Tiger Christmas

Merry Christmas to you all.  I hope Santa brought you plenty of reinforcements for your armies.

Roco Tiger II with late war ambush camouflage scheme.

Roco Tiger II with a couple cheapo metal versions in the back with the antennas. 

A few unpainted ones still in the battalion.

Tanks are stored on a piece of corduroy with a piece of small bubble wrap on top of the fabric.  It really helps keep them from sliding and rolling around inside the box, and neither products react to the models.

A Tiger battalion consists of 45 tanks, three companies per battalion, four tanks per platoon, three platoons per company.

Roco Tiger Tanks

Roco Tiger I tanks.

I finally cleared a little space so I could take pictures inside.

As the collection is unpacked I will try and snap a few photos.

Rear and side views.

Roco Tiger II battalion.

Tiger I and Panzer III

As I unpack the collection a few photo opportunities arise.  Roco Panzer III.

German tanks carried two machine guns, one for the coax with the main gun and one for the bow.  One of them could be dismounted and used as an anti-aircraft machine gun at the commanders hatch.  American tanks had three machine guns, and the commander had a .50 caliber anti-aircraft machine gun.

Tiger I tanks.  The first Tiger battalions had Panzer III to act as scout tanks and for close in security.  The Tiger I was slow and very heavy, having a smaller, faster, lighter tank as part of the unit was a helpful addition.

Tiger I by Roco with a few extra track links added on.

Anti-aircraft machine gun on the commanders hatch.

Tiger I and Panzer III together.

Batmobiles

Batman and Robin confront...

The Penguin!

The Batman vehicle collection!

Batman needs to upgrade the Batmobile every few years as technology and automobile safety gets better.  Also, Batman needs more than one Batmobile because what happens if he has a traffic collision, or a bad guy damages his car?  He can't drive a loaner.

Batman also needs specialized vehicles, we know about the Batplane, the Batboat and the Batsubmarine, but what about the the BAT SUV?