That's coming along nicely,and the figure looks great.

Thanks guys! Figures have become my favorite part. The TC for my Panther turned out well after a lot of work as well. But I had to repaint his face several times. This one was just a wash for the face and a little trickery with the pallette.

There are no washes or dry brushing on this TC's uniform at all. Just three colors (Black Grey on the jacket and hat, Black on the headphones and boots, and Granite coveralls) for the uniform. 

Painting the tank itself will have to wait for next weekend. That will give my primer plenty of time to cure up.

Hey Mike, this KT is coming along very nicely. I hope you get your indy tracks soon and I like the look of the zimmerit. BTW your figure came out great. Good job all around.

Yeah, she's coming along really well! 

And love the commander figure. I'm a decent figure painter but not that good! 

JoeSMG

It's coming along nicely, your just getting to the fun parts.
Your figures came out beautifully

 

Thank you. I've been out of it for a while. I'm priming now, so the fun(er) parts are coming up very soon.

It's coming along nicely, your just getting to the fun parts.
Your figures came out beautifully

Today has been a good day. I've got all of the small bits and assemblies either attached or left off for painting now. I've added a few small omitted details such as the wire for the headlamp, the retaining bolt shafts for the jack, and an antannae. Not much scratch building going on with this build because i don't have access to all of my supplies yet.

I trimmed the front and rear mud guards because i really want to show off the tracks later... and I glued the hull halves together so I wouldnt be able to properly add them later without a ton of problems anyways. Besides, I like the fenderless look on these monsters.

so, again I give you lousy phone pictures to view, but its better than nothing.

1/35 Tamiya King Tiger (Porsche) by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

1/35 Tamiya King Tiger (Porsche) by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

1/35 Tamiya King Tiger (Porsche) by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

1/35 Tamiya King Tiger (Porsche) by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

1/35 Tamiya King Tiger (Porsche) by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

1/35 Tamiya King Tiger (Porsche) by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

It's prime time, baby!

Rob Gronovius

Yes, you are likely correct. I usually omitted the figures when I was younger. As an adult, I hastily put them together and let my boys play with them like green army men.

I actually enjoy building much more than painting.

 

I understand. Some of the processes we use are not as enjoyable as others. I don't know what clicked for me, but eventually I found that I love how figures give you a feel of scale as a small human reference you can relate to. Now it's one of my favorite steps to do. I can't really explain it.

However, todays progress was good enough for now. I painted the inside of all of these dang road wheels with German Armor Brown for deep shadows later. There's nothing worse then being able to see spots I've missed between the road wheels later after I think I've got them all covered so I did this before assembly and sanding. I super glued some paper in the hull under the engine vents so they're not just gaping holes into the interior of the model. I should've found something black, but white is all I have access to right now so I drown the engine deck in thinned black paint for later. Hopefully the thin paint will soak into the paper and spread around some.

1/35 Tamiya King Tiger by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

1/35 Tamiya King Tiger by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

These deck screens were not too difficult to do except for the rounded parts around the turret circumference. Scisors and an exacto blade just kept pushing the screen around so I couldn't get it precise. I had to trim after I glued it and sand it down from there. I also sprayed those with the German Armor Brown to see how bad they are and they didnt turn out as bad as they first looked.

1/35 Tamiya King Tiger by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

The tracks responded very well to super glue and I'll keep them on there temporarily until I can replace them with indy links later. I can see why the fenders are important if you have the rubber band tracks on. These looks terrible lol.

1/35 Tamiya King Tiger by Mike Brindos, on Flickr

So that's enough for today. So now that all of the hard stuff is done it's just a matter of adding the rest of the little bits and then it's prime time.

Thanks for tagging along!

Yes, you are likely correct. I usually omitted the figures when I was younger. As an adult, I hastily put them together and let my boys play with them like green army men.

I actually enjoy building much more than painting.

Thanks, Rob.

I'm a bit rusty right now. But I'll get back into practice. 

I've noted that, with myself, that if I'm not really invested in what I'm doing, I'm usually not that good at it. Perhaps it just doesn't interest you? 

He looks good. I wish I was better at figure painting.