1:35 Italeri Tiger I Ausf. E

[Guest]

Started this a few days ago. I soooo prefer building this scale compared to 1:72! At least I can grab whole parts with my fingers!

Ok, so last time I painted everything first before glueing.... didnt really like that. Got quite messy with the glue attacking the paint! So glued on the wheels and tracks to the hull. Left the outer wheels off for now. Will fix them later. It took almost 4 hours to do two sets of tracks... pernickity but once on they look better in the flesh.

Wont be assembling the hull fully until I have painted the engine in black/browns and engine bay in red oxide.

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[geegad]

hello bud'looking forward to seein this come along its got to b the all time favourite tanks the tiger

haven't built a italeri kit before what are all the parts like..........? and so far do they all fit together well..........?

many thanks geegad

[Guest]

Hi mate i like your progress so far i'll be keeping my eye on this as i have one in my stash.

scott

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The slight gap that can be seen on the left side between the lower hull side and front panel in the 2nd pic, I was planning to try some modeller putty/resin. Is there anything you could recommend?

[Centurion3RTR]

Hi Hammer, i started this kit on Monday and threw it back in the box, i thought it wasn't up to much so going to build it as a fun build. I'm doing the Academy Tigger instead, can't wait to see what you can do with this Italeri one.

Have fun, John

[Guest]

Interesting John... what did you not like about it? For me its a learning build for first 1:35 model to tackle.

Thanks

[Centurion3RTR]

Unfortunately for me the model is not very accurate, but as you say it's helping you learn. I didn't like how they've gone about the front hull, i build it up and didn't fit to the rest lol.

Have fun, John

[Guest]

Yeah I am finding the parts go together ok. At the seams, I may need to use putty to fill in the gaps. Another first for me but will be good to see how it pans out. Here are a few more images of where I am so far. Painted the engine, just to get in some practise with paints, pigments and varnishes. Once this model is complete, the engine will be locked away, never to be seen again, so I will taking as many pictures as I can of it. I will be applying primer once I get the side skirts on. I painted the engine bay in an off red colour. Standard colour of the red primer I use.

[geegad]

Looking good hammer the detail is good on this model I'm impressed with Italeri I usually stick to dragon but thanks to u I might have a try with them

Keep up the good work

Geegad

John

[Guest]

Italeri Tiger...

Hi,

Not built an Italeri kit for ages, their not bad value for money, but I find you need to work a lot harder, dealing with things that don't go together quite right and sometimes bad flashing.Try using water based Tippex for filling in small gaps and joints, it just runs in. Also useful for filling in eject marks. When it's really dry just rub it down with some very fine paper.

What we need is a section for Hints and Tips, or do we have one??

Attached a couple of shots of my latest build the Tamiya Wespe, with Tipex filler, etc.

Hope it helps,

Regards

Mel.

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This Saturday evening I bring you the latest with this model. Been over a week since the last post... I was away holidaying in sunny Cornwall! Got back today and couldn't wait to get my hands on this as I still managed to read the Armorama forum. Today I finished off gluing the spare tracks to the turret, primed the turret (primed the hull before I left for holiday), fitted the photo etched metal exhaust heat shields, painted the tank tracks with Tamiya NATO Black and tried a bit of preshading. Also 'primed' the outer wheels with the remainder of paint I had left over in the airbrush.

I have to say the PE Heat shields were a right pain in the butt to fix to the rear of the tank. Tried both model cement and super glue. Got there in the end with super glue, but had to hold it in place with my fingers for almost 30 minutes. I've added a bullet hole to one of the PE heat shields by using a small drill bit.

The areas I have preshaded, I hope to add a bit of depth to the initial paint scheme and also add some grains of sea salt to some of the black areas. The plan is, once the camo colours are applied, pick the grains of salt off to create a chipped paint effect. Will this work? I don't know! But worth a try anyway. Below are the latest images.

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Well not much more to report in that I have sprayed a base coat of Tamiya dark yellow.... Next will be the camo scheme.....

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Got up a wee bit early before I go off and see Kings of Leon. Added the first part of the camo scheme. Tamiya Dark Green. It could probably do with a touch up. I plan to take the turret off so I can continue the green spray up to the the turret mount on the hull. I actually quite like the green only.... I am not sure if spraying red brown would be over kill....

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Quick update from the mobile.... having camera problems. Camo scheme applied more or less. Need to add the cables and paint the MG42 on top.

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[geegad]

Looking good hammer Shame can't see it that well with the phone but from what I can see it's looks a cracker hammerJohn