Skip to toolbar

Flames Of War 4th Edition Boot Camp: Day Three

Building With John – Afrika Korps Tiger Heavy Tank

Supported by (Turn Off)

Building With John - Afrika Korps Tiger Heavy Tank

111 Comments

We stop in for another build video for today with John as he paints up the Tiger Heavy Tank for the Germans and the Afrika Korps.

This is one of the sets that is going to be coming out in platoon for later on down the line from Flames Of War. So, if you're liking the look of it this should be a good build guide for you to get stuck into.

111
Leave a Reply

97 Comment threads
14 Thread replies
0 Followers
 
Most reacted comment
Hottest comment thread
94 Comment authors
timmothroboute73stingray075Phillip NashSteve Crooks Recent comment authors
newest oldest most voted
eddie117
Member
35xp

Have you ever seen tiger 131 John I saw it at tankfest it’s amazing

eddie117
Member
35xp

Ah I have just seen further on in the video 🙂

eddie117
Member
35xp

What renactment group were you in John

dakattack
Member
0xp

gonna be building one of these i think , it ll be my first attempt at a plastic kit since i was a child. which was a long long time ago but after watching beasts of war ive become hooked

davidquinn77
Cult of Games Member
563xp

It hard to believe that the tiger, for such an advanced design was in service in 1942.

eddie117
Member
35xp

Thanks for putting out this videa, It really makes me want to make anew afrika korps army

eddie117
Member
35xp

Truly shows how great german engineering was

stoney997
Cult of Games Member
5143xp

I had the Tunisian Tiger list from v3 sitting on the side of my table for a while, which I never got around to. This might give me the incentive.

lanrak
Member
575xp

The problem with the Tiger ,(and Panther,) was the fact they were so advanced and over engineered.

Reliability and servicing issues made the few available vehicles, less effective than the much easier to maintain and produce Allied tanks.

I believe the reason British and American tanks were slow to react to the ‘Big Cats’.
Was simply down to the original tank hulls designed on mid war concepts.Were unable to take bigger main guns without serious modification.(Tank destroyers with compromised armour, or overloaded chassis with reduced mobility.)

neal5x5
Cult of Games Member
1370xp

Were there tank destroyers in the desert campaign? I don’t recall seeing them, but I’m hardly an expert.

cptsafety
Member
1xp

Thank you! That helps me decide whether and how many models I want to buy and assemble BEFORE I purchase a whole bunch. Thanks. As for your political rant, that’s cool. I’m not educated enough in the relationship between the military and political/financial people of the period to know whether you’re right, but I have friends and relations who have been tankers. When their lives are put in danger in part because they don’t have proper equipment, that’s unconscionable! So, your rant is justified, as far as I know. Thank you!

cypher2009
Cult of Games Member
2001xp

You need a hi-vis jacket for the next one John if H&S is an issue.

Great kit.

doomdark
Cult of Games Member
3704xp

you will love bovington, don’t forget a hanky to wipe the drool away

guillotine
Cult of Games Member
16032xp

I quite agree with John. Germans never really had the numbers with Tigers, but there was no way the allies could have known or anticipated that. What if they would have been able to produce more or they would have sorted out the issues with the Panther faster?

Also it’s curious how long it took for the Americans to get through their internal politics and to accept the 76mm gun for the Sherman. And it still was no match to the big cats.

themumblingeagle
Member
12xp

Bit of a shame with the cupola on an otherwise great kit.
Having your commander proudly sticking his head out (esp. with their pink arms of service colour!) always adds a nice bit of flair.

dorthonion
Member
1529xp

John: read Otto Carius’s book ‘Tigers in the Mud’. He covers his time in 38T, Tiger 1 and Jagdtiger as a unit commander. The Germans reckoned AT guns were the greater threat than any tank as they were harder to spot but that was where the 88 L56’s decent HE round came into play. The whole world knows what the AP rounds did to tanks all the way out to 3000m.

torros
Cult of Games Member
23808xp

This example is why WW2 games really do need a hidden movement and spotting rules

fancybearzod
Member
42xp

The Tiger on a catwalk eh?, also very nice kit & bit of history. Nice showcase John.

caledor2
Cult of Games Member
4273xp

Nice touch with the damaged mudguards on the sprue.
It can be a bit troublesome that you have to put it together on camera because you can’t wait until it is completely dry.
4 hands would even be better.
Didn’t the earlier Tigers had a lot of engine trouble?

tonysilvey
Cult of Games Member
7974xp

Looks like a nicely detailed yet simple kit, perfect for gamers. If I was building these I’d keep the tracks off until after painting. I hate trying to paint in those gaps and the tracks look like they would just slip in at the end with no problem. I’d have more time than John though and not be trying to film it.

milkshake
Member
7xp

That is precisely what I did with the old metal track resin tiger kits. Sprayed the hull, turret and tracks separately. Did fine detail with a brush. Scored join points with a hobby knife, tours ne then washed and weathered after final assembly.

nogbadthebad
Cult of Games Member
5771xp

Tired or too long in the pub last night? Awesome vid, it’s a minor ambition to get to the bovington show to combine a bit of tread worship with wargaming but can’t convince the missus on the 8hr drive with a little one…

t80u
Member
3xp

It looks very simple to assembly, thank god for that. I were a bit worried about the new plastic stuff I must admit (I have only tried plastic once before, and it took me forever to get the two part tracks from the PSC-tanks together, and it looked pretty bad when I were done, so I ordered new tanks from BF. I havn´t tried any more plastic since then.. but now I have to try again). Thanks alot for your instructive videos 🙂

lawnor
Cult of Games Member
25928xp

A tank that small shouldn’t look so cool.

72draco
Member
516xp

After seeing the Tunisia Tigers supplement available for download on the FOW site, I was hoping for see plastic Tigers today. Thanks John!

needlesbeckett
Member
228xp

Nice build John, I’ve made a few in 20mm for Kursk before now

leftonistvaan
Cult of Games Member
539xp

Great video as always. It does however highlight my difficulty with historical gaming, especially something like WW2 and that is getting tied to a particular period or campaign.

hairybrains
Cult of Games Member
12990xp

Nice model, not sure what was going on with the back corner. Seemed like it just needed a push to get it to sit properly.

coxjul
Cult of Games Member
13301xp

Pink Floyd’s “When the Tigers Broke Free” springs to mind… criminal indeed.

(Note – not on the original Wall album, but added for the movie) Roger Waters song about his father’s death in Italy 1944…

“It was dark all around.
there was frost in the ground
when the tigers broke free.
…and no one survived
from the Royal Fusiliers Company Z.
They were all left behind,
most of them dead.
the rest of them dying;
and that’s how the High Command
took my daddy from me.”

ethren
Member
7xp

Thanks for the song suggestion, I have the normal album and sadly never heard of this song.

coxjul
Cult of Games Member
13301xp

It is on their “Echoes:Best of…” album

Supported by (Turn Off)