The World of Diecast Cars

[Bob Womack]

Well here's a fun little "connection" thing that happened to me: I have been reading Winston Churchill's The Second World War in six volumes and was on Volume Six: The Hinge of Fate. As we approached April 1943 in Tunisia, I stumbled across the story of Tiger 131 (Panzer VI Ausf E "Tiger I" chassis number 250122, turret number 131) on the Internet. That tank was captured towards the end of the Tunisia campaign, As I started researching, one of the videos about it happened to mention the finely detailed Atlas Ultimate Tank Series and their Tiger I in Tunisian paint. I had to have it to look at as I read Churchill and studied. I tracked down one in Poland and bought it. So, my reading of Churchill's narrative of Tunisia, my research into the tank, and the arrival of the tank model came together. Right at that point I discovered a video tour around and through Tiger 131 and pictures of Churchill climbing over a Tiger tank in Tunisia after the battle.

All of this made the history come alive for me in an exciting way.

Bob