Tamiya Tiger I in 1/35 scale (building review)

Some people asked me how I assemble models, so i made a quite detailed video about it. All I do is following the instructions and adding some small details on my own. The real hard and tricky part is the paintwork and the weathering.
I used Tamiya´s quite old but still great Tiger I early kit, which is very easy to assemble. I can recommend the kit especially to beginners.

Tiger I is the common name of a German heavy tank used in World War II, developed in 1942. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. E, often shortened to Tiger. It was an answer to the unexpectedly formidable Soviet armour encountered in the initial months of Operation Barbarossa, particularly the T-34 and the KV-1. The Tiger I design gave the Wehrmacht its first tank mounting the 88 mm gun, which had previously demonstrated its effectiveness against both air and ground targets. During the course of the war, the Tiger I saw combat on all German battlefronts. It was usually deployed in independent tank battalions, which proved to be quite formidable.
While the Tiger I was feared by many of its opponents, it was over-engineered, used expensive and labour intensive materials and production methods, and was time-consuming to produce. Only 1,347 were built between August 1942 and August 1944. The Tiger was prone to certain types of track failures and immobilisations, it was however, generally mechanically reliable but expensive to maintain and complicated to transport due to its interlocking wheels. In 1944, production was phased out in favour of the Tiger II.
Today only a handful of Tigers survive in museums and exhibitions worldwide. Perhaps the most notable specimen is the Bovington Tank Museum's Tiger 131, currently the only one restored to running order.
(Wikipedia)

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[jaxsonsmith33]

Could you show what type of " gripper," you use to bend the fenders ? Love all your work and tips, thanks.

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@jaxsonsmith33 i used a flat nose plier (if this is the right word?). i made a new tiger tank building review where this gripper appears (in part I), check out my channel.

[jaxsonsmith33]

@888HamilkarBarkas888 Is that the same tool you use on plastic fenders ?

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@jaxsonsmith33 yep.

[jaxsonsmith33]

@888HamilkarBarkas888 How do you keep from breaking them ?

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@jaxsonsmith33 plastic is quite flexible, so it can easily bent.

[jaxsonsmith33]

@888HamilkarBarkas888 Thanks so much

[jaxsonsmith33]

@888HamilkarBarkas888 Thanks I will check it out

[RollingThunderModels]

great model, but why are there jap or chinese decals in the kit?

PS: 10K vieuws nice!

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@lilww2kid thank you :) i´m building models for 13 years now.