I was looking at the wonderfull diorama in the Jan. issue of FSM. I noticed something, though. The Tiger’s front hull with the extra tracks looked wrong. Aren’t they supposed to be with the guide horns facing outward? This seemed, odd, as I would think it would fall out without the guide horn sticking out. Am I missing something? Great Dio BTW.
For this particular rack yes. Thats not too big though, I’m still wondering why he left the early coupala on and painted his tracks pure rust? Theres lots of of random things in there too, like the landmine on the side of the halftrack or the crewman carrying a jack when there appears to be no trouble. The figures however were great.
I noticed the same thing. It’s not so much a matter of “should be” as it is “could be.” Besides the rack problem, if the track was placed flat against the front hull with the guide horns facing inwards as depicted in the diorama, the guide horns would have to be either embedded into the hull or cut off. Basically, the normal track could not possibly be mounted as shown in the diorama. It just physically couldn’t happen.
I’m not one to count rivets, but in an otherwise stunning diorama, that’s a pretty big mistake. And interesting too…I suppose the modeller had to go out of his way to attach the track like that…he would have had to have cut the guide teeth off the Bandai kit’s tracks to mount it like that. It would be interesting to hear what the reasoning was behind that choice.
I can’t take any credit for the Diorama but when I first started building tanks as a kid, I built Tamiyas older Tiger 1. I didn’t like the way the track looked with the track guides facing out (as it should). The bottom side looked better so I cut the guides off and turned it around. I don’t know if this is what happened but it might be a case of “artistic license”. Greg.
Takes artisitic license to an extreme IMHO…
I especially like the commander whose cheeks ‘n’ face looks rosy red! that’s what I call artistic liscense. lol.
It’s a wonder why he put the T-34’s spares with guide horns out…
Maybe the landmine is impromptu reactive armor[swg]. As for the crewman and the jack, aren’t those jacks very heavy? How much does a Tiger weigh? 50-60 tons fully loaded? I have a 50 ton oil rig jack that I use maybe 4 or 5 times a year. It probably weighs about 100-120 pounds. It’s not something you just throw over your shoulder. Anyway, thats my [2c] worth.
Henry
Not to be overly critical of a damn good diorama, but the weathering on the kubelwagen wasn’t very good either. Those rust streaks were neon orange and very very heavily done IMHO.
Guide horns out is all I have seen on almost all german armor , they lay flatter that way and most likely will stay on the hangers better , must be a mistake by the modeler . WOOOPS we all make them a time or 2 .