Battle fatigued Tiger 1

[tiger tiger]

[palepainter]

I like the Tigers all dirty like this. I am wanting to go the same direction with the final weathering on my Tiger. What did you use for the mud on this particular one. Really nice job!!

[ALPHA]

OMG! Give that man with the rifle a can of paint ...No unit ID and the insignias are depleted what a brave crew they could get shot by either side


Just kidding Tiger Tiger...great job on the weathering...

ALPHA

[doc larsson]

tigerx2

have you thought of putting zimmerit on it ? also do you own an airbrush ? my rommel bin was some paperclips and some brass bits from my radiator grilles !

[Red Devils]

Nice looking early T1, Tiger Tiger...

Derek

[tiger tiger]

thanks guys

[PainlessWolf]

Good Morning,
Very nice weathering, Tiger, Looks like a Kursk survivor or pretty much anywhere late war. ;o)
regards,
Painless

[doc larsson]

tiger

another cheap add-on the tiger is to add some ends to the trunions ( the frankenstein bolts on the turret !) wht to do is get a standard size paper punch, get a plastic yoghurt pot, punch from the widest part of the yoghurt pot top do 6 of them,join them together as 2 pieces and glue 2 on either bolts front, then take some scissors and cut the last one in half,get a piece of sprue from a kit, join them together and hey presto ! also what alpha says give the figures some decals. I'm not a huge fan of the pea-pattern camo. germans had many many different camo patterns compared to all the allies who never really gave a thought about land based camo (compared to air forces and navy who experimented a great deal ) and the pea-patern in 1/16 scale looks a little weird ! If you painted the figures yourself may i suggest that you re-do the tanker as he looks as if he's done with gloss/satin paint ! Finally if your figure is holding a weapon, get it held realistically. Imagine yourself holding an mg42 in that position ! You couldn't ! so maybe put an mp 40 or stg.

I hope this sounds like encouragement and not criticism !
ps if you want more detail i can send you some chain for the filters. I sent some to TomHugill (and i'm teaching my gran to suck eggs there).
pps still loving the swastika hanging over the rommel bin !

[tiger tiger]

hi doc thanks for the tip using a hole punch to make trunion ends, i did that this sunday afternoon and added them to this tiger and my mid prod tiger too. yeah i did the tank commander in satin and other soldier is a forces of valor stock figure, there is better detail on them but the pics are poor but i hope to add better detail / figures in time. Iwill hopefully post better pics in futureof more improvements to them. About the air cleaaner chains where / how do they fit i havent seen them before, any pics on here showing them ?. thanks again for your helpful hints n tips.

[doc larsson]

Tiger

here is a link to the pics of the chains on the filters

http://www.rctankwarfare.co.uk/forums/v ... 33&t=11809

think i got them from tank commander.co.uk

why not get the guy with the mg42 carrying it slung over his shoulder leaving the other hand to carry an ammo box ? I use cable ties (the little black ones found around electrical equipment).
like this;
viewtopic.php?f=33&t=10854