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Hi guys.....just a few pics of my Taigen Tigers in the garden. The grey one I've recently acquired they are both the full metal version with the early Tiger having the 360 turret rotation. In addition to that, they have metal jacks, exhausts and air filters. Black steel gears are fitted to the late.....and will soon be fitted to the early tiger.......heavy old brutes






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More mods to come
Cheers

They look great! Taigen are getting them better looking and working each time!

Great Luck acquiring that Grey model...both look great
Only a few questions....are they BB models? ...and did you shoot your Yellow Tiger in the Rear with the Grey ?

ALPHA

Ha ha.....cheers guys, they are great models.....they both fire BBs and no I didn't shoot the yellow one I would like to weather them, but not confidant enough ! They have the metal chassis, wheels, tracks, turret and barrel along with a few added metal extras. The yellow one weighs in at 15.4 lbs.....hence the black steel gearboxes. I will be fitting black steel to the grey one soon. Sprayed the rear exhaust covers as I didn't like the orange and black Taigen do
Cheers
Mark

Smoke grenades fitted lol

jeman wrote:Ha ha.....cheers guys, they are great models.....they both fire BBs and no I didn't shoot the yellow one I would like to weather them, but not confidant enough ! They have the metal chassis, wheels, tracks, turret and barrel along with a few added metal extras. The yellow one weighs in at 15.4 lbs.....hence the black steel gearboxes. I will be fitting black steel to the grey one soon. Sprayed the rear exhaust covers as I didn't like the orange and black Taigen do
Cheers
Mark

UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH............OK....Did someone else shoot your Yellow Tiger in the Rear ?


That sure looks like a bb hit on your right side exhaust cover


ALPHA

Hi ALPHA ! Sadly not but they do need a battle or two Just paint flaked off.....needs re spraying at some point. Any ideas on how to take the shine off the stickers ? The numbers on the turret do shine somewhat
Cheers
Mark

Hey Jeman... actually that's a nice chip on that cover...a little rust in there with some rust drip down it'll be right as rain lol...Think I responded on another post regarding the dulling of decals....I use a Matt clear...Microscale Decal Co...makes a dullcoat....basically the same with other paint companies...they all have a clear that is dull...the one I use is pretty good...it seals and protects very well....you just have to make sure you don't apply it too thick..as the thick area might turn white...I get mine from a local art store...not bad for about 3.00 US...big bottle ...three maybe four times the size of reg model paint...water sol...easy clean up

If you don't want to do the entire tank...this is what I do...I get a fine brush..and just apply the paint over the decals...using a "stippling" method..it blends in well with the rest of the paint job

ALPHA

Ah......thanks for that ALPHA.....dullcoat is next on my shopping list, and your right about that paint chip....I'm gunna leave it and add a little rusting Very addictive these tanks. The grey one I'm real pleased with as well....I just keep adding to them....I do like the extra weight.
Cheers buddy

jeman wrote:Ah......thanks for that ALPHA.....dullcoat is next on my shopping list, and your right about that paint chip....I'm gunna leave it and add a little rusting Very addictive these tanks. The grey one I'm real pleased with as well....I just keep adding to them....I do like the extra weight.
Cheers buddy

There is a painter's trick for making paint Matt...comes in handy if gloss clear is all you can get...that is to add a tiny measure of corn starch to it...any type any brand ...it will become flat

Bet you like the Grey one better because no one shot it in the Rear ...just kidding lol

Have a good one Jeman

ALPHA