Newbie introduction...........

Good evening folks,

Apart from hunting and shooting, my main interest is the history of 20th Century conflicts-mainly WWII but also WWI and Vietnam, and to a lesser extent the first Gulf conflict.

It was a natural progression that I'd start building model tanks. I've spent the last couple of weeks searching websites and reading magazines etc while deciding what I want my first piece to be. I finally got my first kit-a 1/48 scale Tamiya Tiger I. As it's my first model I decided to keep it simple and paint it the recommended Tiger Grey. I started this afternoon and have assembled the turret which I'll be be painting tomorrow and have also painted the tracks and wheels as I'll be assembling the hull tomorrow.

I think I might turn this first project into a simple Diorama-I'll see how it goes but it's looking great so far.

My main thought is to how to 'weather' the tank after I've finished it-I don't want it looking like it's just rolled off the production line!

Many thanks,

Ben