Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger I

Angus MacVicar A nice charity shop find. 99pence well spent!

Peter Hardy Hmmm, a Tiger? When will progress start?

Logan Eden Good Evening, Ken No, no, no.......you are going to out detail our 1/35 scale kits with your 1/48 start. You are off to a great beginning. Looks like I have to catch up on the after market stuff. My tracks are on order. Catch Ya, Logan

Ken Kolenovsky Hi Logan! Hey....if I can do this in 1/48th scale, you certainly can do it in your extra-large 1/35th scale!
Seriously though...thanks for checking out my progress!

Logan Eden Good Morning, Ken On your Tiger, have you got the decal/paint figured all out??? Do you know what Bill is doing with his??? Catch Ya, Logan

Ken Kolenovsky Hi Logan! Yes, once my Tiger is complete I will be doing a 3-colour camo with heavy dusting. As far as Bill goes, I believe he is at the paint stage, but hasn't completed yet. He will be busy for the next few months so might not get the chance to paint yet.

Logan Eden Good Morning, Ken Thanks for the reply. Do you have any reference photo's or decal sheets on the 3-colour camo that you will be using. Just need more information, as I have not figured out the direction that I will be taking on my Rye Field. Catch Ya, Logan

Ken Kolenovsky I have a couple of references in my books that show 3-tone camo on Tigers. Some of my Tamiya instruction sheets may show a 4-view of it too.

niels wilhelm Well--I "think" I just ordered 6 interior sets. 4 for the tiger-1, and 2 for the panther-g. Now I'll wait to see what comes in the mail.

kirk williams ahhhhh...fond memories, my first Tiger tank assembled when I was a kid, and it was motorized too. that one met it's demise with the Daisy BB gun, and model glue/matches. in a realistic backyard battle re-enactment scenario....(laughter...)

Timothy Heimer I think I would have to do the same just for a novelty!

Michael Kraft Next up is the King Tiger with chrome wheels and chrome exhaust, in gloss black or dark blue

Acki The Panther has been released.

Acki https://steelmodels.com/afv-..-model-.2.53.328.gp.36470.uw

Michael Kraft Thanks Acki, it's really the year of the Panther...

Timothy Heimer Thank you Acki! I'm checking to see if it has made it to the states. Thinking of doing the tiger too...with stripes! LOL

Timothy Heimer This will be some fun!

Acki I'm looking for your projects!

Dave Morris Please visit the associated album for comments, updates & pictures for this project.

Logan Eden Good Day All, This may sound like a paid endorsement (I wish it was) but this kit is huge. With the full interior, etc. the box is stuffed with sprue's. It is so full that it took five attempts to fit everything back in properly to close the lid. The box itself has a depth of 5" vs most of my other 1/35 scale armour kits having a depth of 3.25" and they are not stuff full. This kit will be a long and enjoyable build. Catch Ya, Logan

Nathan Camarillo Hi Logan, did you build it yet? I just picked it up as well

Urban Gardini Bear in mind that the kit have incorrect tracks if you want to model #217 as that one had early track links without cleats. And Carius only commanded it a few days during the summer of '44 so if you want to to that it should be in plain dunkelgelb without any extra camouflage colours.

Nathan Camarillo Ahh good points! Thanks for the tips! I have a set of fruli early tiger tracks so maybe I'll use those if I do the 217

Logan Eden Good Morning, Nathan Good luck with this big project as I stated, this kit is huge. I have not started this Rye Field Tiger I, but am working on their earlier offering, the Rye Field Tiger 1 kit RM-5001. Three of us from our local Model Club are having a SGB (Small Group Build) on the tiger 1 and two of us are building the RM-5001. We both find the RM-5001 to be going together nicely, with only a couple of minor issues. Speaking of our club, the club has a build day every third Sunday of the month (today to be exact) when we rent one of their meeting rooms. Fifteen or so of us have the afternoon to build together and socialize. Sorry that I have not started the RM-5010 yet, but please keep me posted when you start. Catch Ya, Logan

Logan Eden Good Morning, Urban I must say, the model #217 is the one to go with as the kit art is spot on!!!! Thanks for the tip regarding the cleats. Will have to see if Friulmodel offers the correct track. As for making it correct for the time that Otto Carius commanded it in the summer of '44, I may have to finish mine for the winter scene just because I like it best. This may change as I usually think about the paint scheme while building. Catch Ya, Logan

Nathan Camarillo Yeah I might do the winter one also need to find some good 1:35 winter tiger crew to with it!

Urban Gardini No problem mates!

Andrey Suhar1 10.03.18:
Итак, после длительного перерыва я приступил к работе. Решил начать с Тигра. На данный момент - сборка и нанесение Циммерита ( я и забыл, как это утомительно)

So, after a long break, I started to work. I decided to start with the Tiger. At this moment - the assembly and application of Zimmerit (I forgot how tedious it is)

Daniel Reifer Built as Conversion with L71 gun

Ken Kolenovsky Well, it certainly looks good on the Kitty! I also hear that the same zimm sheet can be used on the AFV Club Sturm Tiger to add the sections they missed.

Spanjaard what is the material of the zimmerit sheet? is it really a sticker?

herbert otto gille the zimm is like a decal and is aplied the same way

Spanjaard and durability? i am a bit worried that it may fall after some time

herbert otto gille durability no probs with so far aplied 3 on tigers so far no probs

Spanjaard thanks a lot Herbert Otto Gille

herbert otto gille only with gun mantlett take good care as there are a few parts that need zimm are fine and delicate

Spanjaard Thanks a lot!

DByrden This is NOT an authentic representation of the featured tank, "Tiki" of "Das Reich".
The front wall of the turret is the wrong shape (on the left side).
The large bin on the back of the turret is the wrong type.
Both of the above can be corrected with aftermarket parts.
There are several other errors in the kit, that can be corrected while building it. e.g. the real "Tiki" had no tracks stored on the turret, so you can omit them.
The other decal option, Tiger 231, is a much better match to the kit (but it belonged to the 502 battalion, not the 505 as the instructions state).