10th Annual Southwest Military Transport Show
It was a great turnout this year for the Southwest Military Transport Show, presented by the Arizona Historical Military Transport Association. The show took place March 1st and 2nd at the Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, AZ. Following you’ll find a few pictures of our clubs new diorama as well as some of the vehicles we brought to the show.
More info coming soon, as well as updated images in the Gallery on our website.
Tom’s Tiger Tank
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- Fields of Armor Kit
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- 1st Kit Build
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- Rotting Resin Removal
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- 2nd Build
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- Zimmerit Removal
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- Tiger Final Primer
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- Tiger Final Base Paint
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- Tiger Final Build
This tank is the crown jewel in Tom’s vehicle collection. This Tiger I German tank was built from a kit supplied by Fields of Armor (ABS Plastic). The version shown here in the final picture is the result of two rebuilds.
The first build suffered from resin hatches and detail pieces that were not mixed properly and were breaking down (resin breaks down into an oily mess). After removing the bad pieces, new ones were remolded, built from wood or ordered from part supplier Panzerwerks. The first application of zimmerit (texturing done to prevent magnetic mines from adhering to the tank) was not done well by Tom, so Jeff redid it for him just in time to have it painted by Scott Carter of Faded Armour. The paint job matches the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505 that fought against Russia on the Eastern Front at Kursk in 1943 and in East Prussia until the end of the war.
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