Grompix's Elefant Build

[grompix]

Hi folks,
Adding some essential details now:-








I think you need to patent this technique Nic!

[[ICE]monkey]

great build, the welds look great, nice job with the cut and shut
regards, ice

[FireflyKeith]

WOW, some intensive work there, but well worth it with the end result looking great

Keith

[BREL]

Chris, I like your method of making welds

[Saxondog]

excellent work,would like to know more about casting and thanks for the link.Zimmerite tool seemed to work very well and the boogies seem very well made and detailed,cheers Blake

[grompix]

Thanks chaps. I really appreciate your feedback. Next up is painting the beast and then I will have caught up with myself as-it-were. After that I need to put on markings, add tools and cables and then fit the combat system in place. Oh - and then final weathering - and maybe some crew figures - Jeez these things go on forever!
Cheers
Chris

[xrad]

Grompix:
Is the barrel a ground down tamiya King tiger aluminum barrel?

[grompix]

Hi Xrad. It's the all-plastic barrel from the early (1980ish I think) clutch drive Tamiya KT kit. I replaced the prominent recoil cylinder with a cut-down old marker pen and sanded everything flush.

[tankman]

What an epic build, but it's going to be well worth it. As to those "spare" cast wheels why no go the whole hog and build a Jagdtiger with Porsche suspension ? . All the best for now
Alan

[DerStiervonScapaFlow]

Wow great work man! I like the fact that folk show off how their build progresses here because as a newbie you would never realise just exactly how much detailing goes into some of the tanks and models, its very interesting, thank, Kev.