Since more and more interior tank kits are becoming available I couldn't resist building one. I chose the Rye Field Models Tiger I Ausf. E, early production, as my first go at this type of build. I will say that the Rye Field kit was a pleasure to build, for the most part. There were some errors in the instruction sheet, and despite being a "full" interior kit I had to buy an extra engine compartment set with some missing parts.
The build itself was spread out over several years. I'm one of those people who have lots of projects going at once. I hit a snag on one build, it goes into limbo and I make progress on another project until I hit a snag on that one. So I bounce around a bit but eventually come back around to get things done.
Such was the case with this build. I would have preferred to keep the upper hull top detachable. This proved unfeasible. As it was I had to do some serious clamping to attach the hull top, there was no way it was going to be detachable without some creative problem solving and I just didn't want to get that involved. That is why I took so many interior pics before sealing up the hull.
I paired the Tiger with figures from Tamiya's German Tank Crew At Rest kit. I could nit pick it to death I suppose, but overall I'm pretty happy with the end result.
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