I painted it with Vallejo and cleared with Testors rattle can dull cote. It shouldn't have crinkled, but it did. It should play nicely into my effects though.

I think I didn't allow for enough  cure time, Gam.

I'll check it out when I get home.

Well the paint settled down without any issues. No evidence of crinkling remains.

Guess that won't be part of my effects strategy after all.

Pictures this weekend.

My apologies for not having any pictures yet. Most of my weekends have been spent working on my car.

I have made some progress on the Tiger though. The wash came out very random and dark so I mixed up neutral grey, black, and dark blue and sprayed over it with more modulation. 

As it sits right now I am almost decided as to leave it as-is because it looks so cool. But I've been doing a lot of thinking about those tiger stripes and have looked up some patterns for reference. 

I think I have a strategy formulated that will give me the tiger stripe pattern while also looking like a winter wash.

Ill do my best to document it as I progress.

Again I apologize for the lack of pictures. This new job makes me lots of money now with all the OT, but I lack any energy on the weekends anymore to get much accomplished lol.

Cheers mates. It looks good. Pictures soon!

M. Brindos

My apologies for not having any pictures yet. Most of my weekends have been spent working on my car.

I have made some progress on the Tiger though. The wash came out very random and dark so I mixed up neutral grey, black, and dark blue and sprayed over it with more modulation. 

As it sits right now I am almost decided as to leave it as-is because it looks so cool. But I've been doing a lot of thinking about those tiger stripes and have looked up some patterns for reference. 

I think I have a strategy formulated that will give me the tiger stripe pattern while also looking like a winter wash.

Ill do my best to document it as I progress.

Again I apologize for the lack of pictures. This new job makes me lots of money now with all the OT, but I lack any energy on the weekends anymore to get much accomplished lol.

Cheers mates. It looks good. Pictures soon!

Hey Mike, looking forward to the pics.  New job with OT sounds like a good thing, even if it is getting in the way of bench time.  Seems like money (or making it) vs. time and energy is a constant struggle with this hobby.

I seem to remember your wife was going to have surgery a little while back.  I am hoping that worked out well for her.

Be well and have fun my friend,

D

Time is a commodity alright. Last pay period I had 42 hours of OT in two weeks. End of the month is always the busiest time.

My wife never had the surgery. Insurance wouldn't approve it because, although it causes her pain and discomfort, it's not "life threatening" so they won't pony up the dough.

thanks for remembering, Dwayne. I appreciate that.

Back on topic however, I can't wait to show you guys what I've got done with the paint. A little modulation and chromatic blending. It looks mean! Lol!

Pictures!

I think this will be a good base to start layering my effects onto.

What do you guys think? I like it. :)

Me too!  I like the variation in the base color.

She looks good! Nice shading and variation in colour without going over-board.

Thanks guys! 

I spent tens times more time masking than I did spaying the tank this time. I used sky grey so it wasn't so stark white. I'm going to use some white oil paints to give this the white wash effect next. Add some chipping and some other weathering to make it look like its a heavy iron beast.

 

Mostly imagination. I tore diamond shapes out of masking tape to try and replicate tiger stripes, but I'm not completely sold on it being tiger stripes yet.

I do like the looks of this pattern though. I'm going to just keep working it over till I'm happy lol.

Ok, that is cool.  I hope your son likes it.  I do.

D

Hello! It's been 4 years since this thread was started and I never did finish this project.

Well here we are in November of 2022 and I decided to go a completely different direction with the paint on this model. The whole tiger stripe idea wasn't a complete wash, but this Tiger needed an update and all of the picture links of the old scheme are broken. 

I did get tired of seeing this old kit sitting incomplete and abandoned on my shelf of doom so I decided to repaint it. Now she's in more appropriate late war colors and I've got it ready for decals and a wash.

I know my son will be happy to see it finished... finally lol.

I like the much-maligned Italeri Tigers.  I believe that they build well, look great when complete, and give me an opportunity to scratch-build some small details.  Great job!!!

Bill Morrison

warshipguy

I like the much-maligned Italeri Tigers.  I believe that they build well, look great when complete, and give me an opportunity to scratch-build some small details.  Great job!!!

 

Thanks guys. I cobbled some decals together for it, but I didn't take a picture and now I'm at work lol.

I have learned that those WoT decals are not the best. They didn't want to conform to the Zim and I almost wiped one of the balkencruse off the back plating when I went agressive with the TET to snuggle it down.

I'll seal those up tomorrow evening and snap a picture.

Sludge wash applied, scrubbed, and cleared with Vallejo clear matte. Effects are minimum chipping and I tried to simulate a grenade hit just in front of the TC's cupola. I just wanted to see how it would turn out.

Its beginning to look more like a beast. Something from that WoT game. Next up is detail painting to break up that cammo and give it a bit more life.

Thank you! I appreciate the positive reviews lol.

She looks good! 

The camo turned out great and the sludge wash is really picking out the details. 

Thanks! I've got one last pic of the painted up details before I get some good pictures.

I'm happy enough with how it turned out.

I love how well this Tiger turned out! I used the Italeri mid-prduction kit to build Tiger  300 of s. Panzer Abteilung 505 on the Eastern Front. She features the charging knight emblem. I added the log mounted on the sides, painted the cannon barrel a dark brown and added Fruil Model tracks. She looks as good as any Tiger I on the market.

Bill Morrison

Thanks, Bill! The cool thing about the World of Tanks boxing is that it has just about every part Italleri ever added to this kit in the box. That's why this model has such an odd mix of tiger parts. My son just wanted to add all of the coolest looking parts lol. 

You can make an early, desert, or late Tiger out of this kit. You just have to dig out proper markings from the spares lol. The decal sheet offers only two Balkencruse and they don't conform, or stick very well. Lots of neat decals from the game, but that's about it. 

I've actually applied a roaring tiger head to the back left armor plate, but it blends in because the decals are a touch transparent. 

So even though the kit has lots to offer, it still needs better decals.

I'd buy another one for myself. Yup.

warshipguy

I love how well this Tiger turned out! I used the Italeri mid-prduction kit to build Tiger  300 of s. Panzer Abteilung 505 on the Eastern Front. She features the charging knight emblem. I added the log mounted on the sides, painted the cannon barrel a dark brown and added Fruil Model tracks. She looks as good as any Tiger I on the market.

Bill Morrison

 

Yeah it's not the kit it's the modeler! A little TLC will work wonders. I think we get caught up on having the latest greatest kits too often.

She's looking sharp Mike!

Gamera,

I couldn't agree more!

Bill Morrison

The Italeri Tigers are perfectly fine kits. Yeah, they can use a touch of help here & there, but they look just as good once completed side by side with all the high end kits. I did the Italeri initial Tiger in Africa markings years ago for our AMPS GB at the Nationals and it looked as good as the rest of 'em: Dragon, Tamiya, etc.

Very nice job on yours Mike. Interesting that it has all the sub variants parts in in WoT boxing. If I can find one for a bargain price, I could build the "hybrid" Tiger of an early turret on a late hull that appeared late in the war, probably a salvage of two damaged tanks.

Gamera

 

 

warshipguy

I love how well this Tiger turned out! I used the Italeri mid-prduction kit to build Tiger  300 of s. Panzer Abteilung 505 on the Eastern Front. She features the charging knight emblem. I added the log mounted on the sides, painted the cannon barrel a dark brown and added Fruil Model tracks. She looks as good as any Tiger I on the market.

Bill Morrison

 

 

 

 

Yeah it's not the kit it's the modeler! A little TLC will work wonders. I think we get caught up on having the latest greatest kits too often.

She's looking sharp Mike!

 

I do love the newer kits that have been released, but they don't give me much opportunity to do much scratch building, and I do enjoy that part very much.

I've got Takom, Panda, and AFV kits in the stash and they're just a straight build and paint lol. Excellent details already. I think that's why I keep looking for the outdated kits to snatch up.

This Italleri kit is just good as it is. I don't think I did anything special to it lol.

stikpusher

The Italeri Tigers are perfectly fine kits. Yeah, they can use a touch of help here & there, but they look just as good once completed side by side with all the high end kits. I did the Italeri initial Tiger in Africa markings years ago for our AMPS GB at the Nationals and it looked as good as the rest of 'em: Dragon, Tamiya, etc.

Very nice job on yours Mike. Interesting that it has all the sub variants parts in in WoT boxing. If I can find one for a bargain price, I could build the "hybrid" Tiger of an early turret on a late hull that appeared late in the war, probably a salvage of two damaged tanks.

 

Do it. 

Finally completed! Yes!

Happy to have this one finished after soooooo long lol!

Good looking finish Mike.  Looks like you have something of a "hybrid" Tiger yourself. Late model (mostly) hull, plus an early/mid model turret... most unique  and personalized 

You've put another kit on my radar...