HL King Tiger 3 year transformation

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HL King Tiger 3 year transformation

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Hey guys,

I decided to post my King Tiger's transformation step by step on here.
It was my very first tank, so I made many mistakes which cost me a lot of money and time ('Lehrgeld', as we say in Germany (literally 'teaching money')), but after all I learned a lot throughout the build and can now say that my tank has turned out really nice.

So, it looked like this after I made a first attempt at modifying it (only cosmetic changes at first; the metal parts were added much later when the plastic parts wouldn't take it anymore):
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Now in hindsight it's hideous, yes.

I hope the images are visible... this first post is kind of a test one.
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Not long after that though, I wasn't quite pleased by the looks anymore.
So I tried a Wash and some painting (the Wash was way too light):
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After that, it was still quite hideous...
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But I was really proud at the time!
Not for long again tough. I 'washed' it again, and the Wash actually showed for the first time.
I was on my very first RC event back then.
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(Left of the bridge)
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That was when it first started to look somewhat ok....
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Then, after displaying my tank in the Deutsches Panzermuseum at the 2019 Rc tank event there, I tried some chipping and added a lot of cosmetics.
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Well, then the serious stuff started.

I got myself a metal suspension: Wheels + lower hull (just no metal tracks... an additional 60€ for that would have been too much).
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Then I added weld lines to the tank (yeah I know: too big and actually there shouldn't be one around the commander's hatch...).
I also modified some other minor things, like the optics (I just forgot the correct English word... these little mirror things the commander, driver etc. can look through).
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Tomorrow I'll post the painting pics. Posting so many pics takes a lot of time...
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Very interesting, can't wait to see the final finish :thumbup:
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Great improvement, we all started somewhere and I’m sure we all got better by practice and research.
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Übung macht den Meister..... and given time, there will be a masterpiece :D :thumbup:
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ces petits miroirs que le commandant, le conducteur, etc. peuvent regarder à travers).

small mirrors, ?piscope :D
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,for Sherman ,M 4
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Jofaur86 wrote:ces petits miroirs que le commandant, le conducteur, etc. peuvent regarder à travers).

small mirrors, ?piscope :D
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,for Sherman ,M 4
We were looking through those when we picked up the tank shells, and oh wow, it is a wonder they could tell where they were going, it really is a small visual aid 8O
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Merci Jofaur86, maintenant je sais comment cet appareil s'appelle en francais, mais je voudrais savoir comment il s'appelle en anglais. :D

I'll post the other pics later, I think you guys will like the outcome.
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