Dragon Tiger 1 Initial Production.

[Guest]

John, you got an awesome kit mate. Are you going to use the split storage bins? I came across split binned #100 in my research and it is a really appealing tiger. Lucky to receive such a nice gift.

Yup, the kit comes with two options of bins, and #100 is the one I'm going to model it on. It's going to be an excellent blank canvas to try out oil rendering on.

[Steve Brodie]

Well, this bad-boy appeared under the tree this year, and I've been itching to get my hands on it.
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It's a beauty, and no mistake, but not the kit that has been reviewed in a few esteemed places. Apparently, Dragon have a habit of releasing kits, getting them reviewed, then a while later, changing the contents of the box - in this case, quite radically! Gone is the aluminium barrel, the bucket, the solid brass ammunition, the brass smoke launchers, the metal shackles, most of the etch, the Magic Tracks (thank god for that!) and the (apparently superior) one piece turret! Naughty boys, if you ask me, but having said all this, it's still a beautiful kit and it was a Present, so I'm ok with this, but forewarned for next time.

Your'e not the only one -

[Steve Brodie]

One of my daughters bought me Michael Rinaldi's "TankArt", a wonderful book covering painting and weathering, in particular, oil paint rendering, which I am going to apply to this tank. The book is part of a series of 4, but they all seem to be out of print, which is odd and frustrating, as they are absolutely superb.

They are on amazon.com and amazon uk, though on amazon uk one book is going for over £900 (new !) what the f


This is also a great book for painting and weathering;


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Painting-guide-Jose-Luis-Lopez/dp/2352503876/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1451557324&sr=8-1&keywords=painting+guide+for+afv

[grumpa]

I've got my eye on this one John....................Jim

[Guest]

This year I started a Tiger I....but never finished it....


So I will be very interested to follow your build

[Guest]

They are on amazon.com and amazon uk, though on amazon uk one book is going for over £900 (new !) what the f
This is also a great book for painting and weathering;


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Painting-guide-Jose-Luis-Lopez/dp/2352503876/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1451557324&sr=8-1&keywords=painting+guide+for+afv

It's nuts, self written, designed and published, this is a wonderful book, vol 2 was the last available, and my copy was a thumbed copy that Phoebe persuaded the shop to part with!! This is part of the reason I've just spent most of the day driving her back to London, 4 hours on the A12 I'll never get back...


Anybody remotely interested in painting armour should swap their left leg for one of these, I'm,gonna hunt the German armour one down, my mission for next year!

[Guest]

I've got my eye on this one John....................Jim

No pressure then!

[Guest]

Oh joy! Free time, time for some turret action...










Beginning to look like a Tiger now!

[takeslousyphotos]

This is looking the part now John......... Super job.

[flyjoe180]

That's looking good so far John.

[Guest]

All primed up and ready for painting and weathering. Note the primed milk bottle, I'm gonna try out some paint techniques on it - mostly inspired by the Michael Rinaldi's book, and Grumpa's 'dozer thread!

[Guest]

Does that kit not come with engine grilles John?

[Robert1968]

Looking nice ( lots of detail ) looking forward to see west you do with the camo???


Robert

[Guest]

Does that kit not come with engine grilles John?

Nope! And to be honest, I can't find any that are guaranteed to fit, and as everything is online, I can't see what I'm buying, very frustrating. I've googled and searched everywhere for engine grilles for the Initial production tiger and come up with a blank! If I thought the engine and fan compartments were common to all models, I'd take a punt, but I don't know. Also, I'm not even sure the initial release had them - they certainly didn't have a lot of the stuff that subsequent versions had! Happy to be informed on this!

[Guest]

Looking nice ( lots of detail ) looking forward to see west you do with the camo???
Robert

Well, it's going to be grey, #100, but I intend to make it pretty filthy, from almost all of the photos I've seen of early tigers in action, they looked plastered in Eartha Kitt, caked on the wheels and liberally spread over most of the hull! I'm stocking up on many new pigments, and am willing to be a bit daring with the rendering. Nothing ventured, nothing gained eh?