"WHITE TIGER"

[HERMAN BIX]

Great build, I love the little details early on and the white wash looks fantastic!

Thanks indeed Mr Zuul, the WW has retored my faith in it after the V05 treatment in the health & beauty salon

[PainlessWolf]

Herman,
Prepping for the camo job on the KV-2, I ran across this video. I was drawn into watching it out of the very organized and illustrative way that the Winter Paint and Weathering techniques were presented. Give it a watch ( if you haven't found it already ) The intro is a little weird but once Mr. Vallejo gets into the Opel, you will be amazed by the transformation that a brush, some jars of paint, an airbrush and white spirits render. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OKCcxhTiVI
regards,
Painless

[ALPHA]

Herman,
Prepping for the camo job on the KV-2, I ran across this video. I was drawn into watching it out of the very organized and illustrative way that the Winter Paint and Weathering techniques were presented. Give it a watch ( if you haven't found it already ) The intro is a little weird but once Mr. Vallejo gets into the Opel, you will be amazed by the transformation that a brush, some jars of paint, an airbrush and white spirits render. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OKCcxhTiVI
regards,
Painless

Holy Cow! .............that video is an hour long ..................................
it's better to watch it like this....it doesn't take you away from the board
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OKCcxhTiVI



ALPHA

[HERMAN BIX]

Oh I watched the whole thing. And aint it great.
Its made to look so easy and if youre that good it probably is
Practice is the key, more you do it , the better you will get.

Great link Mr Painless.

[HERMAN BIX]

http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/n ... _Tiger.php

im sure you all have seen this, but it was handy for me to rationalise the grey/cam concept along with many other sources.

I will rest assured the experts might burn half a lifetime to say im wrong, but thats he pitfall of being an expert- sometimes they might get it wrong - but they cant be becaue theyre an expert !!!!!

and the duck walks on................................

going to try to push on with this over the weekend, looking forward to it.

[jarndice]

Hi, Herman hope the family are well, when it come to experts it really is a matter of sources, for instance I think I once read about a German soldier name of Gefreighter Griffin who whilst serving in Tunisia in late 1942 early 1943 when on Guard duty was wandering between the Tigers and would sometimes, using the fitted step and hand grip climb up on these tanks to check that all was well, there having been reports of tools such as jacks being stolen. But as I say it is a matter of sources and I am bu**ered as to where I read it. take care old friend. shaun

[HERMAN BIX]

Well yes indeed the erstwhile Herr Griffin has been quiet for some time now. !!
I have seen period pictures of Tigers with wooden ladder sections stashed handily, perhaps as the Soviet jack buglars would steel anything more substantial..................

As for the definition of expert- we all have heard the cliche "an expert is a drip under pressure" and your dead right, its all about the variation of sources
Ultimately, these behemoths stalked this earth 72 years ago and the images left behind, along with the rapidly fading records & memories of those that were directly involved with them opens the door to much supposition and 'most likely' scenarios.
Thats the great thing about modeling anything- its the builders interpretation of what was real, and the outcome of the build then comes down to the skill and imagination of the builder.

Or, we would all drown in a clinical mass pool of tank models like we were all working in the H/L factory !!

I have absolute admiration for the achievments of builds in this arena, and indeed in many other similar environs, those that can- do, those that cant...........................................

[HERMAN BIX]

Layered on a bit of mud mix under the guards & on the hull behind the roadwheels.
used a brew of white glue, potting mix sifted to remove big lumps, and a blend of oil paint & tamiya flat black to temper.
I can do more mudding up once the tracks are fitted but the areas behind the roadwheels are to hard to do with tracks installed(as I found on my Jagd.)
Once the hull section of track is placed, weathered and mudded up then the whole lot can be dirtied and then sealed.

[ALPHA]

SHE'S SO DIRTY ....................... ..Nice soiling technique Herman...looks like she ran through and churned up some Nestle's crunch bars

ALPHA

[HERMAN BIX]

Lot of that going on in my house right now !

I can tone down the texture for the wheels & tracks once the tracks go on & all the other weathering gets done, but under the guards & on the hull is a good place to put the chunks of earth, plant material & stones etc that would get deposited under there.
Plus it gives a key for any snow effect to stay on !
I got on with painting the stock H/L tools last night.
I think I discovered the elusive "wooden paint"
Used oil art paint burnt Sienna for the undercoat, un thinned, with a fairly stiff brush. Gave the handles a bit of texture.
Once dry, went over with a softer brush with another oil colour Raw Sienna and kind of dry brushed it over.
Impossible to photograph well, but seems to have given the desired effect of timber grain.
Used a mix of flat Black & gun metal to do the tool metal, and thats turned out pretty good too.
Secured all into place on the deck & put the barrel cleaning rods into place.
Made a jack block out of balsa and brass engine cover screen sprue, coated with British Paints Golden Oak Stain & Varnish same as the barrel rods.
All I need to do is brush blend the mounts in on the tools and jack block, and drybrush the WW over top.
Cables to do and track changing cables to mount.