tiger 1, my first build!

[d170sam]

sorry no updates for a little while, been a little busy, anyway, the tank had a coat of floor polish after a oil pastel brushing over the rescesses, after that i applied a black acrylic wash to give more depth, after that i added some peddinghaus decals and added some paint chipping and wear with acrylic panzer grey and a small section of ripped up sponge, also my Dragon ATRC from immortal hobbies turned up very quickly (thanks Curtis for the help), i still need to crack out the soldering iron to do the wiring but il get the paint finished first, i also painted the wooden bits and metal on the tools, and the MG which i painted black and gave it a siler dry brush, anyway here are some more pics

quick coat of floor polish





pigment layers and dark wash





partialy built after wash and adding pigments





chipping effects added















anyway, thats about it for the moment, i have a couple of bits to finish off and tidy up but the next stage will be getting a matt varnish on it, i bought a small can of ronseal matt varnish, its a bit thick and gloopy so il try thinning it with some white spirit and see how it mixes before i load it up in my airbrush, any tips would be appreciated! anyway thanks for looking/reading, as always any comments are welcome good or bad

cheers

sam

[emmasdad]

What a great paint finish, thanks for sharing....

[SovereignZuul]

I really like the light weathering on the edges!

[Red Devils]

Great looking build and I'm with Sov, the weathering is outstanding...

Derek

[d170sam]

Thanks for the kind replys, everything I've done is a first for me so its a a mix of experimentation and guess work, I do have this forum to thank for a lot of very helpfull tips/tricks/guides though

[d170sam]

Had a go at getting some Matt varnish on it today with the airbrush, thinned it with some white spirit and it sprayed very easily, even with my vary basic airbrush, gonna get some more coats on and finish off tidying/soldering the electrics and il get up some more pics

[DUQ]

Wow that really turned out great! And to think you thought you messed up the camo

[d170sam]

Thanks bud, if I had left the camo the way it was it would have looked awe full, it's a pity I didn't get any pics to show peeps my poor effort, luckily supply's from work came in handy

[d170sam]

some more pics for you all













i got a light first layer of varnish on the mud flaps i though it would cover up the surrounding film on the decals but no such joy

[tiger tiger]

awsome job, hopefully i will attain similar level one day,as i am new to hobby. so far i have a stock hl tiger 1 with corrected cupola , pistol port etc, and taigen speaker a very recomended upgrade sound is now much better and metal mg. a weathered hl tiger 1 which was done by previous owner and bought from flea bay and again taigen speaker and metal mg, and a jagdpanther which has sideskirts , metal tracks cog wheel and idlers , steel gears and new paint on wheels, skirts etc. happy tanking.