"Celebration"

[Ebbe Bergman]

Okay just another thread started here in Switzerland. I have changed the "Survivor" to "Celebration". Reson was that I realy had not the heart of doing a Charkow tank. I would save that for a PzIVF2 or PzIVG.
Celebration is about surviving a battle. The tankcrew will be taken from Alpine tank crew and scratch build with Magic Sculpt. The Commander and gunner will be scratch build with the help of Hornet head/hands and some shoes. Alpine figure will be the commander form the Kursk set. He will be reworked a little so he can hold a champagne bottle. I have the vignette realy in my mind....now I need to be equal good as Calvin Tan if I would be succesful with this...ohh sorry forgot I am just human =O)
The tank will be the Tamiya Tiger 1 Initial DAK marked as an Das Reich Tiger.

The purchase list is following:
Tamiya Tiger 1 Initial DAK (ordered)
Friulmodel Tiger 1 early tracks
Alpine Miniatures SS tank commander
Hornet Heads+hands
TMD S-minen
Aber Mesh grills
Aber 88mm barrel
Aber detail set Tiger 1
Aber front fenders/side fenders
MiG Dammaged detailing Tiger
Adlers Nest MG34 Tank Barrels
Towcables?

Ohh that was a whole lot more than I thought from the start.
The start of the project will start when I am halfway into "Barcelona" so it would have steam for making both. "Barcelona" will have groundwork but I think "Celebration" will be just a stand alone becouse the figures will all be on the tank.
The tank commander will show four fingers for four victories and huging the gunner. Gunner will rais the arm in the air lucky the are alive. And as I stated the gunner will open the Champagne.
Ahh time to go home from work.
Cheers!
Ebbe