Lee Drennen’s 1/48 Tamiya Tiger I Early Production

[Lee Drennen]

Applied the decals. I’m not happy with the paint I think it’s to light they don’t make my go paint anymore so I’ll be switching up on my next German Gray project.

[KarlW]

Looks grand, most people tend to go too dark.

[Steve Jones]

Sunbleached in the hot Russian summer. Sounds good to me :thumb2:

[Lee Drennen]

KarlW. Thanks for the Yes you are right the colors do change as you weather and wash that’s why I didn’t go darker

Steve. Thanks for the complement and stopping by. Glad you said that I was thinking the same thing being I Built it after the Russian Summer of 1943 so I’m calling it bleached

[Guest]

I also wonder what size nozzle he's using?

Bigger than the tan or black I normally put in my Aztek, it looks like. Maybe we should ask @Paintguy, he might know?

[Lee Drennen]

Jakko. Thanks for stopping by and the useful information

[Guest]

Maybe we should ask @Paintguy, he might know?

Looks more like a paraffin spray gun, normally used for cleaning and degreasing, but I've seen them used to apply thick underbody coatings / waxoil / schutz etc, so would probably work on the kind of thick paint used on a tank, if you just wanted to hose it on without worrying about the finish.

[Lee Drennen]

Added the tow cables and sledge hammer and the rest of the decals and a little more weathering. Next is to paint Tools the handles

[boatman]

HI LEE its lookin really good this tiger what a monster of a tank i just love the design of this tiger a lot better than the king tiger i think
chris

[Lee Drennen]

Chris. Thanks it’s almost done I like the Tiger as well after building this one this was a great learning curve

[JR]

That my friend is top notch, think the colour looks pretty good to me.
Tracks also, nice that it's not overdone. Glad you can beat those plastic tracks , I just can't get on with them .

[Lee Drennen]

John. Thanks for the complement after I got started with the tracks it was kinda fun putting them together. It’s almost done

[Mini Me]

Late to this one Lee, but really looks nice for your first attempt. You didn't mention the antenna so thought I would just in case you forgot it. Easy to do when one is not used to building armor. By the way, that shade of gray is just about right for that scale model. As was stated earlier, most folks tend to get it a little too dark. Rick H.:thumb2:

[Lee Drennen]

Rick. Thanks for stopping by and the complement still have to put more details on if you would have read and this isn’t my first armor and antennas are very annoying to me

[Jim R]

Hi Lee
All looking fine. Tracks have come out nicely. I am a believer in scale colour, most models look "better" with a slightly lightened base coat. All sorts of scientific reasons which I don't understand but I think it just looks nicer. Your grey looks spot on in the photos.
Jim