I have been wanting to start this one as I had it in the stash for awhile now,it looks like a great kit in box and has gotten good reviews.
The only difficulty at this point was the kit tracks which require the glueing together of six plastic pieces just to make two links.How anyone could glue the whole run together is beyond me.So I got the Fruils instead,and while tedious, it isn’t impossible to wire the six metal pieces with the provided jig.Just takes time.
Love the subject Anthony. My favorite build was my Dragon Jagdtiger Premium kit. I like everything except how I painted the stupid cleaning rods. This should be fun to watch as I’ve only seen one other built on this site. I look forward to what you have to bring to this kit.
I have those same Friul tracks and I said no f’ING way. I’m sorry but I don’t have a month just to assemble two track runs. I opted to use the late model tiger II tracks instead (friul atl-37) instead. If anyone is interested, I have the Friul atl-41 up for grabs. PM me. I haven’t even opened any of the bags yet. While the atl-37 may not be accurate for certain early Jagdtiger versions, I’m sure there were a few out there that did have them. After all, the Tiger II and Jagdtiger are built upon the same hull and chasis, only difference is one has a turret, the other a cavernous upper hull blended into the rest of the hull. OK so my wording right there wasn’t that great but you guys know what I’m talking about.
Oh wow, I’ve got this same kit with a plethora of goodies, but I didn’t realize that those tracks are six pieces a piece??? Seriously, whoever designed those ought to be fired and sent to a hard labor camp! AAAARGH!!
I even have an interior for this, which should be awesome. I’ve been putting it off for a while because of all the work involved–that information certainly won’t help put it on any “next” list! (I would have to build the tracks as is–no Friuls for me) Bummer.
Major assembly done,ready for priming and painting.Was a sweet build,the hull and fighting compartment pieces were some of the best fitting parts I ever did,no fit issues.Thanks for following.
Wow, Anthony, you are really crankin’ on this one, looks good.
I used those same Friuls on a Tamiya Tiger2 (P) I did a while ago, and with the jig in the box actaully had them together pretty quickly. I’m in the first stages of doing some SpadeAce JS-2 split link tracks now, no jig, and it’s going slower than those Friuls did.