1/48 Tamiya Jagdtiger completed

[afvfan]

This is pretty much OOB. I did have to add the track hooks for the missing links and played with the fenders a little.









I know, I should have thinned the remaining fenders a bit. By the time I caught that, it was way to late to do anything about it.
Oh yeah, I hate link and length tracks! I never can get them quite situated.

[406 Silverado]

JT looks great Bob. Don't worry much about the fenders, we aren't that anal here bro....lol

[TRM]

Nice job on this Big Girl Bob!! I am going to have to pick one of these up soon I think!!

[Tojo72]

Looks great,can't tell the scale from here,I have built the 1/35 Tamiya and they go together great

[afvfan]

Thanks for the kind words guys! I was kind of happy with the way it turned out.

Tojo...their 1/48 stuff builds just as easily as the 1/35. While I might fault Tamiya for a few things, fit is definitely not one of them.

[afvfan]

Dec 15, 2012 10:12:42 GMT -5 @57belair said:

:)That looks really good,the suitable weathering is superb,proof that less is more.Looking forward to more

MORE??? You mean I've got to build something else? Nobody told me that!

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

[wbill76]

Even in 1/48 scale the JT is a beast...nice job on it.

[afvfan]

Thanks Wbill. It is definitely a beast. Even in quarter scale, it's still bigger than some of the 1/35 tanks that I've done.

Dec 16, 2012 11:33:34 GMT -5 @dickyf said:

Yeah, them's the rules....three 1/4 scalers = 2 x 1/35's so yer actually behind on the deal...... JT looks spiffing AFVF

Aw man, Dicky. At those exchange rates I guess I'd better stay away from the braille scale stuff, or I'll never catch up!

[bbd468]

Thats a sweet JT right there! Looks 1/35th too...well done man!

Gary

[deafpanzer]

Bet that 1/48 JT is still bigger than my 1/35 Pz I!!!! Nice looking JT you got!

[afvfan]

I had a lot of fun building it, other than making those track hooks. Models always seem to come out better if they don't irritate you in the assembly process. I wanted to give it a weathered, but not too beat up, look. After all, some of these only saw combat in the last weeks of the war.

Andy, I do believe you're right about the size. With that cast metal hull, it sure weighs more than most 1/35th stuff.

[reserve]

Un-thinned fenders? Looking at the rest of it I did not even notice 'till you pointed it out. A very nice job overall here

Regards,
Mark

[afvfan]

Thanks Mark!