Steve, i think its been a while since i saw one of your completed armour builds. Well worth the wait. Thats stunning.

Carl, thats looking great, and a nice tip for the decals. I don't mind stuff that i have to leave to one side as it gives me time to get other bits done. How long do you leave the future before sanding.

Steve-that is a fantastic build-I love the weathering.  Job well done....

Amazing work as always Steve. The weathering is perfect without being too overdone. The whitewash turned out equally well. Thanks for partaking. Maybe you can get another build done? 

Carl, continued great work brother. This has been a treat to watch come together. 

SMJ: HOLY CRAP!   Like......WOW!!    Absolutely stunning work.....  The whitewash and weathering are superb. And I luv the base.

I think I need to go lie down....

WOW!!! 

Beautiful work on the Tiger and fantastic job on capturing the photo! The mud looks just perfect and the damage you did to the storage bins looks great!

Guys:  Tiger I Mid completed:  I used these photos as my inspiration:

Here's how she turned out...

...and one last one with the figure:

Carl: Yeah, really nice work there, love how she's coming out. The dings with the primer showing though look really cool.

Guys, sorry for the lack of updates, I thought I had the tracks all ready to install and now somehow nothing wants to fit. Got kinda ticked off and had to walk away from the thing for awhile.

Was musing about grabbing the rubber band treads off an old Tamiya kit and just using them...  More I think about it I must have did something wrong when I assembled the Dragon treads. 

Carl: your KT is looking great! 

Carl that's looking really awesome.  I love the edge you achieved on he camo  Is that free hand or did you mask that with silly putty or similar?  

I too do that dealing sanding thing but have not had a problem with sanding the Future.  And I am not waiting days.  I try to reach new levels of impatience at all times

Shellback

Good question though . I,m going to say its due to an over zealouse sesion of gouging the surface and then on top of that too much red primer pigment applied . Lets ride this thing out and see what it looks like with more weathering .

Thanks for the discusion .

Thanks William for the input . Good to know you have been lurking around here . After seeing the results you get i'm sure that the Dullcote technique works well . The problem i have with dullcote is the rough overspray build up in corners ..............you must have a way of dealing with that ?

Started the weathering with a wash of artist oils .

Looks great, Shell 

Yeah, I have been lurking a bit...... I know you have great patience, and your end result is great, but just FYI, you can achieve the same result withTestors dull coat shot through your AB.. it dries much faster. with a little heat from a blow dryer , in seconds and you can get the depth to cover the decal and sand wet or dry... try it on some scrap some time....The builds of this GB are mighty fine !....wish I could be along for the ride,  love your KT man.

tread

Ok, i applied the decals over a surface of Future , resprayed them with more Future  a few days ago and as to be expected the edges show up .

This was no surprise so i used my standard method of eliminating most of the ridge . After a couple of coats of Future to build up the coverage i DRY sand the the future with 600 grit wet/dry sand paper .

About here i respray another coat of Future so i do not penetrate into the the decal or paint .

After that coat i sand it again untill it looks like this .

Then a final coat of Future to eliminate the sanding marks .

It takes a good 3 -4 days , mostly waiting for the Future to cure hard enough to sand . I'm in no hurry . I've found that hurrying things along will cause more delays and frustration than its worth . I emphasive DRY sanding because like a dope i tried wet sanding Future once and guess what .............? The Future  is not water resistant and it desolved ............that was a mess !

Steve and Jack , i'm honored that you guys are looking at my model and noticing things like the gouges .Course , what choice do you have when i'm taking pics with the lense right up against the surface of the model like these are . Guess thats the point of my close ups . I want to show the detail ...good or bad . 

Good question though . I,m going to say its due to an over zealouse sesion of gouging the surface and then on top of that too much red primer pigment applied . Lets ride this thing out and see what it looks like with more weathering .

Thanks for the discusion .

SMJ - I was thinking similar (Carl hope this doesn't appear as ganging up on you).  Also some of the gouges appear deep enough to create shadows, so in those spots I figure the metal would be exposed?

regards,

Jack

Shellback

 

Shellback:  I really like how the primer effect is coming along!....but I'm scratching my head a bit on this picture though.  I can't seem to figure out what might/ would've created this level of scratching and divots behind the mufflers.  Not saying it couldn't have happened just wanted to raise the question...food for thought...

Tony - buff I think is a warm colour (depending on brand?), so it should work well to lighten up panzer grey.  The ratio is your choice, keeping in mind what other finishing techniques you plan to employ.

armor86 - Tiger # 732 was also numbered 132 before it was attached to 10th Panzer Div.  

Scroll down this web page http://www.tiif.de/thread.php?threadid=11&sid=96a393f5488bdb12dd98b888a1c38759 till you reach Tiger 132 for a bunch of photos.  In that set there are some examples with a camou netting on the side you asked about, but I can't say for sure this item continued to be carried when it was attached to 10th Pz.Div. (no netting  on photos of the other 700 series numbered tanks either).

regards,

Jack

Here I am alive and kickin'.   Haven't started the repaint yet on the KT.  Still not sure what route i am going to take. 

Everyone is turning out some pretty impressive work.

armor86

Hey any guess what's loaded on the 732 photo side hull ... modeling that vehicle. Armor86

Hmmmmm ........................???

Many thanks for the photos Jack, they are really useful ,and at least I can be sure that whatever I do is reasonable.

I have one further question. What's a good colour to use to lighten up Tamiya Panzer Grey a little ?

Buff ?

Cheers

Tony

Hey any guess what's loaded on the 732 photo side hull ... modeling that vehicle. Armor86

Bish , no problem . Thanks for informing about Marc'c post .

Sorry, my mistake. I get so confused as to who has done what. Its a nice effect you have there.

He is still around, he posted yesterday.

Jack , thanks for the pics .

Bish , the "rock" method is an invention of Wingnut ................i used a #10 hobby knife on the curved side to gouge out the plastic .

Where is wingnut ?

Thanks guys, you just got to love PE

Carl, the paint job is looking great. Those marks on the back, are they the results of the rock method.

taxtp - regarding additional stowage... other than what comes with the kit, there just doesn't seem to be much extra carried on the exterior.   Crew helmets are about the only thing I've seen on a somewhat regular basis in photos.  Usually slung from spare tack links on the turret or the smoke dischargers.  An empty pail hanging in the rear is another item.  

A couple photos I've seen a spare jerry can on the back side, crew water bottle and/or bedroll hung on the side of the storage bin - but not all in the same photo.  Then the rare individual photos: a couple fuel drums on the rear deck and another with a motorbike.

regards,

Jack

Thanks fellas for the encouraging words. Like any death, it will take time to heal. I do agree we did the right thing for her. She's probably getting all the treats she can eat. Straws also. She loved stealing straws out of your cup.

The work by all continues to amaze me. Maybe tomorrow I'll do some building on my Tiger. Maybe.