Death Head's Late Tiger 1

[Death Head]

Picked up this Taigen Full Metal Upgrade Tiger 1 for a good price






I wasn't very impressed with the paint and the wrong markings, so she has to be repainted and brought up to a standard

But first.....

Done some welding with milliput



Not too bad for my first attempt

Also the horrible moulded on tools had to go



Shot some primer







I've still got to remove the jack block, but waiting till I get some plasticard to repair the hole left

I've also just got some metal Mato exhausts and a set of metal Mato tools to fit in place of the ones I dremeled off

That's pretty much it for now

DH

[jarndice]

Apart from being in hock to the bank manager the anticipation of what your planning is really the best part of our hobby, we all see our project differently and now the weeks are taken care of indeed just about every waking moment filled with thoughts of whats next on the agenda. It looks good as a start, onwards and upwards, good luck. shaun

[tomhugill]

I have one of these I got slightly damaged fom a guy near manchester. Looking to do a similar transformation sooo im really looking forward to this!

[Death Head]

Found my paint scheme



Just need to find time to work on the tank now

[Edwin]

Hi DH,

the wid an interesting tiger......

But one little thing I would like you might still recommend the Tigers might give the impression of your better.
Separate but not the side chain plates. Those were the slightly bent at the original, only individual thin sheets. Can also be seen in the picture with the camouflage pattern and then they bend just a little bit apart with heat. Many little things make a good model worth seeing.

regards Edwin

[Red Devils]

Great WiP you have on the go and I like the tank you going to represent. What Schwere Panzer Abteilung does that Tiger belong to?

Derek

[Death Head]

sSS Pz Abt 101
Normandy 1944

[Wildboar44]

Hi DH .........

Please forgive the suggestion on your build thread , i have built up quite a lot of info on the PzAbt 101 during my build . The 1st Kompanie turret numbers at the
time of Normandy June-Aug 44 were green with a white outline , I have a few illustrations on the various Kompanies and their camo scheme's .

1St Kompanie



2nd kompanie



3rd Kompanie



As you can see the overall pattern of brown / green mix is very diffused and light in application . I have studied the real photo's of
PzAbt 101 and although black and white pictures , there seems to be a good match with these photo's and the representative illustrations .


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Good luck with your build .

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[Death Head]

Thanks for the extra information, the paint scheme hasn't yet been set in stone yet, but I'm liking the 221

[doc larsson]

good choice 221 all day ! looks the part.