Bowcat's King Tiger with Henschel turret, Meng 1/35

[Guest]

Patrick, would the Revell aqua colour thinner be ok, i think they sell that?

No that wouldn't work with oil paints. This is what I use, it's about £6-7 from Hobbycraft.
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Works a treat & isn't smelly!

[Guest]

interested to see if your kit has the problem with the suspension arms /wheel alignment that most have come across. i.e. not square to the tank

Steve, I can't think of a tank I've built that doesn't have the same problem! No matter how carefully I've assembled the suspension.

[Guest]

Looks like it's going to be a fun build Bob, i might have to get one for my stash (to go with Tamiya, Dragon and Academy tiggers lol).

Have fun, John

[Mr Bowcat]

No that wouldn't work with oil paints. This is what I use, it's about £6-7 from Hobbycraft.
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Works a treat & isn't smelly!

Perfect, cheers Patrick.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers John, it's been enjoyable so far.

[Steve Brodie]

Steve, it does. The wheels toe in, I'm planning on adding some weight to force the suspension arms to flex up. It's a shame as the fit of the rest of the parts is fantastic.

Isnt that strange, you would have thought they would have spotted that on test kits before putting it into production. Some people removed the locating lugs and glued the arms on by sight and glued the wheels on. shouldnt have to though. Still gonna get me one of these kits though for £30 its a steal

[Mr Bowcat]

I did have a plan of putting a spacer inside the hull to kick out the top of the part that the suspension arms fit into, but it wasn't really practical.

[Mr Bowcat]

Got the top hull finished, which took an age. So many small parts.

Not to impressed with the PE forming tool, ended up rolling the edges with a toothpick.

Finished off by priming and pre-shading.

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[Mr Bowcat]

Finally got primary construction finished tonight, just a few bits to be added. This build has taken longer than i expected, mainly due to the large parts count, but the kit has gone together beautifully.

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[col68]

Looking good Bob

[Mr Bowcat]

Did I say I had a "few" bits to add?!

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[Mr Bowcat]

I had a rare day off today so finished off the wheels with a bit of a pin wash and painting the edges steel. I also got some powder on the hull for mud, this is going to have some wet mud added when dry.

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[Snowman]

Lets get muddy!!o_O

Looking great!

[Guest]

Looking good Bob, keep up the good work

[col68]

Coming along nicely Bob