Fritz was last seen sneaking off into the Tunisian hill country with a case of Spaten over his shoulder... 

He's probably looking for Hermann... Just tell me if you have any news about those 2 guys...

It is said that he found a nice Berber woman...

Well yesterdays's photo of my updated work on Dieter & Rolf did not come out well, so I tried again today...

and then I finally got the Olive Green base coat on....

so Dieter is happy with how his Tiger is starting to look...

Looks good SP! You're making great progress.

Thank you Gamera. This morning after my bike ride my intent is to get the Future coat on...

Small update from last night, 11 July.

I am using Mini Arts Village Road for my cat. I still have telephone polls with wire and the fencing to do. Weathering the paver stones, adding more foliage, etc.

I'm off to to the cave and start working on the tracks, fencing and telephone polls.

When is the deadline date for this GB???

The deadline is the end of August.

Nice dio base.

This morning (Friday), after my morning taskings I was able to get the Future coat airbrushed on

and here are a couple better shots of the crew figgies so far

I am getting near the finish line here finally...

Really nice work, guys!

Yesterday before AMPS I was able to get the decals on... yeah pretty rough, turret numbers and hull crosses  but those turret numbers had me worried for a bit... until they dried completely they looked like they would be horribly silvered... thankfully that did not happen

A bit more progress today- detail painting done on tow cables, OVM tools, spare track shoes, exhausts, and bow M.G.

then I built up the new set of Dragon DAK figures that I bought from Sprue Brothers along with the engine screens

and two panzer crewmen

one of whom I think will go good with the other figures for this build

Nice work, Stik! I'm looking forward to seeing those figures painted up!

So am I....  the Afrika Korps is calling me...

Looking good Stik. I like them figgies.

Looking good SP! Though I'll admit it's strange seeing a green Tiger! Odd things that references turn up. Great job on the figures so far and looking forward to seeing these four new painted up to join them.

Our AMPS chapter here is sending a batch of Tiger builds (much like this GB, but only Tiger variants) to IPMS Nationals next month. That is what this build is for. We had a test run of the display on Saturday.  We had Tigers of all marks in every conceivable scheme there- yes a green one was unique.

Stik, great progress there.

Many people do shoot down the theory of solid olive/green Tiger scheme, but there are a number of eyewitness accounts, from both allied and German, that say otherwise.  No one is exactly sure where the paint source is from.

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After much deliberation, I've decided to go with the duo-tone tropical scheme.  In the picture below, there appears to be some semblance of this near the Heidi logo on the bow plate.  It looks, to what I can best describe, as a jigsaw puzzle shape.  The photo itself though might have been taken in Italy while awaiting the ferry.  

The original photo is from the TIIF site, I've added the red bordered inset photo with higher contrast.

regards,

Jack

Thank you Jack. Yes, I have read both sides of the argument, and obviously I am going with the intel and eyewitness folks who say yes. I have read all sorts of theories on the paint color/source, and I opted for an Italian Olive Green, as that was one of the viable theories to me, and it matches what is described from what I have read from eyewitness reports.

I like the tropical two tone scheme you chose for yours.

My next tiger is going to be bengal camoed still trying to work out how to do the stripes (orange and white will be replaced).  

I finally broke open the box of ModelKasten KT II tracks in hopes of getting something done tonight but have run into a question?

The attached photo has 2 unidentified pieces in the CENTER of the sprue not mentioned in the insructions and will hope someone here can identify what these are for?

do they look like shocks or part of the suspension?  If so I had several extra also on mine I think they were from an older kit/non updated one, I saved mine to use in a dio as parts on the ground around a field repair camp.  You can also look for a pdf of the plans on Google where someone has more then likely updated the instructions and marked through them as being unused.  

Dragon is famous for extra parts due to the cost of re-doing the injection molds they just include them.  Hopefully someone else might know for sure.

These are aftermarket tracks from ModelKasten, Shawker. So Dragon is a non-factor. Thanks anyways. 

Today I was able to get the wash work done on my Tiger.

Ohhhhhhh nice work SP, the wash really brings out the detail! I wish my washes looked that good.

Gorgeous looking Tiger, Stik! Is that only a wash, or did you aplly a filter as well? It looks more blueish to me, but that could just be because of different lighting...

Thanks guys. Gamera, today was just good day where things went right with the wash. But yes, the washes do help bring out all that good detail. SS, that was only a wash, the lighting probably gives that tone. That was indirect sunlight on a bright hazy day, no flash on these, so the color does not get washed out.

Yeah, I use washes but never had much good luck with them. Sometimes I skip them now.

Stik - another excellent update, great work with the wash.

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I've got the RAL8000 painted overtop, Xtracrylix brand.  Overall it does look patchy as it was applied by both airbrush and hairystick, as well as touching up some of the original base coat of Testors RAL 7008, but not overly concerned as weathering will hide most of that. 

Still have to address the visible raised decal edges around the turret numbers before adding/painting the various equipment and progressing to the weathering stage.

regards,

Jack

That tiger looks really nice, Jack! I'm digging that patchy look! I think it adds a lot to the ovarall look of it. How about bringing out those patches instead of hiding them?

Thanks Jack! I like how your Tiger is coming out as well. That low contrast two color scheme looks great!