Thanks Sam, Polux, Steve (welcome to the forum Steve).
I don't get the time I used to to work on projects now, and I've kind of gravitated toward longer and more involved projects anyway so I'm nowhere near as prolific as I'd like to be. The plan for this tiger is to involve it in a diorama of some sort but the turn around on such a project could be equally long. I have a number of 1/16 figures I want to customise to fit a Normandy setting with a possible back drop of a French farmhouse. However, each figure is quite involved, see http://www.scale-models.co.uk/ww-i-after/12591-ww2-british-tommy-work-progress.html and you get the idea. I'd like around 6 figures, the Tiger and a Kubelwagen in a setting that's not too difficult to photograph (this is 1/16!) I think I can manage that.
It's funny you should mention staying power as I made a conscious decision some time ago to concentrate on fewer models with more detail (larger scales are preferable). It has sometimes been frustrating not having much to show for weeks of work but I hope the end results will be worth the wait and effort..
Dave - I read somewhere that the Hobbyboss kit is in fact from the Tamiya moulds!? Can't confirm this but the drawings in the instructions for the mantlet look familiar. I'll be interested in your build. Good luck with it.
Cheers
P
I don't get the time I used to to work on projects now, and I've kind of gravitated toward longer and more involved projects anyway so I'm nowhere near as prolific as I'd like to be. The plan for this tiger is to involve it in a diorama of some sort but the turn around on such a project could be equally long. I have a number of 1/16 figures I want to customise to fit a Normandy setting with a possible back drop of a French farmhouse. However, each figure is quite involved, see http://www.scale-models.co.uk/ww-i-after/12591-ww2-british-tommy-work-progress.html and you get the idea. I'd like around 6 figures, the Tiger and a Kubelwagen in a setting that's not too difficult to photograph (this is 1/16!) I think I can manage that.
It's funny you should mention staying power as I made a conscious decision some time ago to concentrate on fewer models with more detail (larger scales are preferable). It has sometimes been frustrating not having much to show for weeks of work but I hope the end results will be worth the wait and effort..
Dave - I read somewhere that the Hobbyboss kit is in fact from the Tamiya moulds!? Can't confirm this but the drawings in the instructions for the mantlet look familiar. I'll be interested in your build. Good luck with it.
Cheers
P
