davecov
SMF Supporter
My builds of the Airfix 1/76 Tiger I Tank (A01308)
Last July I got a bad attack of "Modeller's Block" and stopped modelling completely. It wasn't until December 2022 that I dared to make a kit once more. I decided that I would do a quick OOB of the ancient '60's Airfix 1/76 Tiger I but as I started, I couldn't leave it as a basic build and ended up going to town with some aftermarket stuff and scratch-building. I know it isn't completely accurate and some of the 1/72 aftermarket stuff is a bit overscale but at least it looks more like a Tiger than the basic Airfix offering. In the end I knocked out another Tiger OOB over 36 hours so that I could compare it with my "work of art".
Anyway, warts and all, here are both builds:
Two very enjoyable builds which have restored my mojo! I now need to keep it by not committing to too many builds at once....
Dave
Last July I got a bad attack of "Modeller's Block" and stopped modelling completely. It wasn't until December 2022 that I dared to make a kit once more. I decided that I would do a quick OOB of the ancient '60's Airfix 1/76 Tiger I but as I started, I couldn't leave it as a basic build and ended up going to town with some aftermarket stuff and scratch-building. I know it isn't completely accurate and some of the 1/72 aftermarket stuff is a bit overscale but at least it looks more like a Tiger than the basic Airfix offering. In the end I knocked out another Tiger OOB over 36 hours so that I could compare it with my "work of art".
Anyway, warts and all, here are both builds:
Two very enjoyable builds which have restored my mojo! I now need to keep it by not committing to too many builds at once....
Dave
