Tired Tiger I rebuild…

[MrChef]

Let's re-title this rebuild post "Revitalized Tiger I"!

Nice work Adam.

[cmryanuk]

Thanks Chris.

See link below.

https://mk-modellbau.de/main_bigware_34 ... w2-tiger-i

Merci, mon ami!

[Panzermechaniker]

I keep coming back to this great rebuild, After finding my A Sprues with the hubs for removing the outer front wheel and realizing my Tiger 1 which has been beaten down for the last 3 years of extreme battle use needs a huge refresh I’m going to do it. It was my first Tamiya build and first paint job in 50 years and I was going to keep it original but this build has inspired me to do much better. Will still be an early Tiger as I can’t source the Atak zimmerit for the Tamiya and I will be keeping the plastic barrel for the same reason

[Ad Lav]

Thank you for the kind words! Great to inspire others. We master new skills along the way.

The barrel should be obtainable through Mk Modellbau or Axels Modellbau?

[cmryanuk]

Decals/markings…

Decal set didn’t work amazingly so I pulled off the decals and freehand painted some markings… hope they are passable

First wash applied and red oxide to the chipped off zimmerit areas.




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Well done on the freehand painting. I can say from experience how difficult it is

[Tiger6]

Decals on Zimmerit can be a mixed bag - last time I did it used Humbrol gloss acrylic varnish to disolve the decal film into the texture, one side came out perfect, the other side I put on *just a little* too much and it shriveled the decal and ruined it

[cmryanuk]

Great build Ad Lav. Keep it up!