...well that took a long time didn't it chaps!
Back again with new pics, bit of history for those that want to know. after my eye op nearly 2 years ago now I am recovering form a detached retina which was stitched back on with a laser almost 2 months ago. Went back to work Monday and hating it!
Moving on I dug my tiger out and started modding it into a late version, this of course with after finishing some other project which can be found on this forum.
This update is taken from my website.
The next tricky step was to find some metal road wheels as the late Tiger1 didn't have the rubber tyres as in the early version. I couldn't find a Tamiya set of road wheels in fact I don't think they made any. The best solution was to by a set of metal road wheels on ebay for £20, but the axels were to small and didn't fit as the hole the suspension arm on the Tamiya was to big.
I couldn't use a bit of brass tubing as I couldn't find on thin enough, so I had an idear to use copper tape so all I had to do is roll a bit round to get the right thickness by trial and error until it fitted.
After it fitted I pealed it off and stuck it to my base board so I could cut all the strips to the right length for all the axels.
To overcome the problem of keeping the side cable on the hull I had to use brass pins to mount it onto, as when driving the Tank through bushes etc I am sure it will get ripped off. The brass pins you can see through the plastic will be filled at a later date after the finished colour has been applied.
... next up, Halfords Primer.
Followed by Tamiya dark yellow.
Below, tools added and track hangers installed on turret
Tank ready for camouflage, first green freehand tripes followed by brown. The tools will be painted the correct colour once all the airbrushing is finished.
Thats about it for now, loads more detail to paint and put on...
Thank you for looking
love the zimm .
can't think why?
