One of the Clash of Steel Starter Sets have been on my wants list ever since I found out about them at the beginning of the year. I ordered Operation Unthinkable boxed set containing the British and German tanks.
Operation Unthinkable was the name given to two related possible future war plans developed by the British Chiefs of Staff Committee against the Soviet Union during 1945.
In the box, as well as the rules, counters, and dice, are seventeen tanks, two of which are Tiger tanks.
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.
These are the sprues.
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.
