Tamiya 1/48 Tiger 1 Early Production - Reveal

[TonyCnyc]

Here's the final reveal on my first Tiger 1 and resin figures.











Tree and grass, courtesy of the Mrs by way my birthday gift last year.

[Riderville]

Very Nice Build

[PaulAyrey]

A great piece, well done!

[Coen]

WOW! I didn't think that you could put that much awesome on a jewel case. Very very cool Tony.
That's well done buddy. Excellent work.

[Art17847]

excellent work there....great vignette and i really like those figures well painted not easy to do in 1/48....great job

[TonyCnyc]

Very Nice Build

Thanks Dale!

[TonyCnyc]

A great piece, well done!

Thank you!

[TonyCnyc]

WOW! I didn't think that you could put that much awesome on a jewel case. Very very cool Tony.
That's well done buddy. Excellent work.

Necessity, the mother of invention
Thanks for the comment - really appreciate it. Had fun with this build. And thank you for all your contributions to the community. We have all learned a lot from your work.

[TonyCnyc]

excellent work there....great vignette and i really like those figures well painted not easy to do in 1/48....great job

Didn't have a fine detail brush for those, so used a toothpick to paint them.
They did test my eye sight. But they were fun to do. Might do more in future builds.
Thanks for commenting!

[Hillbilly]

Very clean build It really looks the part.

[amsvkng]

Hiya

Fantastic model, really beautifully built. Only one question and please correct me if I am wrong, I thought that Panzer crew uniforms were always black?

Thanks
/Karim

[Russ72]

Nice build Tony, well done mate.

[jbellos1]

Very well done. Amazing detail on your mean looking monster. Excellente!

[timtamtung]

Oh wow looks excellent! funny I am doing the exact same idea. Chow time !
Your figures look great

[EasyEight96]

Looks beautiful great job

[TonyCnyc]

Hiya

Fantastic model, really beautifully built. Only one question and please correct me if I am wrong, I thought that Panzer crew uniforms were always black?

Thanks
/Karim

Hi Karim, thanks for comment!
Good question/observation on the uniforms. From what I know, generally the uniforms changed somewhat over the war years as materials and battle conditions changed. The commander might have worn his black tunic. Not sure about the rest of the crew.
I was going more for the grey-blue. Although looks bluer in the pictures I posted, which from a visual/artist point I liked as it provided that little extra pop of color.

If anyone reading this can point to some information as to what the crew of 214 might have been wearing when they used this camo pattern, much appreciated! As a Tiger newbie, I am eager to learn more about the subject. Thank you in advance!

[TonyCnyc]

Nice build Tony, well done mate.

Thank you!

[TonyCnyc]

Very well done. Amazing detail on your mean looking monster. Excellente!

Thank you!

[TonyCnyc]

Oh wow looks excellent! funny I am doing the exact same idea. Chow time !
Your figures look great

We both must have been hungry when we choose it

[TonyCnyc]

Looks beautiful great job

Thank you!

[felisbarcinonensis]

Excellent work Toni!!

[chief5437]

V nice! Figures look great

[Nev]

Awesome build fella

[amsvkng]

Hiya

Fantastic model, really beautifully built. Only one question and please correct me if I am wrong, I thought that Panzer crew uniforms were always black?

Thanks
/Karim

Hi Karim, thanks for comment!
Good question/observation on the uniforms. From what I know, generally the uniforms changed somewhat over the war years as materials and battle conditions changed. The commander might have worn his black tunic. Not sure about the rest of the crew.
I was going more for the grey-blue. Although looks bluer in the pictures I posted, which from a visual/artist point I liked as it provided that little extra pop of color.

If anyone reading this can point to some information as to what the crew of 214 might have been wearing when they used this camo pattern, much appreciated! As a Tiger newbie, I am eager to learn more about the subject. Thank you in advance!

HI Tony

So far as memory serves me the Panzer uniform was always black. I tried to find some infor for you and this is what I found:

"Panzer uniform (Sonderbekleidung der Panzertruppen)
Oberfeldwebel, Panzer troops, 1941

This consisted of black wool hip-length double-breasted jacket and trousers, with skulls [8] on the collar patches instead of Litzen and, officially until 1942, collar piping in Waffenfarbe (usually the rose-pink of the armor branch, but also gold for former cavalry units in the reconnaissance role or black/white twist for combat engineers). The color and Totenköpfe (skulls) were chosen due to their similarity to the uniforms of August von Mackensen's Black Hussars, and also for practical reasons: the black color made oil stains less visible and a short jacket was less likely to get caught in the machinery. The trousers had tapered cuffs with drawstrings and tapes in order to fit into lace-up ankle boots. Although the jacket could be buttoned to the neck in cold weather, ordinarily it was worn open-collar with a field grey or mouse grey shirt and (in theory) a black necktie.

The jacket was manufactured in three different patterns between 1934 and 1945. First pattern jackets had deep lapels with square collars. There was also no provision to close the collar. Second pattern (1936–42) added three buttons to close the collar, reduced the size of the lapels and had a more pointed collar. Note that some second pattern jackets were produced without collar piping (possibly for non-panzer personnel entitled to wear the jacket). The third pattern (1942–45) deleted the collar piping for all personnel but was otherwise similar to second pattern.

Self-propelled anti-tank artillery (Panzerjäger) and assault-gun (Sturmgeschütz) crews were issued similar uniforms in field-grey from 1940."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_ ... truppen.29

[fly1ngdutchm4n]

Excellent!

[hansolo]

Excellent job, all around!
I especially like that dark wash!

cheers

[TonyCnyc]

HI Tony

So far as memory serves me the Panzer uniform was always black. I tried to find some infor for you and this is what I found:

Thanks!

[TonyCnyc]

Excellent!

Thanks!

[TonyCnyc]

Excellent job, all around!
I especially like that dark wash!

cheers

Thanks!

[rwsmith14]

Well Done, Tony !!

[rodrant]

Great Build Tony !

Like the Picnick at the Tiger

Like a lot your little diorama and that wash on the Tiger result quite well ! Very nice to look at !

[alextheblue]

Absolutely love your dio Tony, it's very simple but soooo well done. I especially love the paint scheme of the Tiger, thats some very accomplished work!!

[Schoof]

Nice paintjob !