King Tiger Restoration.
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- PainlessWolf
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Re: King Tiger Restoration.
Good Morning,
Your methods employed have yielded beautiful results. Looking forward to continued weathering!
regards,
Painless
Your methods employed have yielded beautiful results. Looking forward to continued weathering!
regards,
Painless
...Here for the Dawn...
Re: King Tiger Restoration.
some extremly cool Paint work going on here. I really like the finish.
When you say Color mapping, what do you do
When you say Color mapping, what do you do
Drammen Rock City
Re: King Tiger Restoration.
Steenv wrote:What a masterpiece - you can be proud of your work
cheers
Steen
Thanks very much Steen.
Re: King Tiger Restoration.
Hey Painless,PainlessWolf wrote:Good Morning,
Your methods employed have yielded beautiful results. Looking forward to continued weathering!
regards,
Painless
Thanks very much for looking in again. I'll have some more soon.
Best Regards
Keith.
Re: King Tiger Restoration.
Thanks very much Max,maxmekker wrote:some extremly cool Paint work going on here. I really like the finish.
When you say Color mapping, what do you do
I'm pleased you like the results so far.
For the colour mapping I start with a base colour then add various other colours to the area giving the impression of fading and depth, an example of this is: for dunkelgelb I would start with a base then add yellows, white and browns to the area in thin layers to add tonal variation (like a map). This can be seen in the photos of my last post. I hope this helps you. If you have any more questions please ask.
Best Regards
Keith.
Re: King Tiger Restoration.
Keith,
I am about to embark on a similar project - Can you tell me how you removed the old paint? I don't want to use brake fluid or toxic chemicals, and i'm looking for a solution.
It looks like the previous owner sprayed Acrylics on the tank plastic parts as well as the hull, road wheels & suspension arms. Everything is in a dark grey with black circles, ( I know its a mess).
Love the results...
Thanks,
Larry
I am about to embark on a similar project - Can you tell me how you removed the old paint? I don't want to use brake fluid or toxic chemicals, and i'm looking for a solution.
It looks like the previous owner sprayed Acrylics on the tank plastic parts as well as the hull, road wheels & suspension arms. Everything is in a dark grey with black circles, ( I know its a mess).
Love the results...
Thanks,
Larry
The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. US Grant
Re: King Tiger Restoration.
Hi Larry,LarryE519 wrote:Keith,
I am about to embark on a similar project - Can you tell me how you removed the old paint? I don't want to use brake fluid or toxic chemicals, and i'm looking for a solution.
It looks like the previous owner sprayed Acrylics on the tank plastic parts as well as the hull, road wheels & suspension arms. Everything is in a dark grey with black circles, ( I know its a mess).
Love the results...
Thanks,
Larry
Thanks for looking in, unfortunately, I had to use chemicals to remove the paint on my model, and it was still very stubborn.
All of the metal parts were cleaned in Cellulose thinners, the plastic parts were cleaned in Mr Muscle foaming oven cleaner, but the Hull got a bath in Brake fluid.
If your tank is just painted in acrylics you may get away with using a ammonia based cleaning product such as a kitchen cleaner or fairy power spray. but if the paint has been on for longer then you will require some thing more powerful.
Hope this helps, Start a blog and I'm sure you will get lots of input from the Gent's on here. they are all very helpful.
Best regards
Keith.
Re: King Tiger Restoration.
Thanks Keith,
I'm hoping to start this weekend -
Larry
I'm hoping to start this weekend -
Larry
The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. US Grant
- Markocaster
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Re: King Tiger Restoration.
It is a masterpiece , amazing
HL /Mato tiger 1 early, Tamiya Tiger 1 early, Taigen tiger 1 mid
Taigen T34/85, HL SU-100
Jagdpanzer Lang
Taiga Jagdpanther
Heng Long Sherman DGS Firefly kit
Tamiya King Tiger (unbuilt)
Mato all metal Panzer III
1/10 Jagdpanther
Taigen T34/85, HL SU-100
Jagdpanzer Lang
Taiga Jagdpanther
Heng Long Sherman DGS Firefly kit
Tamiya King Tiger (unbuilt)
Mato all metal Panzer III
1/10 Jagdpanther
Re: King Tiger Restoration.
Thanks very much Markocaster,
I will have another update soon, with some completed photo's
Best regards
Keith.
I will have another update soon, with some completed photo's
Best regards
Keith.