Chronological History |
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| Date |
Manufacturer |
Scale |
Date Completed |
Comments |
| German Tiger I |
Tamiya |
1/35th |
July
2000 |
1st
Model in 20 years - Diorama includes Transformer Tower by Remi. First time ever using
washes, dry brushing & spray can!!!. Used the wrong base colour, so the weathering
didn't stand out too well. |
| Panzer
Grenadier's |
Tamiya |
1/35th |
July
2000 |
Used
with above |
| Russian T-62a |
Tamiya |
1/35th |
September
2000 |
Weathering
was more effective with the lighter base colour. |
| German Pzkpfw III |
Tamiya |
1/35th |
November
2000 |
With
diorama, <including Cat Litter!!!) used the Machine Gunner's from the Panzer Grenadiers
set. |
| Received
a gift from a friend of a 1/72 A-90 Tankbuster. My conviction to get a Airbrush was
reinforced when the paint job came out poorly - shame, it was a good kit. Bought a PzPkfw
IV, built it, but didn't paint it. |
| Aztec
Double-action Airbrush Kit |
August
2001 |
See Airbrush
section for more details. |
| German JagdPanther |
Academy |
1/25th |
August
2001 |
Bought this
with the express intention of have a large scale kit to work with my brand new Airbrush |
| German Pzkpfw IV |
Tamiya |
1/35th |
November
2001 |
This was
sitting on a shelf for nearly a year, waited for Airbrush before completing. |
| German
Sturmtiger |
Tamiya |
1/35th |
November
2001 |
Getting more
confident using the Airbrush. Good kit this. |
March 2002 - Purchased 1/16th Tiger I (Display version)
- in no rush to start - want to do it right. |
| San Mateo |
Constructo |
1/90th |
June
2002 |
The biggest
project by far to date.
See section Other Stuff for more details |
| German Panther |
Academy |
1/25th |
June
2002 |
This kit was
purchased December 2000, but it looked kinda bad when photographed. So I didn't include it
on the site. But in preparation for starting the 1/16th Tiger, I wanted to practice
another spray job. Used a scheme not usually associated with the Panther - but not totally
inaccurate I'd imagine.
Made good use of some of the left over sail cloth from the Mateo kit for simulating a
canvas sheet on the hull rear.
Not sure that I was in the right frame of mind for this one. Not only was I returning to
an old kit - my mind was probably more on the big Tiger!!! |
| German
Tiger I |
Tamiya |
1/16th |
August
2002 |
See the section
Tiger 16 for a detailed overview of this project. |
| German
JagdTiger |
Dragon |
1/35th |
February
2003
|
This was a
strange kit for me. I'd always wanted to build one, and for the most part was quite
pleased with the outcome.
This is the first Dragon kit I’d bought. The inclusion of photo-etched parts
was very welcome indeed. Its such a pity that Tamiya don’t do this. However, the
quality of the plastic and moulding is not quite up to Tamiya standard. Placing the upper
hull parts of the two Tiger variant kits next to each other, Tamiya is still the best. It
can be clearly seen in the panel lines, they are far better defined on the Tamiya part.
But nothing too significant really. The biggest disappointment it the quality of the
plastic. It's really quite poor - small parts are very easy to damage when removing them
from the sprun. In fact I had to use wire for the hatch handles because the plastic one's
broke (blessing in disguise really). After avoiding the application of Zimmerit coating to
a number of models I finally bit the bullet and gave it a go on this one - not perfect,
but as good as I could have hoped for as a first attempt - the next one should be better -
Project Introduction |
| German
Tiger II |
Tamiya |
1/35th |
February
2003 |
Not much to say
about this one really. Very well done kit - enjoyed making it. The ambush scheme came out
quite well. Also really happy with the weathering. One day I'll do the figures and
make up a diorama. |