Trekkie John's King Tiger (Tamiya 1/35)

[Guest]

Looking good john. I'm going to keep an eye out for those meng tracks.

They are great tracks Colin, but in the pack i got there was just enough pins to do one side. Hopefully it was just a mistake in my box, and if you're fitting them to the Tamiya KT all you need to do is thin the inside faces of the drive sprocket a little bit and they fit lovely. Meng also provide the torsion bars too. But trust me, they don't fit Tamiya King Tiger i tried

And the 0.8mm & 1.mm round styrene strip has turned up today so i can now get the other side finished.

Have fun, John

[monica]

very nice John,do like your zim,turned out well,

[Guest]

Smooth work John.

[Guest]

So over the weekend i thought it was time to get some paint on the beast, first the primer. Then some mottling, got the idea from Scale-a-ton on Youtube but he builds aircraft (and good at it too). Thought i'd give it a try on some armour.
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Then it was onto dark yellow, and red brown for the camo...........
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Looked at it this morning and didn't like how it turned out, the red brown was way over the top. Thinking i was going to start from scratch i thought i'd load the airbrush with some dark yellow first and see if i could tone it down a little, glad i did........
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Started doing the detail work, decals on later. Then the fun starts, weathering.

Have fun, John

[Guest]

Looking good so far

[monica]

liking the look so far

[Guest]

Thought i'd give you a sneak peek at the tracks, was a right pain in the you know what. Only because i did the track weathering before i fitted them so everywhere was tight lol. I do have photos of how i got to this stage but they're not on the computer yet.

And as you can see i had a re-think of the damage/rusty side skirts, looks loads better me thinks.......

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Have fun, John

[Guest]

Hi all, now that the photos are on me computer i can post. Started with a red/brown mix, thought i'd give some "Rub'n Buff" a try for the tracks where they contact the steel wheels. Turned out well so did the wheels too. But as you can see, i lost most of the Rub'n Buff under the weathering (we know it's there lol). So while the mud mix was out i did the lower hull, waited that to dry and mixed up some Pledge floor polish with a little Vallejo black & brown for the wet look on the mud. Think i went over the top with the black though hehehe!

Some mud on the wheels, then it was time to bring it all together.



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Have fun, John

[Mr Bowcat]

That's coming along a treat John.

[col68]

Nice work John.

[papa 695]

Just caught up on this one John, some cracking work, coming along very nicely.

[monica]

looking good

[Guest]

Work is a little slow with christmas around the corner but i got a coat of matt on and a little dusting. Then went mad on oil staining, think it turned out okay. I am running into a problem though, space and the lack of it. I have sorted some figures out but not the ones i wanted with this build. But i think you'll like them when i'm done painting.

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Have fun, John

[papa 695]

Great work John

[Mr Bowcat]

Looking good John.