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King Tiger in progress
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 5, 2003 5:28 PM

Hi all

Just thought I'd post up a couple of pictures of my in-progress Tamiya 1/35 Tiger II

About 80% finished - some fine details to paint (tools/cables/stowage) and weathering to do -








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Posted by r13b20 on Sunday, October 5, 2003 5:31 PM
ALMOST DONE!? That looks great skii. Details, man, details! In 1/35? too cool! Bob
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 5, 2003 5:45 PM
looking good, nice looking figure
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 5, 2003 5:58 PM
skii,

Looking good! I like the way you rusted the exhaust pipes Wink [;)]
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  • From: Philippines
Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Sunday, October 5, 2003 6:13 PM
Looks good. Keep posting pics.

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  • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
Posted by lizardqing on Sunday, October 5, 2003 6:46 PM
Looks great, makes me want to add a Tiger to my to do list that much more.
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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Sunday, October 5, 2003 7:46 PM
Nice job skii. I'm using my old, old, King Tiger as a dummy to practice washes on. Looks terrible compared to yours. Keep up the good work. Someday I'll have to get a new one.

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

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 Eric 

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 5, 2003 8:05 PM
What paints did you use for the commander's jacket and the rust on the spare tracks? I'm going to build a king tiger myself and want the commander to look great. Excellent work!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 5, 2003 8:12 PM
wow, looks nice. I know you have a figure in it, but is there any inside detail?
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  • From: Upstate NY
Posted by Build22 on Sunday, October 5, 2003 8:22 PM

Nice Job !

Great sag on those tracks

Jim [IMG]
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  • From: USA, GA
Posted by erush on Sunday, October 5, 2003 8:43 PM
Very nice job Skii!!! Can't wait to see it finished if it isn't yet!!!

Eric
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 5, 2003 9:04 PM
Looks fantastic! Great looking figure too. Cant wait to see the finsihed piece.
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  • From: USA
Posted by mark956 on Sunday, October 5, 2003 10:02 PM
I also have to agree it is a very fine looking tank and figure.
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  • From: Long Island
Posted by Moses on Sunday, October 5, 2003 10:14 PM
Hey Skii, I saw this model posted on another site, and I have to say, you have done an excellent job bud. I know you asked a question about adding an ambush scheme..but I like it as it is. Very subtle camo, and very nice work on the figure. Look forward to some more pics once the weathring process is done.

Cheers

Rob
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Posted by shermanfreak on Monday, October 6, 2003 12:53 AM
Nice work scii. Nice clean build all around and great work on the fig !!!

Please keep us posted on your progress with this big cat.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 6, 2003 2:44 AM
Thankyou all for your Kind coments - Moses - I'm going to keep the camo as it is, much as like the ambush pattern, I think with all the weathering I'm doing it will end up too 'messy' if you know what I mean.

The tank is painted almost completely with Humbrol enamels -
for the rust, I ground up a rust coloured pastel and mixed it with thinners - then simply painted it on. The spare track links are brown mixed with flat black, heavily thinned to create a dead flat finish. The track sag is a series of pins holding the vinyl tracks in the correct position.

I should be finished in the next couple of nights so I'll post up the pics when I'm done.
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  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Monday, October 6, 2003 5:07 AM
Bee-yoo-tee-full!
~Brian
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 6, 2003 7:20 AM
I like the figure, a well done paint job. All my figures look like sad, psycho clowns.
Someday I may learn to paint small. Oh well.
Very sharp king Tiger, camo is great.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 6, 2003 7:32 AM
Excellent!
Ron.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 6, 2003 5:31 PM
Good job there Skii , i have been following this tank on the other site (hint hint) very good paint job on the tank commander Approve [^] see you later TOAD - 13 OUT
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  • From: USA
Posted by okieboy on Monday, October 6, 2003 6:26 PM
Skii,
Terrific job dude! I love the camo scheme you have going. So what type of thinner did you use and in what ratio when
used the rust pastel?

Roy
"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harm." George Orwell
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 7, 2003 6:32 AM
Thanks for the comments guys

okieboy - I use humbrol enamel thinners, but you could use any type, the idea being to turn the pastel into paint.
The ratio depends on the consistency you want, for the exhausts I merely wet the powder until it turned into a paste, after painting it on
and allowing it to dry it formed a thick flat coat, or you can use a lot more thinners and create a 'wash' .
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