King Tiger spzabt 505

Hans von Hammer

Member since
June 2008
From: Iowa

Posted by Hans von Hammer on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 8:30 PM

Well, given what I've seen from you, there's no reason you can't be a helluva dio-builder, man... I hope you consider it someday... There are simply too few of us out here...

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panzerguy

Member since
October 2007
From: N.H.

Posted by panzerguy on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:40 PM

Hans von Hammer wrote:

As a display, it's one of the finest I've seen... As a diorama, it's kinda weak... Missing two key ingredients: Action and Story... Something as simple as adding another figure, perhaps a Panzergrenadier with a map talking with the TC and maybe pointing his men's positions on the map to the TC, would add quite a bit...
Workmanship is above reproach though....

JT thanks man. The turret markings were definatly a pain.

Hans thanks to you to my friend. I never really ment this to be a dio. Even if I have no plans on placing a build in a dio I still like to put my stuff on a base to give it more of a visual effect.

"Happiness is a belt fed weapon"

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jthurston

Member since
October 2004
From: Katy, TX

Posted by jthurston on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 7:02 AM

Wow, that's a sweet KT, bro! I am impressed by your hand-painted turret markings(?!). I'm lucky if I can get markings to look that good with decals. Overall, the tank is fantastic. Very nice job.

~J

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Hans von Hammer

Member since
June 2008
From: Iowa

Posted by Hans von Hammer on Monday, September 29, 2008 10:07 AM

As a display, it's one of the finest I've seen... As a diorama, it's kinda weak... Missing two key ingredients: Action and Story... Something as simple as adding another figure, perhaps a Panzergrenadier with a map talking with the TC and maybe pointing his men's positions on the map to the TC, would add quite a bit...

Workmanship is above reproach though....

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panzerguy

Member since
October 2007
From: N.H.

Posted by panzerguy on Monday, September 29, 2008 8:15 AM

bbrowniii wrote:

Hey Panzerguy,
Do I see a potential candidate for next years AMPSEast 'Best in Show'-threepeat???

Thanks browniii but no this wont be in the running. I took this to AMPS 07 were it took a gold in armor. I'll start planning my next one soon.

"Happiness is a belt fed weapon"

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bbrowniii

Member since
April 2003
From: 41 Degrees 52.4 minutes North; 72 Degrees 7.3 minutes West

Posted by bbrowniii on Sunday, September 28, 2008 8:11 PM

Hey Panzerguy,

Do I see a potential candidate for next years AMPSEast 'Best in Show'-threepeat???

'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing' - Edmund Burke (1770 ??)

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rabbiteatsnake

Member since
February 2005
From: California

Posted by rabbiteatsnake on Sunday, September 28, 2008 5:47 PM

More than a journeymans job. Tiger's great, not overdone (Lovely job on the tracks & 505's logo, I love to see hand painted markings.)fine looking figure to. Base & background look a little out of place to me, but that may be my own ignorrance of such things. TigerII's are my fave AFV, bravo on a sharp one.

The devil is in the details...and somtimes he's in my sock drawer. On the bench. Airfix 1/24 bf109E scratch conv to 109 G14AS MPC1/24 ju87B conv to 87G Rev 1/48 B17G toF Trump 1/32 f4u-1D and staying a1D Scratch 1/16 TigerII.

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Friday, June 20, 2008 10:57 PM

The base and figure really sets off the King Tiger. Lovely build!

Cheers

Mike

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei

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wing_nut

Member since
April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 5:38 PM

Yeah hey sorry dude... I meant to say how great that looks when I came here yesterday to have a look.

Marc

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Bodge

Member since
January 2008
From: Bournemouth UK

Posted by Bodge on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:58 AM

Very well done, i like it,

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SteveM

Member since
June 2006
From: AusTx, Live Music Capitol of the World

Posted by SteveM on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:07 PM

Excellent work, panzerguy. If anything, I'd like to see the street a little dirtier. But that's only me.

Steve

Steve M.

On the workbench: ginormous Kharkov dio

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Bish

Member since
December 2002
From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Posted by Bish on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 4:55 PM

Thats amazing. You should do a tutorial on that base, i'd love to know how you did it, especially the tram tracks and manhole.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Boomerang

Member since
February 2007

Posted by Boomerang on Thursday, January 10, 2008 5:29 AM

somenewguy wrote:
are you gonna put that in the magazine? it more than qualifies.

Boomer...

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somenewguy

Member since
January 2008
From: Adelaide, South Australia

Posted by somenewguy on Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:20 AM

are you gonna put that in the magazine? it more than qualifies.

At the end of the day one's work may be completed but one's education never!

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senojrn

Member since
February 2003
From: USA

Posted by senojrn on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 9:56 AM

Excellent work on both the figure and the King Tiger!! Well done!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 8:57 PM

Fine work here...you must have been an understudy to Vespa at some point to pull off that sublime base-work...

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Boomerang

Member since
February 2007

Posted by Boomerang on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 7:18 PM

Very nice!! You should post that tank on its own over in the armour section too...

Boomer...

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SteveM

Member since
June 2006
From: AusTx, Live Music Capitol of the World

Posted by SteveM on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 4:52 PM

outstanding

Steve M.

On the workbench: ginormous Kharkov dio

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Luftwoller

Member since
February 2007
From: Bournemouth UK

Posted by Luftwoller on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 2:31 PM

That is some quality work. I love the Dio, and the tank is just quality. Turret markings painted by hand

...Guy

..'Your an embarrassment to the human genus, makes me ashamed to call myself Homo'.

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SteveA

Member since
December 2006

Posted by SteveA on Sunday, January 6, 2008 7:43 PM

Panerguy, well done. Beautiful work.

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kenny_conklin

Member since
May 2003
From: Staten Island, New York

Posted by kenny_conklin on Sunday, January 6, 2008 5:38 PM

excellent work looks really great

"Rakkasans Lead the Way!"

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vespa boy

Member since
April 2004
From: Boston MA

Posted by vespa boy on Sunday, January 6, 2008 5:29 PM

I like the tram tracks and the manhole cover. These small details really make a difference.

http://public.fotki.com/nkhandekar

This ain't no Mudd Club, or C.B.G.B.,
I ain't got time for that now

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m1garand

Member since
November 2005
From: Somewhere over the rainbow

Posted by m1garand on Saturday, January 5, 2008 6:15 PM

Excellent work Panzerguy. Hand painted turret markings look great as well.

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panzerguy

Member since
October 2007
From: N.H.

King Tiger spzabt 505

Posted by panzerguy on Saturday, January 5, 2008 2:55 PM

Here's some pic's of my latest build.I built the KT but it looked to plain all by it's self so I had to make a base for it.The KT is from Dragon built oob,the tank commander I put together using parts from my stash of body parts.The zimmerit was applied with poly-s putty and aTamiya tool.I had to paint the charging knight's by hand becuase the kit's decal's broke apart when I put them in water.The street,fence and lamp post I made from scratch.I have a new one in the work's should be done in a couple month's.