Fritz and Chips, Academy Tiger

[Centurion3RTR]

Hi all, this is the Academy 1/35 Tiger. Was a joy to build with nothing to go wrong, i added the PE grills from the Italeri Tiger (have plans for the Italeri so didn't need them). The painting on the was a frist as i used Winsor & Newton masking fluid for the paint chips, i pre-rusted the model and used a old sponge for the fluid. Didn't use the tracks from the kit because they was the late tracks so, i got individual links from Academy for £4. Well, i'll shut up and let you have a look lol.

Have fun, John

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[Guest]

Ummmm......

Wow..........

I can't really be more specific than that I'm afraid!

What did you use for the brass? Looks really good. and is that the Academy loading set?

Stuart

[Centurion3RTR]

Thanks Stuart, i've run out of brass so i used gold mixed with a little green. The figures are a mix, the tank crew is Academy and the two loading is from Tamiya. In the Tamiya set you get a lot of ammo box's and two cats lol.

Have fun, John

[spanner570]

John, I've been waiting to see this since you dropped a hint in my G.B. thread, and here it is....

What a cracker, really nice composition with superb painting and weathering.

The damage to the skirts ect, is just brilliant.

I use the Academy track links and find them easy to use, did you?

When we both joined S.M.,moons ago, do you remember the diorama I did with the Tiger, the full Tamiya loading crew and the Opel Blitz truck..I had one of the cats stood on the hull of the tank, so there!!!

Seriously mate, this is one 5* effort. Very well done.

Keep having fun,

Ron

[Guest]

Love it John , quality build mate , all the little details look fantastic , very nice base also , very effective little dio .

Big 5 stars from me.

Richy

[geegad]

What a quality build so much to look at you've got to be proud of this bud if I did it I sure know I would be

You've got the figures posture real good I find sometimes mine look a little stiff

love the detail in the tank the chipping and the weathering is second to none Well done John on a top job.....and the base is top what's it made out of

John

[Centurion3RTR]

Thanks for the five* lads, very much appreciated. You know, i love this forum. I've learnt a lot from you guys and this is what happens when i listen, take my time and most of all, have fun.

Ron, them Academy track links are brilliant and very nice to work with mate. Yes mate i can remember your Tiger build and the cat lol, i was going to have one in this too but thought i'd leave it. There is so much to see in this build i didn't want a cute kitty to take ya eye of it lol

A few photos of the build. The photo etch from the Italeri Tiger is spot on so i just had to use it on this

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All in red oxide then i went mad, but there was method in the madness. With airbrush in hand and a light rust colour loaded i made a start, i then mixed up an iron colour and made a bigger mess. Then sponged on masking fluid, at this point i was scared so made sure the fluid came of the red oxide primer.

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And it did, and this is what it looked like before all the weathering

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Have fun, John

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[Centurion3RTR]

What a quality build so much to look at you've got to be proud of this bud if I did it I sure know I would be You've got the figures posture real good I find sometimes mine look a little stiff

love the detail in the tank the chipping and the weathering is second to none Well done John on a top job.....and the base is top what's it made out of

John

Even the missis is proud of this one, infact it's made it downstairs in pride of place. The base John is made up of a polystyrene block and filler, a coat of 50/50 PVA and water so the paint with stay where you want it lol. And a lot of dry brushing.

Have fun, John

[Guest]

John great looking build,really nice details and weathering. I like the box of taters, nice touch lol!

[Centurion3RTR]

John great looking build,really nice details and weathering. I like the box of taters, nice touch lol!

Thanks Trey, i forgot about them lol. When i fitted the tools i bent one so i got busy with the milliput and made some rags to hide the mistake. Had enough to make two rags, a rolled up flag and something to fill one of the ammo box's. 1/35 scale milliput potatoes, just roll between fingers but they don't fry to good.

Have fun, John

[Gern]

What a cracker! *****

Gern

[Guest]

Lovely Tiger and a great diorama setting. It shows clearly just how effective paint chipping effects can be and how they can transform a plastic surface into what you would really believe to be a large lump of well worn metal. I can't believe it is only 1/35th when I look at it closely!

[papa 695]

5 stars from me i can only dream of making a model look that good

[Guest]

Wow! That is really superb!

The weathering is absolutely spot on.

I just hope I can produce a dio as good as that one day!

5 stars from me.

[Ian M]

That is one beaut of a Tiger. Very nice indeed.

Paint and effects are really well carried out.

The spuds on the back might not be good chips, but I bet they would be great Baked potatos after a couple of hours onto of the engine! lol

Five well deserved stars from me to.

Ian M