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Kassel 'Octopus' Tigera photo feature by
Colin Key of a Academy kit
This is modelled after the 'Octopus' Tiger that saw action near Kassel at the end of the war, being abandoned by it's crew and subsequently shot up by passing American tanks to make sure "nobody was home", eventually catching fire. This vignette shows the tank after it has been sitting for a few months.
Academy's Tiger 2 Last Production kit was used for this as it came with the narrow transport tracks that were found on this particular wreck. PE fenders and tool clasps were added and the model was painted with Tamiya acrylics and weathered with oils and pigments.
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About Colin Key (ColinEdm)
Colin started modelling with cars and planes as a young child then moved into armour by rebuilding his older brothers motorized Tamiya Tiger II and winning a model contest with it at age 12. He continued modelling into his teens until university and other distractions got in the way, resuming the...
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