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Hi All,

Thought I would put up some pics of my tiger, been building this forever, job keeps getting in the way! I have everything nearly ready for painting and weathering, have the tools painted, got the jack to fit with fixings I have knocked up. C hooks and spare track links to go on as well. Hand done Zimmerit and got the recoil unit working.

Painting and weathering I am definitely not an expert at, hardly used my airbrush before, will have to get a bit of practice in first and probably read every thread on the board first! Advice and tips are definitely welcome for this part!!

Anyway some pics of the tiger.

Thanks

Dave

Dave,
Definitely understand the not enough time to work on em' issue. Your Tiger really shows tho' that you have put the time you did have to really good use.
Looking forward to more pictures.
regards,
Painless

Nice Job Gil..... I see many aftermarket bits...so yeah I understand the time and effort ...like the hand done Zimm... it's becoming a rare thing to see
No critiques ... she looks clean ...maybe after the paint goes on

ALPHA

looking good dude, how did you do the MG in the glacis? thinking of doing mine next do it move, does this?

spongehoobtank82 wrote:looking good dude, how did you do the MG in the glacis? thinking of doing mine next do it move, does this?

Here's one that does... by HerrFritz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0OUodKI ... e=youtu.be
He has a bunch of thread regarding the build... just use the advanced Search in the upper right hand corner... and type in his name

ALPHA

thanks everyone, will get some more pics up when i have doen some more. the MG mount doesnt move, this is the piece that i used

http://www.rctank.de/METAL-bulletproof- ... Gs-Oblique

combine it with one of the mg's, was pretty quick and easy. Zimm was good fun to do and v satisfying.

Going to do lots of practice with the airbrush before putting paint on!

Cheers

Dave

Nice work

Can see this ones going to be a cracker

Hi all, I have moved on a bit with this, got the primer and the base coat of camo the dunkelgelb on, used tamiya xf-60 for this. Have painted the tools and just finishing the tow cables, will put some pics up of them asap. Bit of help before the next stage though would be appreciated.

I want to put a wash onto the wheels before I do the tank body so as to get some practice and also start the weathering. Have never done washes before! Hadn't done airbrushing either and I feel comfortable (ish!) with that now. So a total noddy question, in order to get the wash to run right I need to varnish the wheels first? I have been adding some tamiya clear x-22 to the xf-60 to give it a bit more life. Can I use the clear to varnish the wheels and make the wash run right? I am going to use a 10% burnt umber wash afterwards. Any advice and help is appreciated, thanks.

Hi Gillaspy I've never used varnish first before applying a wash. Just build it up each time until you get a shade that you like, try angling the wheels different so each one has a different look.