfix 1/76 is better

rear plate fitted with Feifel air cleaners

none of the large conical rivets anywhere

gun barrel - oh dear

wheels may be passable but don't look like they will fit the extremely short fat stub axles

generally lacking in details

:sad-face:

[Guest]

Exactly Jakko - there is no comma or full stop there. That is only half the sentence.

If you read the whole sentence, it still says that you bought <items> for the 35th one The comma is optional, and though it would clarify the sentence, it doesn’t change the meaning

the 72nd one is complete rubbish.

I’ve got the Dragon one with a metal hull and superstructure. Though I didn’t check its detail (I built it as a wargames model, and my standards for that are a lot lower than for a display model), it seems to suffer from far fewer problems than the one you’ve got.