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Yep, the Shelf Queens are still running, so let's have another entry!

This is Dragon's late Tiger with Zimmerit - I bought it when it came out, built it shortly afterwards and then got stuck on painting. Back in the day I was trying to recreate the unique scheme of s.SS.Pz.Abt. 102 in Normandy with masking fluid, which sort of failed. I stripped it off again, gave it a new yellow base coat, found a few flaws which needed to be fixed and immediately lost interest again. Fast forward a few years and for one reason or another I've brought it back to be finished once and for all.



The wheels and tracks are basically finished, so there's not that much left to do actually. Or so I thought. The spare tracks got lost somewhere in time and space so I had to make a new set with the leftovers of the Rye Field kit. And just like there I just had to add the track pins....

Here's what I'm going to finish as, Tiger A12 of the Grossdeutschland Division, somewhere in East Prussia in July 1944. I have a set of Bison Decals for GD tanks, so that's settled as well. A different candidate would have been one of the Tigers of s.Pz.Abt. 508, but one Italian Tiger is enough for the moment



I'm not in the mood for a major rebuild, so I'm not finishing it as on the photo with the transport tracks fitted, but rather an hour later when the combat tracks and fenders were back on

Philipp

Philipp Gross wrote:The wheels and tracks are basically finished, ...

Famous last words...

I had planned on starting the painting today, but alas I had to atone for past sins first. Turns out there were still huge mould seams on basically all the wheels which I had to sand down.



By the way, the tracks are individual workable links by AFV Club. I couldn't stand DS tracks even back then...

Philipp

You seem to have Tiger fever at the moment Philipp This one is looking good too.

Vincent

To be honest I'm just sick of having a box of Tiger parts on my workbench for the past few years

Besides, I need the space for something big I started almost a year ago, more on that soon

Philipp

Philipp Gross wrote: Besides, I need the space for something big I started almost a year ago, more on that soon
Philipp

Really

You do know how to peak a chaps curiosity

Steve H

Let's just say I have every reason to finish it until February 14

Philipp

Hmmm a cryptic clue. I can see a game of 20 questions starting shortly

Vincent

Sorry, I spoiled the game. But we can have a guessing game about my other insane project I want to start afterwards

Philipp

Camo is on:




Probably not quite like on the real thing but to be honest it's quite hard to tell. Most of all it seems to be quite dusty.

Philipp

I like it

Vincent