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Tiger 'Erika' in Flanders fields

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Hi all,

Here a few pics of my Tiger playing in the field next door :mrgreen: :

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"Investigate the ground on foot. Take another man piggyback and stand on one leg.
If the ground supports you, it will support the tank." (Tigerfibel, page 39)






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Thanks for watchin', :D
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Very nice example LDW, I like all the stowage to cheers Phil. :D
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looks great. what are the 2 colors you used?

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Brilliant set of photos. I like the officer being carried to keep his boots clean, translation please.

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Hi,

The one in the turret says " Go forward men - keep driving"

The one carry the officer says " Good surface for the Tiger"

The last text is from the Tiger Fibel - the instruction book, where it says that if you are unsure the tiger kan drive on the surface, to men (as the picture one carrying the other) should walk/jump, and if they dont break the surface, the tiger can drive as the pressure per cm2 is comparable

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Steen
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Phil Woollard wrote:
Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:10 pm
Very nice example LDW, I like all the stowage to cheers Phil. :D
Thank you Phil. :D



Ray Brown wrote:
Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:33 am
looks great. what are the 2 colors you used?

ray
The base color is Tamiya TS3 and the green camo is a mix of 3 Revell colors (sorry, I can't remember the numbers :? )


Graham Hough wrote:
Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:42 am
Brilliant set of photos. I like the officer being carried to keep his boots clean, translation please.
Translation from the Tigerfibel: "Investigate the ground on foot. Take another man piggyback and stand on one leg.
If the ground supports you, it will support the tank." (Tigerfibel, page 39)


Steen Vøler wrote:
Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:31 pm
Hi,

The one in the turret says " Go forward men - keep driving"

The one carry the officer says " Good surface for the Tiger"

The last text is from the Tiger Fibel - the instruction book, where it says that if you are unsure the tiger kan drive on the surface, to men (as the picture one carrying the other) should walk/jump, and if they dont break the surface, the tiger can drive as the pressure per cm2 is comparable

cheers
Steen
Thank you Steen. :) :)
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Brilliant build and paint job, I love the photo story book. 8)

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