I have the Operation Unthinkable boxed set containing the British and German tanks. The GF9 Operation Unthinkable boxed set, the British versus German, contains 17 tanks, two of which are the Tiger I tank.
Tiger I is the common name of a German heavy tank used in World War II, developed in 1942. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. E, often shortened to Tiger. It was an answer to the unexpectedly formidable Soviet armour encountered in the initial months of Operation Barbarossa, particularly the T-34 and the KV-1. The Tiger I design gave the Wehrmacht its first tank mounting the 88 mm gun, which had previously demonstrated its effectiveness against both air and ground targets. During the course of the war, the Tiger I saw combat on all German battlefronts. It was usually deployed in independent tank battalions, which proved to be quite formidable.
This is the GF9 finished model.
This is the sprue.
The first stage was constructing the hull and tracks, and the turret.
Then the main weaponry was added and the side armour.
With one of the tanks I am going to model it with the hatch in an open position.
With one of the Tiger tanks I added a command figure and some spare track as additional armour.
Next stage was a white undercoat for the two tanks.
Having given the tanks a white undercoat, I then used a brown spray to basecoat the underneath of the models.
The aim of this spray is to add shadow to the model rather than using the same paint across the whole of the model.
The next step was a coat of Army Painter Desert Yellow Spray.
Here are the two Tigers together.
The next stage will be brush painting the camouflage.