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First attempt at weathering, tiger on eastern front, winter spring. Moving to next campaign. Just waiting on 1/16 jerry cans.

Nice job on a first attempt! Tracks appear a bit clean compared to those fenders and road wheels. A few of the members here do some fantastic mucky tracks.

A little remark, if it is possible for you, the commanders cuppola should be turned.
The hinge of the hatch should be at the 2 o’clock position.
There are slits in the cuppola, one should be at 12 o‘clock facing forward.
If you fix that the cuppola will probably come into the right position.
The entire coppula is glued onto the turret roof.
Try with a cutter knife or so if you can get between it and wiggle a bit.
Mostly it does come loose and you can put it into the right position.
Nice camo btw.

Wow, winter camouflage in Oztralia! Yes! It goes right to my Wisconsin, U.S. heart (and chilly old bones).

Ohh I like this guy jumping right in showing us what's up down under.

Glad to see another Tiger I. My favorite tank since I was a wee lad.

And whitewash winter camouflaged too! I think I have one of those somewhere that still deserves a snowy photo op.

to you Mac, Welcome.

Thanks for the kind words. Amazing site with a very talented group of people. So many great vehicles. A lot to learn. Cheers from Oz.

Rob59 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2024 11:31 am A little remark, if it is possible for you, the commanders cuppola should be turned.
The hinge of the hatch should be at the 2 o’clock position.
There are slits in the cuppola, one should be at 12 o‘clock facing forward.
If you fix that the cuppola will probably come into the right position.
The entire coppula is glued onto the turret roof.
Try with a cutter knife or so if you can get between it and wiggle a bit.
Mostly it does come loose and you can put it into the right position.
Nice camo btw.

Place a blade in a slit in the cupola and turn, You should hear a crack sound, That is the glue failing, remove the cupola and look at the base, You will see a knob and a hollow, They are wrong, smooth the knob flat and relocate the cupola with the hatch hinge at the 20 to 8 position this will have a vision slit looking directly forward.
NEXT your Tank has 2 spare aerial holders when the Tiger 1 only had one spare aerial holder They are on the left and right flanks of the Tank body.
The one on the drivers side needs removing.
The plastic is quite soft and can be easily removed.
start the cut at the leading edge of the holder and then just pull and peel it off.

Nice job. I like my tanks filthy.

Here are a few pix of mine. Also winter Eastern Front themed Das Reich Division.