A 'little' model of PzKpfw VI "Tiger"
Monday, February 27, 2012 by Jafo | Discussion: Everything Else
We've "all" seen the Tamiya models.....made them, even.....
A couple of guys took it to the 'logical' extreme......
Absolutely amazing.
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Reply #2 Monday, February 27, 2012 8:44 AM
One guy: Hey guys, let's make a tank model to scale.
Other guys: Okay.
Only in russia.
Reply #5 Monday, February 27, 2012 7:39 PM
***Stops building his 1/700 scale battleships in shame***
Reply #6 Monday, February 27, 2012 7:43 PM
I remember building a model of the Army's Patton tank. A lot heavier than the Shermans and able to take on the Panzer and Tiger tanks. Those monsters were too heavy and cumbersome but they packed quite a wallop.
Reply #8 Monday, February 27, 2012 7:52 PM
Uvah....the M46 managed to make it to Korea....it wasn't around in WW2....
Reply #9 Tuesday, February 28, 2012 6:26 AM
Oopss!! Major Oops!
Then what one replaced the Sherman? I always get those two confused.
Reply #10 Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:03 AM
No...M26 Pershing replaced the Sherman.... the 46 replaced that.
BTW...hint...the designation numbers by then related to design date..... 46..47..48... the Ruskies weren't quite so 'accurate'...64...72...80.....all a bit out of whack, really...
Reply #11 Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:48 AM
Thanks for the refresher Jafo. Been too long since I did one of them. Too bad they're so expensive today.
Reply #13 Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:12 AM
Probably a hefty sum. Hunting down all the parts alone would put a huge dent in this ones pocket.
Reply #14 Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:19 AM
By the looks of it, they made plenty of parts from scratch! I'm sure they must have had their hands on aoriginal to get measurements, or plans or something!
What a mammoth undertaking!
In either case, this indeed would not have been cheap!
Reply #16 Sunday, March 4, 2012 3:56 AM
That´s nothing ! When I was a kid I had all the sci-fi spaceship-Models from "Airfix", "Revell" and the likes + the ones in metal from "Dinky toys" !! .......
But I must say this was quite cool as well Jafo 
Reply #17 Sunday, March 4, 2012 4:36 AM
I tended to shy away from Revell. Took more time just cleaning the parts of all that flash and when you're dealing with small parts it can be a royal pain. Tamiya was one of the best though. I once built a Formula One racer. It had four wheels up front and the detail was truly awesome. It had all the links and whatnot for four wheel steering up front that actually worked. I won't even go into the engine detail.
Reply #18 Sunday, March 4, 2012 5:08 AM
I don´t think we had Tamiya in Sweden back then.
Reply #20 Sunday, March 4, 2012 7:08 AM
Eventually I put the Whole collection in our Cellar/basement storageroom in our apartmentbuilding like a little exhibition...
-Some weeks later there were some Drugaddicts breaking in and Crushed them all...probably Jumped on them, pissed off as there were nothing of "Value" for them there... 
Now I can make my own in Carrara 8 though 
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Reply #1 Monday, February 27, 2012 8:38 AM
Nice