I just KNEW you were going to ask me at some point… I must admit it has been standing on the shelf of doom for a year now… I think initially i got really intimidated by the amount of PE involved that got smaller and smaller as i went along and i got sort of uninterested.
I still have it standing there with all parts present and i just might finish her up sometime soon. As you know i am working on the late version of the same kit and with less PE to worry about it is far more fun.
Sucky fit and sucky tracks though… but you knew that too.
Mine was destined to be eastern front but i am really looking forward to your afrika korps initial tiger!
Yeah, your Tiger thread elsewhere reminded me of this build of yours, so I dredged it up. I resumed work on mine two days ago and have been working on the AFV Club Indy link early tracks. As of this morning I have one side completely done and 1/3 of the other side done. Those AFV tracks are not difficult at all, and fit perfect. You’ll see mine soon. It is now my primary project.
Im already thinking my next kit will be a Tiger or Panther.
The other day I thought, what was the biggest tank in WWII?. after some research I came across with the mouse but even bigger the rat. I cant imagine a kit based on the rat tank. That thing was bigger than a building. It had cannons of battleship, do you imagine in 1/35???.. WOW!
I started the original issue version of this kit, the Tiger I Ausf. E/H1 #286. Another of my purchases from the Fort Leavenworth PX in 1996. Much like you two, I never got around to finishing it. By the time I started looking at references, you realize it is a combination of variants and compromises (they used the same mold for the E/H1 and the E Late).
But, in 1996, when the price of 1/35 armor kits was over the $30 mark, these Italeri kits at the PX were only $18.95-21.95, making them quite a bargin. I think I bought almost every model the PX at Leavenworth and Redstone Arsenal that year.