Tamiya 1/35 Tiger II - Updated with figures

AK your Tiger looks fantastic, I sure hope you post more builds. You really have the techniques down, from rust to to weathering, camo to chipping, it al works very well. Tamiya makes a great Tiger II kit and a nice platform to use everything in the toolbox. Terry    

Thank you for this update, the result was a very convincing looking Tiger II.

Great weathering by the way :)

Best Regards

Johan

Thank you all for the positive comments...they are very much appreciated. Also appreciated are the positive critiques. I take those to heart and try to improve my work with everyone's suggestions.

With regards to the Tamiya acrylics and handbrushing I used a rather wide, flat brush (I believe I used a .5 inch wide brush if memory serves) and used generous amounts of paint when applying. I also thinned (very slightly) with Tamiya lacquers. But, keep in mind that this was a paint job I had to go back and touch up many, many times. In fact, I found out that I spent more time doing it this way than I would doing it with masks and an airbrush. I linked a photo below of the WIP during this phase of the build. It shows the paint job in its naked form, before all the weathering was applied.

Hi AnalogKid,

Thank you for sharing this!

That is mean looking Tiger II.

What is the trick with the Tamiya Acylics, I never manage to get anywhere close to your result (Very convincing btw.) when I hand brush them.

Either they clog, don't give any coverage or streak.

Very Best Regards

Johan

Looks great!  The Tiger II is an impressive tank

Oh WOW, I like so much the cammo on the tank, streaking and rust.

The figures are painted so nicely, the expressions and details are so good!. I wish I could paint figures half that decent...

Great job, and as they have mentioned. they are a little bit too clean on the clothing, hands and face. Remember they are in the middle of batllefield with very less access to water, soap, etc.

Very well done cat. Love the weathering and the camo job. Don't know if you're done with the paratrooper, but his coat is too clean. ;)

excellent job on both the tank and the figures

Hello again, everyone. As I mentioned in my initial post I would add pics of the figures once I had them finished. I dedicated last weekend to finishing them up. They are Jaguar resin figures painted with Vallejo Model Color with a few colors from their Model Air line mixed in.

the doog

Looks really nice to me. I think it's a very good T2!

Looks really nice to me. I think it's a very good T2!

For a hand painted finish that camo. came out very good.

Thanks for the positive comments, very much appreciated. Phil, yes, I noticed the gravity-defying droop as well after the tracks dried...but, decided to execute as-is nonetheless. I have recently gotten back into armor modeling and have tried indy track links a few times now. I'm never going back to the vinyl if I can help it. A little more labor but they come out so much better in my opinion. Now, I just need a little more practice and hopefully they'll get better with time. I tried the Fiulmodel links on a Stug III back in the spring and love the way they came out...but, much more expensive, of course. I had the Tamiya links on hand in my stash for many years so it made sense to use them. If I do another Tiger II in the future I'll probably spring for the metal links.

Very nice, I did the Dragon rendition of 222 earlier this year.I like your hard edge camo job for sure.

Very impressive for a hand-painted camo job.

My only real nitpick is the sections of track from the sprocket down aren't hanging naturally and are actually defying gravity and "drooping" upwards. But we all know that indy link tracks can be a tricky beast to train and sometimes the unexpected happens.

Overall, very nice.