discussion AFV Club, Tiger I, Panzerkampfwagen VI, 1:48

[pjgtech]

I am now on a quest to build many different sized Tigers.....I have already built a 1:144 scale mini tiger, and one of the first kits I built when I got back into the hobby was a little Airfix Tiger in 1:72, so this is the next scale up, a nice 1:48 scale by AFV Club. Then after this one I have a 1:35 in the stash, so will have a whole set of four, all in differnt sizes! Lol....
Box and sprues, NB: I actually already started this one a couple of days ago whilst fiddling around with my Lynx Chopper build.

 

[pjgtech]

This will be in desert sand yellow paint job, just like the other ones, as I want them all to look alike.
The kit appears to be nicely detailed and has only a few PE parts, mainly grills, and the horrid rubber tracks, although I've done a few now and I just superglue them together and put a weight on them and leave for few hours and they seem to set ok with a nice strong bond, so you have a bit of stretch, if needed when getting them on the wheels.
Started with the main body/chassis, good fit, no drama, no large gaps.
Then put the turret together, again, no drama, everything fitting as it should.
NB: I've done a couple of AFV builds now and they have all been good IMHO.
Then I gave the chassis and turret a coat of grey primer (Ammo One Shot).




Then decided to prime the parts on the sprue, I find this a bit easier, especially for the small parts, rather than painting them in situ trying to get into awkward little spaces, etc.

Then the rear bits went on, exhaust manifolds, etc. Then added the PE grills to the rear.

 

[Steven000]

This is going fast lol, looking good Peter have fun

 

[flyjoe180]

Off to a good start Peter