1/18 Custom ~ Michael Wittmann's Tiger I Villers-Bocage

[Jnewboy]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :MESELX:IT

[1958Zelda]

Great tank! good luck.

[Jnewboy]

Thanks, yea that 205 turret decal was a trick. Came out great but took allot of work.
Thank god for Micro sol and Tamiya clear flat.

Good luck to you on your indy car, I bet you do well on it!

[ram04]

As always another great model, you guys need for me to hit the lottery, I could make a lot of you rich

[Jnewboy]

Thanks, I thought I would get allot more comments on it than there has been, it being Wittmanns in all, I expected that at least I would get a couple of ya hos that wanted to argue about the Tiger number and debate what Tiger he actually used when he went on his rampage. Maybe people only want his death Tiger or last Tiger #007. I think that its kind of retarded as he did not see allot of action in that one before he ate it. I thought that collectors would rather have the Tiger he made his biggest accomplishment in rather than the one he died in.

There has been allot of speculation over the last 15 years over what Tiger he used but there has never been definitive proof that he was in a different Tiger than the one he arrived in (205), just allot of theory and second hand accounts.



All historical artists that are worth mentioning that have done art pertaining to that day all have used the (205)

[pickelhaube]

Nice model !!

[normandy]

Great job on the Tiger!! I like how you used the 21st tracks and wheels with the FOV zimmerit Tiger. It looks the part.

[YT]

Great work.

[MG-42]

* Nice camo paint job "jnb".



on a side note however in that artist rendition :

......... it was quite respectful and very thoughtful of the crew of [+] 205 ,

to have opened the gate on that farm first before entering to continue down that road .



- MG

[PanzerArm]

More likely meant to portray them pulling out of a little spot they backed into to get off the road (and away from Jabos!). Notice no tracks in the field behind them, and yet there are tracks already in front of them.


-Kevin

[Jnewboy]

Right, they backed in and took up a firing position, He shot the last then the first the all hell broke lose.

[Jnewboy]

Ends today, good-luck everyone, 24 watchers with eleven hours to go...

[gliderdwm]

Nice job on the Tiger and zimmerit looks nice. Is that time consuming to do and do you use Aves apoxie?

[Jnewboy]

No, its a FOV top half of a chassis.

This tank is now listed on my etsy store.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Jnewboy

[Jnewboy]

After further research I found inaccuracies in my model and changed it to be more accurate. The pics below show Wittmann arriving at the Battle, notice the track in the front used as additional protection and also notice there was no star antenna.





I removed the star antenna and added the track and track bar, Im really happy with it now.

Still available at my shop. http://www.etsy.com/shop/Jnewboy

[Light.Inf.Scout]

awesome!

[plasticboy]

Outstanding!!