Heng Long Tiger Rebuild

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Heng Long Tiger Rebuild

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Just showing a few quick photos of my HL Tiger re build

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Was going to use the rubber zim , but went for putty instead
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Rusted roof armor
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Looks great, good choice with the putty for zim, looks much better imo.
I have the same book as your first photo. It is a great resource.
Keep the photos coming :thumbup:
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Yep, nice roughy..............you going for a last-ditch tank when all hope of victory was lost, you got it :thumbup:
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Great rebuild mate :)
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Hi Maxmegger can you give me the full title of that referance book and the author thank you. Once again a great rebuild :)
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HERMAN BIX wrote:Yep, nice roughy..............you going for a last-ditch tank when all hope of victory was lost, you got it :thumbup:
Yeah, sort of .First take on the turret did not tirn out rather good
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so a 'what if' thought came about. Tiger was in for extra roof armor, but job hastly done, and only half, and rusted plate was installed

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SargeV1 wrote:Hi Maxmegger can you give me the full title of that referance book and the author thank you. Once again a great rebuild :)
thanks man.

book is : The Modeler's Guide to the Tiger Tank : A Complete and Comprehensive Guide to Modeling the Tiger I and Tiger II in 1/35th Scale
By (author) Patrick A. Stansell , By (author) Bruce Culver

seems it has a hefty price tag. Luckely I did not pay that
http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Modelers-Gu ... Sw~OVW1CJ5

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a quick test run.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_5G8HThGq4
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superb job max ! :clap: :clap: :clap:
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forgot to uppdate this tread... :S

Some more photos of the Tiger.Not much different , but slowly adding speckle , splatter and fuel and oil stains . And a little tarp.. Need to say 'done on this one soon now I think :-)

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