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Hey Gang!

Ive been working on the late jagdtiger again. Im just about to skim coat some putty on some things some more sanding then ill be on to armor texture.

My question is what's your favorite technique to replicate armor texture?

I watch night shift on YouTube and have copied his way the two times ive done it. Which is cutting the tamiya putty with X20A. Ive always got that stuff on hand.


Ive also seen the Mr surfacer. My local hobby shop didnt have it... so Ive ordered some of that to try.

So what do you all like? Or think works the best?

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Really love this stuff. Granted you could make your own but I have great results with this

Panzermechaniker wrote:Really love this stuff. Granted you could make your own but I have great results with this

mr dissolved putty.jpg

Nice thanks ill give it a shot for sure

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I've had many uses for Mr. Dissolved Putty, but for that "cast" look on the M26, I used Mr. Surfacer 500: viewtopic.php?t=34857&hilit=cast&start=60

Cheapskate here. I use automotive spot and glaze putty in a tube and thin it with acetone in a small bottle. Work it on with a stubby brush as per nightshift's tutorials.

Mike.

Bear in mind that rolled plate has a fairly consistent surface barely discernible from smooth at our scale.
I used super glue smears quickly using an old plastic card to create surface finish but not as much as cast material would be.

Herr Dr. Professor wrote:I've had many uses for Mr. Dissolved Putty, but for that "cast" look on the M26, I used Mr. Surfacer 500: viewtopic.php?t=34857&hilit=cast&start=60

Dang that thing is super high quality thanks for the tip!

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ColemanCollector wrote:Cheapskate here. I use automotive spot and glaze putty in a tube and thin it with acetone in a small bottle. Work it on with a stubby brush as per nightshift's tutorials.

Mike.

I like your style! Ill keep that in mind

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HERMAN BIX wrote:Bear in mind that rolled plate has a fairly consistent surface barely discernible from smooth at our scale.
I used super glue smears quickly using an old plastic card to create surface finish but not as much as cast material would be.

Dually noted! Thanks!! that sounds like something that might take place here!! nice and simple. And I have it on hand.

I might was gonna haha put too much texture on it doin it the other way with the thinned putty now that u mention the smoothness of the rolled plate. I think the super glue method has won.

Ive got them ferdinands comin next might try some other ways on idk

Thanks for the tip!!!

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HERMAN BIX wrote: ↑Sun Jan 11, 2026 12:33 am Bear in mind that rolled plate has a fairly consistent surface barely discernible from smooth at our scale.
I used super glue smears quickly using an old plastic card to create surface finish but not as much as cast material would be.

Exact, I like what Nightshift is doing but I don't agree with how he reproduces rolled steel. Should be smooth. He says he takes pictures from Museum tank as reference but most of them have the steel damaged by rust, sandblasting, sometimes you can see paint chips under the paintjob etc... And it's not how the steel was originaly. Just take a look at the Panther G assembled under British supervision. Never seen combat, always been preserved, we can say it's brand new... and it's as smotth as a baby ass (not the cast parts obviously).
That's why I may sand all the textured job I made on my Tamiya KT (Tamiya textured the turret so I tried to match that on the hull... and they stopped texturing their rolled steel plate on the next kits for a reason...) and on my Tiger I... I think you should not add it on your Jagdtiger, or very slightly...