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--- blog:military:models_tiger2_fsj [2025/06/23 21:00] – [Box Contents] john
+++ blog:military:models_tiger2_fsj [2025/07/30 14:29] (current) – [In Progress Images] john
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   * In-universe role: German heavy tank
   * Purchase date: May 2025 (second hand, unused, from https://www.ebay.co.uk)
-  * Build date: ????
+  * Build date: Started July 2025
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 === Box ===
-<imgcaption box|Box>{{:blog:models:tiger2_fsj:img20250623204220.jpg?200|}}</imgcaption>
+<imgcaption box|Box>{{:blog:models:tiger2_fsj:img20250623204220.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
 === Instructions / assembly information ===
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 ==== In Progress Images ====
+Although this is a larger 1/72 kit, compared to something like a Panzer III or IV, the Tiger II is quite a simple, boxy shape, so the part count is fairly low. As a result it goes together fairly quickly and easily.
+Hull, roadwheels and hull details:
+{{:blog:models:tiger2_fsj:img20250726161409.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:tiger2_fsj:img20250726161435.jpg?500|}}
+{{:blog:models:tiger2_fsj:img20250726172314.jpg?500|}}  {{:blog:models:tiger2_fsj:img20250726172430.jpg?500|}}
+Turret assembly:
+{{:blog:models:tiger2_fsj:img20250726161421.jpg?500|}}  {{:blog:models:tiger2_fsj:img20250726172458.jpg?500|}}
+Exterior details added, engine deck completed, lifting/towing eyes, cables all added. Not much left to do at this point:
+{{:blog:models:tiger2_fsj:img20250727122506.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:tiger2_fsj:img20250727122515.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:tiger2_fsj:img20250727122523.jpg?500|}}
+Primed in Vallejo Dunkelgelb surface primer:
+{{:blog:models:tiger2_fsj:img20250730104855.jpg?500|}}
+Wheels added - still need the 'caps' for the inner wheels here:
+{{:blog:models:tiger2_fsj:img20250730111217.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:tiger2_fsj:img20250730142551.jpg?500|}}
 ==== Finished Images ====