Dave, that is looking sweet. As for the idler wheels and sprockets, yep, your not alone there.

Hasenpfeffer - Base Paint looks great - assembling friel track photos below. Armor86

Dave: That's a beautiful base coat there, a solid foundation to build on. Just more proof it's not the model - it's the modeler, great job beating that old classic kit into shape.

Dan: Ohhhhhh, those Friels give me the willies- but they look so good when they're done.

Dave and Dan , I'm liking your builds guys .

Thanks, fellas! Always appreciate the comments. 

Eric - yep, used a circle template. Cleanup will follow.

Dan - those Friuls will be totally worth it. 

armor86

Hasenpfeffer - Base Paint looks great - assembling friel track photos below. Armor86

MMMMMM Fruils. I hadn't realised how much I was missing them.

Armor those Fruils look good .

Well, it appears the warmer weather is taking a toll on the GB updates... 

I managed to get the camo down on my Panther. It is supposed to reflect what a Wiking Panther in the Warsaw area 1944 would be like. (It isn't totally representative of the real 822, but I'm not gonna sweat it.)

Turret number stencil:

Turret numbers are a touch thick, but I think passable. 

Let the weathering begin! 

Dave: Looks good! I've seen people use stencils like that for stuff like American stars but I always make a mess with them- good work!

Looking superb Dave !

Nice camo Dave. The stencils came out looking good.

Dave-I have to agree with the group-numbers look good-looking forward to seeing what you do with the weathering.

Thanks, guys. Looking forward to the weathering myself. Hope to get some bench time this weekend... have a lot planned though.

Slowly working on the Turret to the Tiger. There are a lot more parts on this Tiggy then I thought. Hope to get my Cavalier zimmerit applied soon.

Sounds good Eric .

Hi guys -- all things come to him who waits, and I just found the missing sprues from my King Tiger, with the retaining caps all painted on them! Phew -- now I can finish that beast!

Mike/TB379

Glad to hear the good news Mike.

A couple of photos of the mostly completed turret (need to add the periscopes) showing off the Cavalier zimmerit. I have a little cleanup to do.

Wow ! That looks perfect Eric . Defintely the way to go when doing zim .

It's great stuff Carl. Just need to do some trimming on occasion.

Mike: Good to see you found 'em! Always a celebration when the long lost *BLEEPING* missing part finally *BLEEPING* shows *BLEEPING* up!

Eric: Looks good! A lot cleaner than putty and a razor saw!

Eric-looks like you're off to a great start.

Thanks. Don't know if I'll finish before the deadline, but it will be fun trying. Hope to hit a new GB in the fall, whether it's mine or someone elses.

Eric -- LOVE that Cavalier zim, it just looks so good!

Gamera -- you are SOOO right! Finally I can pick up this project and get it done... Phew!

M/TB379

Eric, that zim really does look good.  

I too still hope to join you at the finish line with my 1/48 Tiger, but that project has been shelved briefly as an another GB I'm in has taken over, but is due at the end of July.

regards,

Jack

Eeeks, we've fallen to the second page. Gratuitous bump.

nice work tigerman...  i've finally got some pics to add as well...

I'm looking at some really beautiful builds in this GB. Congrats to all!!

Thanks for checking in Taps, aka Eric from the beginning days of the forum. 

Malone, nice zimmerit. What set is that?

Malone-I have to agree with Eric-nice zimmerit.  Rest of the build coming along quite nicely also.