ABE'S EARLY TIGER 1 BUILD

[Abe Froman]

Painless...quite right too

I always worry about the painting..its my weakness, where things do not live up to my minds image...but I must admit...I am gagging to get this thing painted. Just need to get all that Aber etch done.

Got the wheels on tonight



And have been filling the gap created when removing the stowage bin. It looks a bit rough at the mo...but worry not ( I hope )



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[edpanzer]

Coming along nicely Abe

[HERMAN BIX]

Yep, its got the halmarks of something special
The hairspray method I used for the first time on my White Tiger and them my Schlepper PzIII & they seemed to turn out pretty well.
Both were white wash finished & weathered with the ole hairy stick.
There can never be enough Tigers for me

[Abe Froman]

Herman,I have just been trawling through a few of your builds...great work

Love the white Tiger with the log. That photo is in my Tiger build file as inspiration and a couple of weeks ago I was in a forest looking for suitable logs! Great minds as they say

Love the schlepper too and as for the Panther Zu-fuss , that is gong to be amazing.

Must have a better rummage around this site because the work is fantastic and inspirational. Plus there are vehicles that I never even knew existed!

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[edpanzer]

Yep, its got the halmarks of something special
The hairspray method I used for the first time on my White Tiger and them my Schlepper PzIII & they seemed to turn out pretty well.
Both were white wash finished & weathered with the ole hairy stick.
There can never be enough Tigers for me

What's the hairspray method Herman I'm trying to be sponge like and soak up knowledge

[HERMAN BIX]

Thanks mate
For sure get a drink & private time to go through all the build pages back into the history of this forum.
Plenty of amazing projects, sadly many unfinished(or not posted as finished) and a mountain of standout builds that make you question "why should I bother"..................
The thing is, "there are many others like it, but this one is MINE"

Thats why this hobby is so good, diverse, evolutionary and above all, resourseful.

Tigers are both enigmatic, and at the same time charismatic in that despite rules, regulations and a disciplined fighting doctrine, each vehicle took the form and functionality of its crew, its surroundings, enviroment and its fighting role in the unit.
I guess the term is "consitent diversity" if that can be coined.
Unit so and so had logs, the others didnt, etc etc...............

Go your hardest mate, however it turns out, it will reflect the vision in your mind that got you to start a build in the first place.
It is said.........there is only two weeks between a bad haircut and a good one.............well, there are only a few days including postage between a less than satisying build and the next one !!

[HERMAN BIX]

Yep, its got the halmarks of something special
The hairspray method I used for the first time on my White Tiger and them my Schlepper PzIII & they seemed to turn out pretty well.
Both were white wash finished & weathered with the ole hairy stick.
There can never be enough Tigers for me

What's the hairspray method Herman I'm trying to be sponge like and soak up knowledge

Put simply................you get to the point of the final coat of paint on your project................then you hit the thing with a can of your Mrs' hairspray !!

Then you can over coat the hairspray with your next choice of colour & use water & a stiff brush to take the last colour off, exposing the one below.
Primer, then hairspray, then your camo.;.................dry, then wet brush to remove the top coat leaving remnants behind.
Very effective for an aged look.
Or, Primer, camo, hairspray, then white wash................
Or, primer, German grey, hairspray, white wash.

You get the idea.
There are loads of tips for this on the old Google, but nothing prepares you for the look (and smell) of your project after bombing it with a tin of VO5 !!
As I have said before, nothing like the way your Tiger smells close to how your Mrs does when you are getting ready for a big night out

[edpanzer]

Cheers Hermie

[Abe Froman]

When buying the hairspray, I have heard you should get a cheapo one as its holds the hair less and therefore comes off easier with the brush. Any own brand supermarket should be rubbish enough!

[Abe Froman]

So I thought I would have a go at the Aber etch for the commanders cupola. When i tried to curve the ring that holds the periscopes...I ended up with a octagon rather than a nice curve...I am useless. So looked for a pipe with a 42mm int diameter. Found a 40mm (int dia )solvent weld through pipe coupler and thought I could lathe off a couple of mm.

However when i bought it ( 65p ) its internal diameter was actually not 40mm but almost exactly what was required within fractions of a mm so massive result. Glued the etch into the tube and job done.



Needs a bit of tidying and painting the ivory colour. I thing the periscopes are basically black. The ring fits very snug into the cupola.

Just need to build up the periscopes and mount them.

On a crappy note, the 15 ton jack I ordered turned up yesterday and well...its hollow on one face! Why wouold they make an exact replica of the crappy Heng Long Jack!

Does anyone know of an accurate jack manufacturer? This ones pants! Or measurements of the real thing would be OK and I can scratch my own.

Question...where did they put the handle when not in use?

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