Friday, March 15, 2019

Warlord Tiger II - part two

This kit was a bit of a bind to assemble.
There are no real assistance in the assembly of the turret (well the one that was originally intended for the "Porsche" version). You have to balance the four sides and the top and the bottom.
The alignment wedges used to align the running gear with the hull do not slot together properly, the holes are slightly too small and require opening out. On the other hand the D shaped pegs on the periscopes allow 360 degree rotation and the gun barrels can rotate by about 10 degrees.
The exhaust options are limited, lacking the surrounds found on examples in use in Normandy.
The  zimmerit covering on the hull and turret sides sets the production date to pre-September 1944, when it was discontinued.


Now the weather just needs to improve enough for it to be undercoated.