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Tiger & Variants
Volume 1
CONTENTS
Presentation
TIGER I Early Production
16
24
36
In the beginning - Javier Franco
Tiger’ Secret - Luis Casanueva & José L. López
Tiger forever - Richard Vázquez
TIGER I Late Production
52
64
72
Tiger 911, 9th SS.Pz.Kp. “Totenkopf” - Francisco J. Arévalo
Tiger 334, s.Pz.Abt. 505 - Javier Soler
Tiger 234, SS Pz.Abt. 102 (Latest Production) - Ricardo Merino
STURMTIGER
84
Old gens vs. New gens - José A. Azorín & Ignacio del Corral
José A. Azorín
Editor
Javier de Luelmo
Design Assistant
Jennifer Croft - Matthew Malogorski - Richard Ryan
English revision
X-Team
Vicente Alonso - Francisco J. Arévalo - Luis Casanueva - Ignacio del Corral - Javier Franco - Sergio Gómez -
Domingo Hernández - José Luis López - Ricardo Merino - Carlos Sánchez - Javier Soler - José A. de Soroa - Richard Vázquez
Special thanks to
Luis Casanueva - Ignacio del Corral - Jennifer Croft
Elements... in combat! Tiger & Variant Volume 1. Guide for Building and Painting
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Presentation
Tiger forever
This is the first book of the "Elements in combat" modeling
series book devoted to a special vehicle. This is the ubiquitous,
famous, and ultra-well-known German Sd.Kfz. 181. Ohh... Don't
you know what tank it is? Maybe TIGER sounds better, does it?
Without any doubt, the Tiger is the most popular tank of World
War Two and it is the favorite for many modelers. I can say the
Tiger is the diamond of modeling. It would be great if it becomes
your favorite after you read this book because I have to admit
that the tiger is not my favorite vehicle (it is the StuG) but I fell in
love with it. I don't know what it has, maybe its shape, its size, its
power or its legend but I like it very much. African, winter
dressed; with or without zimmerit... its appearance is impressive.
You can realize when you hold an event. Maybe some model
goes unnoticed, but for sure you will be able to see some of them
displayed.
Tiger was the German response, next to Panther, to the
new threats that come from USSR: the T-34s and KVs. Its armor
and armament, next to their extraordinary crews made it a
powerful enemy and there was a necessity to create tanks to
beat a Tiger.
The modeling possibilities are infinite. You can build an
Early, Mid, Late or Latest production model. You can choose the
1/76, 1/72, 1/48, 1/35, 1/25 and 1/16 scale. You can color it
in Panzer Grey, grey with a white camouflage in the winter of
1942-1943, desert yellow or, of course Dark Yellow with or
without one or two camouflage shades or wintry too, with or
without zimmerit coat. You can set it on the Eastern Front, on the
desert sands of Africa, in Italy, in Normandy, in the main battles
of the last stages of the war. You have a lot of markings and
symbols of their different units, as well Wehrmacht as SS.
I chose the Tiger as the first vehicle of this series of books
because the market is well catered with new Tiger kits and they
are the stars of this book. The articles are different and varied.
Building is the most important thing in some of them, but the
painting work is fantastic in another ones. You will choose your
favorites. The book starts with a superb work of art with the nice
profiles of the main Tiger units by the Chilean Claudio
Fernández. Then I go in a chronological way and the most initial
Tiger production by Javier Franco show us a nice painting work
on the typical German grey livery: In the beginning. Luis
Casanueva builds a super DAK version and it is superbly painted
by José L. López in a theoretical article on the color of the African
Tigers: DAK' secret. What is your opinion? And now enter the
dragon. Sorry, I was thinking of my idol Bruce Lee. Now Richard
Vázquez shows his impressive talent with the tiniest Tiger of the
book: a further superb Tiger Early at 1/48: Tiger forever. Please,
follow this modeler because he is called to be one of the best.
Fransciso J. Arévalo takes the baton of Richard and starts the
second section dedicated to the late version with a Tiger of the
9th Pz. Kp. of the 3rd SS Division "Totenkopf". Javier Soler
decorates his Tiger with a medieval knight riding on a Tiger, the
famous symbol of the s.Pz.Abt. 502. And now time for an
"xtreme" assembly, the ss.Pz.Abt. 102's model by Ricardo
Merino. Surprising detailed and with a nice and different
painting scheme. The third section of the book is dedicated to
the Tiger I variants, in this case the Sturmtiger. Nacho Del Corral
and I chose a challenge: a new generation model, like AFV Club,
versus an oldie model, like Tamiyas one. Further a young
modeler, like Nacho, versus an old modeler like me. Two models,
two styles, two times. Some twins for your fun.
I have divided the publication on Tiger and Variants in two
volumes because the great quantity and quality of the models
need many pages. In next volume you can enjoy the Tiger I's
heirs: Tiger II, Jagdtiger, Ferdinand, Elefant, Bergetiger and Grille
II. Are you ready?
Eight models, eight modelers. I'm very proud of this first
complete work of the X-Team, the team of modelers that
supports X
TREME
M
ODELLING
and make possible books than this.
Thank you very much, my friends.
José A. Azorín

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