Steel Cats (Sept. 2012-Aug. 2013)

pulled the kit out....almost screwed myself by starting it. must fight temptation..............

KY Colonel- THANK YOU so much!   I didn't realize AK Interactive now sells RB models.  That's great news... I will go ahead and order one.  I am just an addict... can't use styrene barrels. LOL  Now I have an excuse to order that German camo stencil Tony used on his build recently.  

Tigerman-  I wish!  That's why I had to buy a Friul set.   My kit only comes with enough Magic Tracks to be used for spares only... like 8 or 9 links.  I looked at DS Track closely and I didn't like it... you can have it if you wish because I owe you one! 

That's a lot of goods to go with that Tiger Andy. Didn't that kit come with magic tracks? If so, what are your plans for them? 

Andy,

Will an early Tiger I barrel work?

If so AK Interactive USA has them.

Tanks, Glad to be back and have the building bug again.  My RC Naval combat has died, that and having two kids now.

Andy, don't you like the kit barrel. I am normally a big fan of metal barrels, but i find the ones in these newer Dragon kits to be just as good.

Two more weeks?  I better finish my Pz III K!!!  Here's my entry... I am still looking around for aluminum barrel to replace the kit part.  It looks like it is not available here in USA except to order one from either UK or Poland.  I can always steal the aluminum barrel that goes with Tiger I Initial kit #6252 I have in my stash if necessary...  

Wow, ambitious project Ernest.

Moose, glad to have you and your Ersatz aboard.

Eric, these are my formal entries for the Steel Cats GB!   All 1/72 Dragon kits:

Tiger I Initial Production

King Tiger Henschel Turret

Jagdtiger Porsche Production

Panther Ausf.F Early Production

Turns out the Tiger I Mid Production was already started and about 40% complete so I replaced it with the King Tiger kit. 

I'm not sure if I'll build all together or one at a time, but I'm leaning towards a 4-way build like Tony did with his Jagdpanzer IVs in the Armor Forum! 

Well, I need something easier to get back into building (again).  I would like to join up with this GB.  I have a Panther Ersatz that is screaming to be built. Also with out the massive amounts of photoetch that I used to do.  I need to start out easy and then get rolling.

My kit is still in the shrink and will be out of the box.  

I scored mine at Spruebrothers. Tiger I zimmerit, especially for a Dragon kit, is amongst the hardest to find.

KC -- it's a proudly Aussie product! Here's the website:

www.cavaliermodels.com/Zimmerit.html

It's cheap to post because it's light as a feather, and sells for $20 a set. Good folks to deal with, I've bought from them for a few years now.

Cheers, Mike/TB379

Where does everybody get their Cavalier zimmerit ??

The only place I could find that has

1/35 German Tiger I Late Production PzKpfw VI Ausf E SdKfz 181 for DML

Which is what I need is Olde Depot Hobbies but I can't tell if they have that one in stock or not. I would hate to order and later find out it will be a month or two before it comes in when I could have gotten it some where else and have it in this week.

It has to be that one, it was made for the very model I'm going to build.

deafpanzer

LOL!  I am so ready to attack my Tiger I.  My Pz III is about 95% complete and it only needs weathering.  For the first time in FSM history I can start my build at the VERY beginning of the GB instead of being last.

Still needs weathering ? Andy man ,are you sure you can get that done in the next couple of weeks ?

Thunderbolt379

Hi all,

I promised a look at my materials, and here they are:

Tamiya 35169 King Tiger (Porsche turret)

See how good I've been, I haven't even molested the shrinkwrap...

And the AM bits: Cavalier zimmerit, Eduard turned barrel and Alliance Modelworks grill set:

I'm going to try to make it look as much like Tony Greenland's (from his book) as I can. I've wanted to do this kit since it came out...

Mike/TB379

Tamiya still has the best box-art.

Andy, you almost had me for a second. LOL

Thanks, that's good to know.

KC -- yes you can -- easy as, the Cavalier product is wafer-thin resin about as strong as paper, you can cut, punch, tear and generally abuse it with the greatest of ease.

Cheers, Mike/TB379

Change of plans guys.

The Eduard zimm I bought for the Tiger has been setting in the model box for two years and for some reason I never bothered to double check it. It's NOT for that model. I took it out to see if it would work but it doesn't fit. So now I need to order some Cavalier zimmerit.

One question. I've never used Cavalier zimmerit and wonder if it can be made to look like battle dananged, just a few spots here and there?

Hi all,

I promised a look at my materials, and here they are:

Tamiya 35169 King Tiger (Porsche turret)

See how good I've been, I haven't even molested the shrinkwrap...

And the AM bits: Cavalier zimmerit, Eduard turned barrel and Alliance Modelworks grill set:

I'm going to try to make it look as much like Tony Greenland's (from his book) as I can. I've wanted to do this kit since it came out...

Mike/TB379

LOL!  I am so ready to attack my Tiger I.  My Pz III is about 95% complete and it only needs weathering.  For the first time in FSM history I can start my build at the VERY beginning of the GB instead of being last.

deafpanzer

Three weeks?  I thought it started on August 1st... I already started and my Tiger I is about 75% complete. Oops!  

Andy .............."Your fired " !!!!

Three weeks?  I thought it started on August 1st... I already started and my Tiger I is about 75% complete. Oops!  

I still haven't cracked open the Jagdpanther kit to survey it yet. I will this weekend.

Three weeks until kick off.

I've pretty much finished my Super-duper Sherman, and am winding up the weathering on a few shelf queens until next month, hoping to have a cleaned-up bench soon.

StreetFightingMan and IBuild148, those sound and look like great kits.

Hi Tigerman,

Following is my entry for the Steel Cats GB. I bought this kit a couple of years ago and the AM accessories and this is the perrrrrfect time and place to finally tackle the beast.

wing_nut

Shellback

Girls in black leather ....i have no further comment .

Trinity in The Matrix.   'nuf said.

Ahh , lest i forgot , thanks you for the reminder Marc .

after much debating of which Jagdtiger I was going to build, I have decided to build the X7 as abandoned by her crew. I have been wanting do build a dio of it for a while and this GB will at least get the tank done.

Shellback

Girls in black leather ....i have no further comment .

Trinity in The Matrix.   'nuf said.

Hi guys,

I've been busy for a while with a move, but DeafPanzer told me about this GB. I have a Cyber Hobby 6267 1/35 Panther G (early) Italian Front. It doesn't have Zimmerit, but according to my sources, the specific tank I will be depicting with it didn't carry any, so all is good there. Anyways, I won't be able to have a ton of time to work on it because I'll be starting college and stuff, but once I get a place set up to build, I hope to make this my next project. Count me in!