lower hull bulge

[dgsselkirk]

gearboxes re-sculptered,bump removed,problem solved

how bout some pics buddy!

[painkiller]

i would if i knew how??.

[dgsselkirk]

Have you got a digital camera? Take your pics and download onto your desktop but make sure they are not too big as the forum won't accept them. If this is an issue usually on a computer you can open the image and save it or send it to a file and there you can adjust the size. Mine are max 6" wide at 96 DPI resolution which gives me a pixel size of 800 wide which is the limit. Then you simply write a reply and you will see upload an attachment click on chose file which will open your computer keep clicking the little file folder with the arrow pointing up until you see desktop in the look in window to the left of the little fille folder. Scroll down until you fnd your picture and then press open it bottom right and that window will disappear and you will see the file name in the white box. Click add the file and in a second it will be added. Then click preview and you will see your text with the picture below!
Press submit and you are good to go!

[painkiller]

i will give it a go when i have some more time,just tried it and they are to big

[painkiller]

try this

tanks 001.JPG (42.13 KiB) Viewed 2051 times

tanks 001.JPG (42.13 KiB) Viewed 2051 times

[painkiller]

don`t know how i sent three but there you go,the top two are the heng feng jagdtiger,the bottom one is the matarro king tiger,all i did was take them both apart,removed the gearboxes.then removed the bulge,put the gearboxes back in to see what was sticking out,which wasnt a lot to be honest,took one of the gearboxes apart to check nothing was in the way which it wasn`t,then sanded down the curve on the gearbox,and the front hull,replaced the box so now it sits slightly sat back from the hull front.cut plastic sheet to size,and there you go,cosmetics left to do and they are finished.

[PainlessWolf]

Good Morning,
A thorough and respectable job! I don't know if anyone has mentioned it but along with sheet plastic, thin sheet metal may be used as well. Thicker than the metal decal that Tamiya provides of course but still quite workable. Quick question? Is the hull normally gaped on the Jagdtiger when upper and lower are together or is the upper just siting on there for the purpose of photography?
regards,
Painless Wolf

[dgsselkirk]

picture perfect!

The repairs are decent too! Matching that zim will be a pain. I suggest leaving lots of areas where it broke away especially at the joint...

[ALPHA]

LOL,
this is the "Battle of the Bulge"

Cheers!

NUTS !

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

picture perfect!

The repairs are decent too! Matching that zim will be a pain. I suggest leaving lots of areas where it broke away especially at the joint...

A suggestion.. to this next problem ....get some silly putty take an impression of your existing zim pattern... and use it as a mold ..
.if you want to make one that is more permanent... pour plaster into the silly putty mold ....make a cast.... then make a more permanent mold out of RTV...by layering it a few times over the plaster cast ... or just use the RTV and put it directly on the tank... (you might have to repaint it )...and peel it off
...a two inch square taken from an accessible area should provide you with what you need.... use auto body filler to make the copies... that way you can cut and trim them with and x-acto knife

ALPHA