1/35 Italeri Tiger I (World of Tanks) COMPLETED pg 3

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It's not my idea, but I'm sure you're more than welcome to use it LOL!!

M. Brindos

 

I think I will try setting the wheels w/o glue and attaching the tracks to them for a alternate way of getting around the painting issues of building the entire lower hull before painting.

All of those dang wheels! (uhg)

 

 

Now there's an idea... I may have to try that on one of my Tigers that I have in the stash. If I do not want to do my heavy weather/dirt/mud method. Thanks for that!

Rob Gronovius

 

I've only got the early version that I bought in the mid 90s. I had read back then that the zimmerit add on threw off the dimensions (it's very thick) and the turret was asymetrical like it should be. That didn't bother me and the kit built well. I was just never satisfied with my attempt at some sort of olive green Tunisian paint job, but that's on me.

 

 

Good thing  I asked then. The only experience I have with Italeri 1/35 armor was their Pz. I and the venerable M47. Neither of which I ever finished, but had a good amount of detail as I remember both of them fondly.  :)

I think I will try setting the wheels w/o glue and attaching the tracks to them for a alternate way of getting around the painting issues of building the entire lower hull before painting.

All of those dang wheels! (uhg)

stikpusher

It's the late production version? I built the initial production version as a Tunisia Tiger and it assembled properly. I added, modified, and enhanced certain details, but the basic kit has no real problems. Nothing an intermediatly skilled modeler can not handle.

 

Excellent. My son should be able to make a good model out of it then, with my guidence. I thought that Zim looked a bit thick, but I've never dealt with add-on zim before and I didn't know if it was too thick or if that's the proper thickness... until now. I noticed that it looked difficult to use on those video builds. I will have to take special care with the turret zim application.

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It's the late production version? I built the initial production version as a Tunisia Tiger and it assembled properly. I added, modified, and enhanced certain details, but the basic kit has no real problems. Nothing an intermediatly skilled modeler can not handle.

Thanks! You've confirmed my initial suspicions about this kit. I've been watching some video builds on YouTube.  

The tracks don't worry me at all as I prefer this type anyways. 

The add-on zim looks a little troublesome however. LOL

thanks for the reply.  :)

   I ran into some trouble with the link and length tracks. Built it twice and found that it's better to paint the the tracks after it's assembled. There's a video on the italeri web site that's helpful. Also had a little trouble getting the hull peices to line up nicely, but it's not too bad. Goes together pretty well other than that.

   Not much for decals, could grab some aftermarket or use stencils.