Ibuild: I love your KT!

Malone: Stunning work, man!

Ernest: Thank you! I'll post some pics as soon as I'm back home!

MD: She turned out great!!! Esp love the chipped and dinged up zimmerit!

A couple of very fine completions here, gents! MD, the overall finish on that Tiger is superb!

M/TB379

iBuild148-nice KT...I especially like the base & German Shepard-well done.

Malone-Killer Tiger-very nice...slightly worn-looks great.

PICS ARENT THAT GREAT BUT BEST I CAN DO RIGHT NOW...  I JUST HAVE TO FINALLY MOVE ON...

OK FINALLY COMPLETE

Hey cool IB48! My first thought was they have a seeing eye dog!

Not only nice work on the Tiger but the road, groundwork, fence, etc look great too!

Nice work Ibuild48. My Internet is down for maybe the week so I can only see it on my phone. I won't be able to get a final picture up until I get my Internet back.

IBuildOne48 - gratz on the completion  - I like the total presentation.  

Your earlier photos were better quality.  This one has a lot of camera 'noise' happening, which usually results from poor lighting or using too much of the zoom feature?

regards,

Jack

Let me say first that many of the entrys on this GB are stellar . It makes me realize the amount of time, attention to detail and patience that many of you put into your work/art/craft.

I want to thank Eric for extending the date so that I and a few others had a chance for complteion.

This my completed entry for the Steel Cat GB.

Nice. Glad you almost have her done.

Eric,

I am really close to finishing. I have a german shepard to finish and some light waethering. PICS will be posted tonight PST or Friday.

Thanks for the patience.

Thanks Ernest! I really appreciate the comments.  I had the same reaction when this thing was done. When I look at the thing I can't believe it started out as that old, humble little kit. It really made it that much more rewarding in the end. 

I really think I owe the marked improvement in my skills to the GB and forums in general. They really helped me step up my game with the build logs, tips and such. Looking forward to the next one... 

Thanks, Ernest -- my KT(P) was based on Tony Greenland's rendition of the same kit, as seen in his "Panzer Modelling Masterclass" book, with the principle exception of his use of a PE set and hand-painting the insignia and numbers, I'm sure not up to that! Also he used pastel chalk weathering overall, while I used MiG pigments selectively. It was a fun build and looks good on the shelf. I must do a Jagdpanther in common markings one day...

Cheers, Mike/TB379

Thanks for checking in Ernest. Sorry you didn't get her done. I was looking forward to your finished build. Oh well,  maybe on the next one.

Thanks for the nice words about my jagdpanther. I wish I dirtied it up a bit more, but I was concerned about losing the dot filters which came out well.

I might fire up another GB later in the year or around Jan. 1st. Say tuned.

Even though the GB is officially over, I spent the last few nights getting caught up on all the completed builds I missed since I my last update many months ago!  Sorry that these comments are so late in coming.

Jack - just checked out your Tamiya 1/48 Tiger I in Tunisia!  Absolutely fantastic smaller scale rendition!  Love the Tropen pattern, the weathering, the figure and the base!  Sorry I missed it earlier!

stik - updated myself on all the work on your Italeri Tiger I.  Everything came out great!  Love all the detail you put into the kit and those sweet looking figures too!  Interesting how both yours and Jack's Tiger are both in a Tunisian setting, but with different color schemes!

Shawker - nice KT you've built there.  Last I remember, you had a zig-zag pattern going on, but now it looks like a standard tri-tone camo scheme...very nice!  The Nichimo kit is an oldie, but you did it justice!

Dan - what a winner!  Love all the work you put into the Tamiya DAK Tiger I, including the two tone Africa pattern and the mesh on the barrel.  It looks realistically dirty and dusty!

Tony - Nice work on the small Tiger I!  You did a great job on that smaller 1/48 Tamiya kit!  I like seeing in panzer gray too! 

Dave - I can't believe that's the Italeri Panther A!  I followed your build right until you laid on the paint so I know how much work you put into it!  The end result is fabulous, you should be very proud!

Eric - Sorry to hear that the Dragon Kursk Tiger kit didn't live up to expectations, but you still produced an excellent build!  I think the camo and weathering turned out great, despite it turning out darker than you wanted.  I read your thoughts on the weathering process; very interesting, I'll have to contemplate on those for my next project!  Congrats on a fine build!

Mike - Man o man, that's a very nice King Tiger, and you did it so quickly!  I adore the camo pattern on it!!  When I build my first Tamiya KT (P) yours will by my inspiration!

Bob - Yo dude, nice looking Panther!  I love how you went with the dark green base coat with the dark brown camo....very striking look that's not often done!  It contrasts very nicely with the other Panthers built here.  Kudos on your fine work!

Clemens - I'm dying to see the completed King Tiger!  The WIP photos show a very promising end result with the faded winter whitewash over the tri-tone camo!

Ibuild - I hope to see our completed King Tiger soon!  The in progress pics of the KT and the MiniArt base are very nice!

Eric (host) - My friend, I just realized I completely missed the completion of your Tamiya Jagdpanther!!  It really is a beautiful build, one of your best!  I love the bold camo scheme you did and your light weathering style is perfect.

As for my Dragon Panther F, the GB is over so I've put it away for a while.  I suppose I could try to fix it as some have suggested, or replaced it with another cupola (the F cupola/hatch is different),  but I need something less demanding right now to get me back in the groove.  For now it has joined my other shelf queens, but will hopefully be revived later this year!

Although I didn't participate as much as I wanted to, this was still a superb Group Build, probably the best I've seen!  Congratulations to all and especially to Eric "Tigerman" for being such a great host!  Lets do it again next year!

Been quiet so figured id post. Almost to the end.  Got my tracks on yesterday and came up bout ten short on one side. So hopefully the few left over will make it.  Putting together the run right now. Gotta prime paint and weather this run as well. Aye...  so hopefully by the time im done ill figure out how to get my pics uploaded again.

Ok guys, I'll post the pics on Sept. 26th or 27th...

IBuild148

Eric....MY KT will be done by Wednesday!

Nice. The more the merrier.

Eric....MY KT will be done by Wednesday!

Heck yes ,post them pictures when you get back like Eric said . Now I have something to look forward to seeing in late September .

Sure Clemons, looking forward to the photos when you get a chance to post them!

No, please post pictures of the finished cat, so I can post it on page 1 on the wall of fame.

I'm really sorry, gents.

I jst completed my KT today (5 AM),  but I can't post any pics for you. I had to leave right after cleaning my AB, because I had to catch a flight... I'll get home on Sept. 25th, so I can't post any pics untill then. I hope I'm still allowed to post my pics of the completed kitten when I'm back  in Vienna. If I am not allowed to post them., I'll just post a separate thread witth the pics...

Thank you Jack.

Bob - great looking panther.  

It's cool to see a German armour piece finished in something other than panzer grey or dark yellow.  Looking at the the linked photos, you really have solved the wood grain look, and thanks for explaining your method.

regards,

Jack

Bob, I might, but it probably won't be for a couple of months or until next year.

This GB has exceeded all expectations.

Thank you Stik

Bob, that is a very good looking Panther! I really like the dark late war colors on it.

Ernest, all is not lost, and I have a possible solution. IF the F turret used the same cupola and the Panthers A & G, you can get one of those from Dragon's "Achtung Jabo!" figure set. It just happens to come with a Panther cupola in the set. I can certainly comprehend being in a modeling funk after moving. I moved twice in the past two years, neither time by choice or under good circumstances. Don't force anything and the urge to build again will come back.

Thank you Eric....and again, another great GB that you've hosted.

The wood was a coat of Vallejo Dark Sand followed by a Burnt Umber Oil wash.

Are you thinking about running another GB in the near future?