My 1/76 scale Fujimi Prosche turreted King Tiger is shown above (caught with the setting sun behind it,too far from the invasion beaches to make a difference). I remember the classic photograph with the Esci kit showing a King Tiger unit with mixed turret versions hiding under trees in Normandy, trying not to attract the attension of passing rocket-firing Typhoons of the RAF.
The side view is shown above (be warned the click-in photograph is fuzzy and may blur your eyes).
Instead of the full three-colour spotted "ambush" pattern I used previously I went for the slightly earlier, thinner (hence more) striped three-colour version. It also helps me tell from a distance Henschel versus Porsche on tabletop. All this means, and an audible sigh of relief follows, I am done with making and painting my King Tiger kits, Henschel or Porsche until in the distant mists of time I come back to decal them.
I can now claim a reinforced (very) heavy German tank company! As a footnote, tanks of this sort in CD3 and Battlefront etc, really distort ground scale effects. Making in the worse case tanks look "silly close" on table. So why did I bother? I guess it was because I already had them and they was there. I should really move on now and paint something sensible and reusable on the wargames table ;)
Nice Work Mate!! Lets see some infantry support for those beasts!
ReplyDeleteYou're right, I am just putting off the inevitable, but I do have a pair of Tigers, a Hurricane, Defiant and metal Morians to address first.
ReplyDeleteThe factory figure production system is being revved up in the background ;)
Sweet, I might look at basing some Germans myself in the next few weeks.
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