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Model Build: Tamiya Tiger 1 Ausf E

Model Build: Tamiya Tiger 1 Ausf E

———– Under Construction —— History of the Tiger 1 The Tiger I (listen (help·info)) was a German heavy tank of World War II that operated beginning in 1942 in Africa and in the Soviet Union, usually in independent heavy tank battalions. It gave the German Army its first armoured fighting vehicle that mounted...
Model Build: Panther Ausf D  – Battle of the Bulge

Model Build: Panther Ausf D – Battle of the Bulge

—- under construction —- The Panther was intended to counter the Soviet T-34 medium tank and to replace the Panzer III and Panzer IV. Nevertheless, it served alongside the Panzer IV and the heavier Tiger I until the end of the war. It had excellent firepower, protection...