Yup, it’s Tamiya’s oooooold 1/25 Tiger I.
Built this about 5 years ago, with little or no references (you should see the interior!!), but I tried to correct it as much as I could at the time, using leftover PE here and there, plastic, and some wire cable, etc.
And the markings? What vehicle is this modeled after, do you ask?
I just liked the way those numbers looked! And the unit markings…just liked them, too.
This was a fun “nostalgic” build, since I had built the same kit about 20 years ago. It’s interesting to compare the two.
The Panther and Jagdpanther were both re-released (legally or not, I have no idea) by Academy.
I have all of the above except the Chieftain and the Su-100. The old Chieftain kit is veeeery expensive when found (one in a shop near here is about 300 bucks US), and I just don’t like SU-100s, so I haven’t built it (but they’re everywhere here).
Bandai 1/24:
King Tiger (Porsche)
Panther G
M-60
I only have the King Tiger.
The Tamiya kits are all old and really need a lot of work to bring up to modern standards (aka :close to accurate!). The Bandai kits are even worse, but if you like 1/25 and 1/24, that’s all there is.
They’re all old kits and out of production (except the Academy copies), but Tamiya did re-release the Panther A as a radio-controlled kit a few years back.
That looks nice, man!. Perhaps you can provide more pictures of it, with higher resolution and at closer range. Here’s the picture of my Italeri’s Tiger I 1:35 which is big enough to be a wallpaper:
That’s a big, sharp, clear pic!!! And a great model! I like the spotty look you acheived on the front glacis.
Many may disagree, but man, I love a Tiger I done Panzer Gray!!! Save your 3-tone camo for a King Tiger!
I have a few more pix of my T, but they’re all about the same quality as the one I posted.
I need to get my own digital camera…
Thanks for all your kind compliments!, I really appreciate them.
J-Hulk, if you want finest picture quality, go for SLR, not digital camera.
(SLR = Single Lenses Reflex - or conventional camera using films).
And if you want to know how could I achieve big, sharp and clear pic like
this one while only 75KB in size, please refer to my article “Behind The Scenes” : http://www.falconbbs.com/behind.htm
djmodels1999, if you like it you may adopt it as your wallpaper.
Thanks for the tips, Model Maniac.
I do have a decent Pentax SLR, but I don’t have a computer!! Let alone a scanner…all the pix I’ve posted are those taken at shows by someone with a digital camera.
Djmodels, I would guess someone out there has some figures in 1/25, but I’m not sure. All the Tamiya kits that I’ve built come with figures, but sometimes the quality can be lacking.
You’re welcome, J-Hulk. You like the Tiger only in Panzer Gray color?. I think it looks good
in all color schemes. Take a look at my Acedemy’s Tiger I Interior version (in 3-tone camo)
esp. at the muzzles of the machine guns :
Thanks a lot for your compliments!.
The Tiger in the background is also Academy, but Exterior version and zimmeritted by hands
by Art Instructor (the same modeler who modelled the Tiger in gray). (I don’t know about the
No. 511 or 611 you mentioned, what are they?) Both Interior & Exterior Tigers
can be viewed at : http://modelmaniac.hypermart.net/model10c.htm
Please tell Art Instructer that he/she is a great painter!
511 or 611 are what I thought might be the number on the turret of that Tiger in the background. Kinda fuzzy, so I couldn’t tell.
Nice work. I have two of these unbuilt; each one is about 90-95 % complete for parts. I think that Trumpeter has the old Tamiya molds, and has produced the SU-100, Chieftain, and T-34. Although I have never seen one in the US, I know that a fellow from Hong Kong was selling them on eBay about a year ago. They would normally sell for $20 (US), but the shipping costs were very high.
I’m glad you like the picture of my Tiger. As for the 3 tone camo color, since I
didn’t model the tank myself, I don’t know what specific color my modeler used.
I guess he mixed all the 3 colors himself, but I’ll ask him to be sure and will
let you know later. This may take a week or so. My modeler also painted
my Tamiya’s King Tiger (Ardennes Front) in 3-tone camo, but very different
from the Tiger’s 3-tone. Please take a look at http://www.falconbbs.com/model15a.htm
My modeler came to see me last night, so I asked him what color he used for the
3-tone camo of the Tiger I. He said he mixed all the 3 colors himself because there’s
no specific color for any of the 3-tone. Most of the time he used Gunze thinner-based colors,
but for some models he used Tamiya’s Acrylic color, and Lucas’s water-based color
in case of German Gray. He suggested choosing a color that’s closest to the manual
and paint your tank, then overspray it with lighter color for each of the 3-tone camo…
Excellent pics of your Tiger, I have just aquired a Tamiya 1/25th Tiger 1 one kit and I can’t find any pics of the interior to guide me can anyone help?
