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                        My first Tiger

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                        animal
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: USA
                        My first Tiger
                        Posted by animal on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:25 AM
                        My first attempt at building the King Tiger/Porsche Turret. I tried to finish it in the winter whiote wash of the the winter if 1945. Any suggestions from the experts on German AFV's would be appreciated.http://community.webshots.com/album/100577057VPjBDw
                        Animal wants trucks!!! http://community.webshots.com/user/gtadw
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                        styrene
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: The flat lands of the Southeast
                        Posted by styrene on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:36 AM
                        animal,
                        The KT looks pretty good from where I sit. I like the whitewash scheme. I want to do a winter scheme but somehow haven't developed the "guts" to do so. Keep up the good work!
                        Gip Winecoff

                        1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

                        1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:47 AM
                        Looks real nice.
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                        wipw
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Utah - USA
                        Posted by wipw on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:07 AM
                        I like it. I hope my whitewash scheme turns out as well. How did you do this one?

                        Bill
                        Bill ========================================================== DML M4A2 Red Army ========================================================== ========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)
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                        shermanfreak
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by shermanfreak on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:28 AM
                        Dave - how many people do you have on staff in your model building factory. Wink [;)]Wink [;)]
                        Wasn't it just last week that you were asking about this kit ????

                        Looks good from here ... my only question is in regards to the markings (and I hope some of the Germanfreaks will jump in on this one because they know far more than me). The markings would have been applied before the the whitewash, so would they be 1) covered by the whitewash or 2) would they have just left the area surrounding the markings in the base camo.

                        Another fine job Dave. Keep that crew of your employed, it's good for the economy. Wink [;)]Wink [;)]

                        Thanks for sharing as always.
                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        djmodels1999
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:35 AM
                        Dave, looks good. I'd have raised the question of the markings but Robert beat me to it. I might add that the tools and cables would also have somehow been covered with the whitewash. I'm sure that in '45 they did not have much time to spend removing bits off the vehicles to keep them 'clean'... But then maybe I'm wrong.
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                        animal
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by animal on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 12:09 PM
                        Thanks for the advice and suggestions. I think you are right and I will white wash the equipment and markings. It makes more sense this way. Thanks again
                        Animal wants trucks!!! http://community.webshots.com/user/gtadw
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 12:32 PM
                        Looks great!

                        Ron.
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                        wipw
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Utah - USA
                        Posted by wipw on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 1:19 PM
                        I'm not sure about the tools and such. I'll have to check and see if I have anything that shows it. But in the pics I've seen, they usually "painted" the whitewash around with the markings.

                        Bill
                        Bill ========================================================== DML M4A2 Red Army ========================================================== ========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)
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                        mark956
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by mark956 on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 3:59 PM
                        Looks really good Animal. Can't wait to see your next project.
                        mark956
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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 5:12 PM
                        According to my New Vanguard King Tiger book, the area around the markings were not whitewashed. Nice job animal.

                        "It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

                        http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

                         Eric 

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                        animal
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by animal on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 8:26 PM
                        Thanks for the info Tigerman I will slop a little white wash on the tools and cables and not the markings.
                        Animal wants trucks!!! http://community.webshots.com/user/gtadw
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:01 PM
                        Great job Animal. One of these days I'm going to try a white wash, right after all the other things I'm going to try one day!
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        Build22
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Upstate NY
                        Posted by Build22 on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:26 PM

                        Great job Animal,


                        Does Animal want Tiger now?Big Smile [:D]

                        Jim [IMG]
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                        Dwight Ta-ala
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 9:27 PM
                        Very very good for a first Tiger job. Much much better than my KT.

                        These cats never stop to amaze me.

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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7:00 AM
                        Nice Tiger! Great work, Animal.
                        I've always thought the Porsche-turreted KT looks great in winter camo.
                        ~Brian
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                        M1abramsRules
                        • Member since
                          June 2003
                        Posted by M1abramsRules on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7:36 AM
                        looks good! I like the whitewash on it.
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                        erush
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: USA, GA
                        Posted by erush on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:52 AM
                        I meant to look at this from home last night and overlooked it. I can't access webshots from here. Angry [:(!]

                        I'm sure it looks good from seeing your other works so I'll just go ahead and say good job animal!! If I change my mind after looking this evening I'll be sure to let you know. Wink [;)] Big Smile [:D]

                        * this guy scratch builds trucks faster than I can build an oob tank kit * Cool [8D]

                        Eric
                        Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning. "Friendly fire...isn't"
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                        animal
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by animal on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 2:22 PM
                        I should be hearing from you tonight Eric because I think I did a lousy job on the finish. I just can't seem to get it to look like the ref photos and no where near some of the models of the real tigers builders here. I guess I'll stick to my trucks
                        Animal wants trucks!!! http://community.webshots.com/user/gtadw
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 6:11 PM
                        What kind of sh@t are you trying to pull? That's no truck Big Smile [:D]

                        Excellent work Animal, nice to include a commander too !!

                        thanks for sharing,
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                        shermanfreak
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by shermanfreak on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 6:56 PM
                        Dave, you're being far too hard on yourself.
                        You ventured outside of your comfort area, and that's a good thing.
                        You tackled one tough paint job, the whitewash is not as easy a task as one would expect and you did just fine with it.
                        Now have you considered a Sherman yet ???? Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]
                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 9:35 PM
                        Tell the truth Animal....This is really one of those wooden mock tanks that movie makers stick on trucks, isn't it?Shock [:O]

                        Seriuosly, good to see that you have extended your field of expertise, and done such an fine job as well.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 9:54 PM
                        it looks great in white
                        very nice job on the German Guntruck
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                        erush
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: USA, GA
                        Posted by erush on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 9:57 PM
                        As I expected, it looks great!! Like Robert said, it's good to step out and expand and you did a fine job on it Dave. Keep it up and each one will get even better!! Don't be so hard on yourself. Big Smile [:D]

                        Eric
                        Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning. "Friendly fire...isn't"
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                        animal
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by animal on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 10:06 PM
                        Robert, the answer is yes. A sherman M-4 and The M-18 also.
                        Animal wants trucks!!! http://community.webshots.com/user/gtadw
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                        shermanfreak
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by shermanfreak on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 10:15 PM
                        I look forward to seeing them when you've got them on the go Dave.
                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        mark956
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by mark956 on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 10:43 PM
                        I can't wait to see pictures of those tanks Animal.
                        mark956
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                        animal
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by animal on Thursday, November 20, 2003 9:24 AM
                        Wopn't be long. The M18 is almost finished
                        Animal wants trucks!!! http://community.webshots.com/user/gtadw
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                        beav
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Ft. Sill, OK
                        Posted by beav on Thursday, November 20, 2003 10:20 PM
                        I will say one thing: It's Purty!

                        "First to Fire!"

                        Steven

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