Tiger 131
- Thread starter dalej2014
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Aww/ That's lush man! Really nice build. Love the weathering. Spot on. Kudos.
Cheers Dale, appreciate the lovely comment mate. We all know that the Tiger was...useless really-underpowered, over complicated, too wide, too few...blah, blah...excellent gun though. There is something about them, and when that Maybach fires up and she be a rolling...oh, the goosebumps.
I'm going to have to go back to Bovvi for Tiger day, 'cos they didn't have her out for Tankfest. I know it's a money making ploy by the museum, and I'm totally fine with it. A great place to visit, and well worth the journey and patronage. Plus, what better excuse to buy a Tiger 1 kit and Haynes manual!
Indeed she is...pity the film was crap from a tank on tank standpoint.
Tiger, set back in a field in cover...Brad Pitt and his band of numpties trundle along and what happens? Yeah...enough said, olé Braddie boy's tank would be the first hit and the last shot see him shooting upwards back to Hollywood :smiling2: Roll end credits.
WELL Si i quite enjoyed the fury film an in my opinion its what war was like brutal but fair enough brad s tank would have been the first if not the last to go up in flames but if he did there would be no film would there ? lol
chris
Doesn’t your entrance fee last for a year Dale? It used to, but maybe that is only for normal entrance, not show days.
The film was okay, just parts of it that was...well, 'Hollywooded'. It was nice to see 131 running around though.
I thought it somewhat entertaining in that the Tiger wasn't a fiberglass replica & the other vehicles, weapons & uniforms were paid some attention in appearance & sound. I thought the 76mm used in M4s didn't have smoke (WP) & a pretty poor HE? Also thought all the bullet strikes on Fury as well as all the 50cal. brass at the end was a nice touch, as it's often neglected in films.
The detail was fine Paul, it was the story that was pants……..especially the ending !
HI Tim well each to his own on the film of fury but ive bought it on dvd from a car boot sale fo 5op so im happy with it
chris
Yes the story and for sure the ending was a bit too much holywood for me, but I liked the grimm/dark atmosphere of the movie. I would go watch the sequel if that kid cranks the tank back up and stumbles on 2 other ss batallions :relieved:
I just thought it was ridiculous that a battle hardened SS battalion couldn’t bypass one immobilised tank to get to where it wanted to go…..surely they would just move the line of March 100 metres to the side and bypass it!
I’d ask for my money back LOL….
HAHA Tim thats a good one so you proberly think he should have paid me to take it away lol
chris
Yep!
I'm sure they would. Looked to me like maybe only a reinforced company was committed to clearing the crossroad. Probably for follow-on mechanized units. Hey, that's Hollywood.
Two points though as to why Brad and his crew would have been dead and the film would have ended is:
1) As I mentioned earlier, Fury would have been one of the first to go bye-bye when the Tiger opened up.
2) When the SS at the crossroads started to get shot, I do believe that Panzerfausts were used, although late in the proceedings-this would have happened early on with the crew still buttoned up.
As stated nice to actually see a real, fully working Tiger on film apart from in war pictures. But, as you said Paul...Hey, that's Hollywood.
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