King tiger re-fit

[teddyt]

heres my H/L King Tiger total re-paint and now has a Clark Tk-22 board and Tamiya battle system

please note since photos were taken the cleaning rods have been painted red and white as these were used as sighting markers

[Kye]

Oh wow! That totally blows mine apart! That is cracking!! How have you done the paint? A light application over the top of the base coat?

[Horses45]

That looks awesome so many great King Tigers getting done at the minuet but I loves that paint work so please do tell

[teddyt]

Oh wow! That totally blows mine apart! That is cracking!! How have you done the paint? A light application over the top of the base coat?

stripped down to shell then base coat green,pattern coat of brown,yellow,to break up green/ brown. Then weathering , etc a good couple of days
thanks for your comments.
where in northants are you Im in towcester

[kapalek]

Really great paint.
These Tigers (Porshe turrets) must have zimmerit (all KT II with porshe turrets were produced before sept. 1944 and all had zimm)

[doc larsson]

beautiful..........

[PainlessWolf]

Good Morning,
I love the Porsche King Tigers and yours is a very nicely done representation! Keep up the beautiful work.
regards,
Painless

[dgsselkirk]

Really great paint.
These Tigers (Porshe turrets) must have zimmerit (all KT II with porshe turrets were produced before sept. 1944 and all had zimm)

Kapalek,

This is not true. I have plenty of references with the Porsche turrets and no Zim...

This Porsche looks the part, nice job!

Cheers!

Please share some pics of KT's with the porsche turret without zim. I would love to see them. I know of only one and that is the prototype in Bovington. As far as I knew all the production machines had zim.
Would make all our lives easier if we knew we could build a KT and not have to bother with the zim!

[wibblywobbly]

Really great paint.
These Tigers (Porshe turrets) must have zimmerit (all KT II with porshe turrets were produced before sept. 1944 and all had zimm)

Kapalek,

This is not true. I have plenty of references with the Porsche turrets and no Zim...

This Porsche looks the part, nice job!

Cheers!

Please share some pics of KT's with the porsche turret without zim. I would love to see them. I know of only one and that is the prototype in Bovington. As far as I knew all the production machines had zim.
Would make all our lives easier if we knew we could build a KT and not have to bother with the zim!

A search on 501 schwere SS Panzer Abt in Google images, especially any pics taken during the Ardennes offensive might produce results?

[kapalek]

during the Ardenes offensive Germans used only KT with Henschel (Production Turret). There were only about 50 tanks with porshe turrets and all were lost during summer and autumn 1944 (only one survived battles in Normandy and was used in Hungary during winter 1944-1945). All Porshes used in action had zimm. You wont find any pics without zimm paste.