The Tamiya Tiger Tank - A beast of a model!

Whilst it was a busy day here at WMD HQ as I sorted through junk which has been made homeless as a result of the conservatory rebuild, unfortunately no time for model making activities. Therefore I am grateful that my friend, Mr. Beecham, sent through some pictures of his recently completed Tamiya 1/35th scale Tiger tank. I did see this when he popped round just before Christmas and it is, if you excuse the pun, a real beast of a model. 

He has modelled it on the the famous 007 numbered Tiger that was commanded by Michael Wittman in WW2. If you want to find out more about him then Wikipedia has some information which is available by clicking here. In the meantime here are some pictures of Mr. B's masterpiece set in a diorama.

A brilliant touch is the crew looking at a map trying to make sense of where they are.

I do like that lamp post - very period and adds some further interest to the scene.

That famous 007 used way before James Bond.

The anti magnetic mine coating of zimmerit was added my Mr. B to the kit by covering the relevant parts of the hull in plastic putty and then using a scriber to produce the texture - superb!