1/72 Hasegawa Pz. Kpfw VI Tiger I ausf.E

[monica]

looking good Joe,

[Guest]

Gone over to the dark side! LOL!


I love the german armour! I've various tanks to do in the loft.


The nice thing, about an early Tiger I, is not having to worry about Zimmerit.


Any road up! This is turning into a nice build.


Enjoy!


D.

[flyjoe180]

Think I had some success with pre-shading for once. It's all falling into place nicely. Touch wood.

[Guest]

Just caught up with this one Joe,looking sharp!

[eddiesolo]

Another one I missed, sorry Joe.


A nice Tiger mate, looks very nice, great paintjob so far.


Si

[flyjoe180]

Base coat final:


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Red brown camouflage airbrushed on. I mucked it up a bit and had to repeat the sand yellow to blend it in:


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Turret and gun:


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Now on to painting the tools and other bits, add some chipping and scratches. Then I'll give it a gloss and wash with a rust/oil effect and see how I get on. This is all experimental but still having a lot of fun with it. Bit lethargic about painting the road wheels but once my other projects are cleared I'll get into it.

[Wong Ryan]

Nice ... with the chips and scratches later, it will just be great. watching this ...

[aaron]

Good job with the camo Joe, I never get a paint job done the first time lol.

[monica]

looking good ,Joe do like the camo you have picked,and im with Aaron,never get it right in my eyes first off


nice will look forward to seeing whats next update,

[eddiesolo]

Nice work Joe, looks great.


Si

[Guest]

Looking good Joe, sounds like this will not be your First & Last AFV build.... .


John.

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Joe, sounds like this will not be your First & Last AFV build.... .

Enjoying ti so far so probably will experiment with some other vehicles too. Thanks for the comments chaps and chappette

[flyjoe180]

The gloss coat darkened the colours as planned, so that worked out thank goodness. Decals applied (not many for a nice change):


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[flyjoe180]

Another gloss coat then waited 24 hours. Then the fun part, oil washes. Never covered a model in the stuff before as aircraft normally don't require covering in grime and rust, so this was a first for me. Rather happy with the result, it really brings out shadows and panel lines. Also very satisfying covering the thing in wash and then cleaning it up to expose those gaps and lines.


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Turret brought to life a bit more:


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[flyjoe180]

I washed the tracks in dark grey and then once that was dry, a rust wash. Then dry brushed the tracks where they would contact the ground:


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