Academy 1/35 Tiger 1 Early

[PatrickH]

nice paintjob, am saving the pictures as reference for my Tiger heh

[Mr Bowcat]

Thanks Patrick. :smiling3:

I continue to polish this particular turd by painting the exterior. I like the black basing technique for any mono-coloured vehicles. Colour is Afrika Braun.





The tonal variation is less obvious in the pics than in real life.

[Jim R]

Very effective Bob. These kind of subtle effects are often difficult to photograph. The turd is polishing up well.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Jim.

[scottie3158]

Bob,
Looking very good mate I will have to give that effect a go.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Paul.

I like it, particulalry effective on grey aircraft, but I've used it on green and sand AFV's to good effect.

[The Smythe Meister]

Yes, totally agree...
... that does look very good.

[Scratchbuilder]

Stick with it, you are getting there, and we can see the tonal difference - just, but it is there.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers guys.

Got the decal on yesterday (all 7 of them). Like the rest of the kit they were crap. Initially went down fine, but once the solution went on they wrinkled up and wouldn't go back. I used this to my advantage though.

On old AFV's I like to apply chipping and scratches to unit numbers and hull markings to show wear, ususally by going over with the base colour. In this case once the wrinkled decals were dry I went over with a fine sponge sander and removed the wrinkles, and parts of the decals to achieve the same effect. After a gloss coat they look suitably worn. I'll get some pics up once I have started the weathering.

[Mr Bowcat]

Morning all.

Did some weathering.











Got to do the wheels next.

[Guest]

Wheels, the funnest part of a Tiger I

[JayCee]

Coming on a treat, Bob.
John.

[scottie3158]

Bob,
Lovely job.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers guys.

[Mr Bowcat]

Morning All

Not been at the bench much, as the weather throughout June was so nice I spent most of my time on outdoor projects.

Did a little bit this week though and got the tracks together and painted.



These are going to have a light weathering before installation, then a bit more weathering to tie them into the wheels.