harv Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Can not wait to see this build buddy !.......harv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggtim Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 It may be a while, I have to get a couple of other kits done first, and summer is almost here, during which my bench time drops WAYYY down. Maybe in the fall. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Why not to go with the Academy offering, cheap and decent. I was actually just looking at it the other day and liked what was in the box. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggtim Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 40 minutes ago, Martinnfb said: Why not to go with the Academy offering, cheap and decent. I was actually just looking at it the other day and liked what was in the box. Already bought the Dragon, my friend, with lots of AM. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 I see, sorry I missed out 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 14 hours ago, biggtim said: Well, it's time to resurrect this thread, because I gone and done did it. I found a Dragon early Tiger I #6252 on ebay, WITH a set of "magic tracks", Hope you are going to do a WIP on the build, built several Dragon kits but never the Tiger.......btw read the instructions twice, dry fit three times............. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggtim Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 As I mentioned before, I have been looking for this Tiger kit for over a year now, finally found someone selling one on ebay, and with a ton of AM stuff to go with it, and at a healthy discount, so I pulled the trigger and bought it. I was excited when it showed up in 3 days, and it was everything I'd hoped for....except it was missing a critical sprue!! It was a used kit from someone clearing out their stash, so no problem, it happens sometimes. I let them know about it and the seller agreed to look for the missing sprue. A couple days pass, and I dropped them a note saying that I located replacement parts for about 25 bucks, and if they would be willing to refund that much, I'd buy the parts and be good to go. Very nice seller, great communication. To my utter shock, they did not refund the 25 bucks.......they refunded the entire amount!!! I sent a note and made them aware of the mistake, and I got a very nice note back saying that it was not a mistake. The seller explained that her husband had been an avid model builder, and had won many awards in the past, but was going through some sort of "mental decline" that prevented him from building anymore, so he asked her to sell off his collection. Occasionally parts go missing and he doesn't recall where they went. So she refunded the whole thing because she just wanted me to be happy with it. Needless to say, I was blown away at her generosity, and said that I would put in a plug on the forums and possibly help generate some more sales. She said they have a ton of other kits to get sold off, so please look them up on ebay and see if they have anything you might like, and maybe help support these awesome folks. SellerID is "sellingmymodels10". Thanks, Tim 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 very sad story even sadder to think most of our stashes will suffer the same fate 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMackayDall Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Has anyone ever fulfilled this dream. To build the Tamiya ITEM 56010 Tiger I Early Production Full-Option Kit.. ?https://www.tamiya.com/english/products/56010tiger/tiger.htm 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggtim Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 6 minutes ago, IainMackayDall said: Has anyone ever fulfilled this dream. To build the Tamiya ITEM 56010 Tiger I Early Production Full-Option Kit.. ?https://www.tamiya.com/english/products/56010tiger/tiger.htm Only in my dreams!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Tim, you may want to check out this site. http://tiger1.info/ There's a list of kits and things that may need correcting if you're so inclined with each one. Carl 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Tim. This is also a good research site, it lists modifications and when they happened plus a plethora of other information...... http://www.alanhamby.com/tiger.html 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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