Marklo

Started on the Italeri Tiger I. Really odd engineering. This much of the hill is eleven parts the turret three but with a weird splitting between the sides and the top. I can inly guess it was made that way to facilitate kitting different models. More progress on VK4501. Mostly smooth but I will use my blue stuff to copy the various ports and greeblies from the other kits.

Started on the turret. Foam board sections that I’ll cover in .5mm styrene. Mudguards I had a sheet of chequer plate styrene so I decided to use that, not sure if it’s to scalene correct but I like the look. More progress on the hull. Next steps, work on the turret, find a suitable gun, resin copy the suspension parts from the Elefant and the tracks from either the Elegant or VK4052.

Thanks guys. The ankle is pretty debilitating but the result of the heart attack is that I’ve changed my diet, lost a lot of weight and I feel a lot better than I have in a long time.

Done, while accepting your provisos. For me 2024 has been a rolling disaster first a heart attack then a broken ankle, so yes I understand your position.

I’d agree 1/72 is about the same as standing a long way away from the real thing 100ft 200ft not sure. But at whichever distance you’re only going to get a vague idea of chipping and scratches. I mean technically the camo colours should be adjusted for the scale too, but who does. This is the constant modelling dilemma do you model what you can see or what you know is there. I think the distemper and weathering looks spot on btw.

Belated welcome to the GB I do have a good excuse seeing as how I broke my ankle on Saturday 🤪 Looks like a nice kit.

Welcome to the GB. Looks like an interesting kit, the fit reminds me a bit of my Italeri tigers that I’ve started wrestling with today ( some very odd engineering going on there….)

Simple proposal inspired by the above videos. Any car kit civilian or militarised civilian ( eg staff cars etc) any scale. Be an excuse for me to build that Airfix mini I have in the stash. 1. me 2. @Keeff 3.

Side by side with the Italeri Elefant hull the foam board hull covered in .25mm styrene apart from the front panels left to add then I can move on to the suspension, hull detailing and of course the tiger I turret.

Yes. Probably only an hour or two left in it. But I broke my ankle on Saturday and am officially temporarily banned from the bench by SWMBO 🤪 but I have progressed the RF84 to just before filler.

No I don’t think so. But I do like it when the more esoteric ones gain traction. My one fear is that we end up just going spitfires and me109s. IMHO the best proposals take us out of our default modelling area eg anything but injection or the entropy GBs @Corsairfoxfouruncle can I sign you up for a star fighter.

That looks marvellous, nicely restrained weathering

my stupid leg and my hospital pyjamas. 😡 sprockets from the Elephant Blue stuff freshly microwaved Squish on the blue stuff and leave to cook Two part resin. I use a weighing scales to ensure a correct mix. sprocket mold ready for another go Poured about twenty mls of resin Cures in about ten to twenty minutes. resin castings before cleanup. So I’ve done 24 road wheels next I have to do two sets of sprockets.

Ankle is broken…. So in that deepest of ironies I may have lots of time in my hands but not be able to get near the bench ….

That looks amazing. Looking forward to seeing the finished results.

Welcome again

Road wheels. Ready for paint. I’m now thinking primer, silver, red oxide then camo. But, I think I need to divert and make the set of wheels for the fifth chassis. More to follow when I can get around. At least I have some company while I convalesce.

Well I managed to slip and sprain my ankle so may not be modelling at all today, sigh.

Plan for tomorrow. 1. Can of grey primer 2. Can of grey paint (dumbo afaik) 3. Can of dark yellow paint ( warm straw?) 4. More roadwherr er le than you can shake a stick at. 5. Some green stuff bluestuff 6. some two part resin Hopefully ready to build a few chasis by teatime 😀🤪

You know it makes sense. They also have a nice multitool from Monday great for wood working projects….

Fair enough. P for Porsch H for Henschel ? Prototype aircraft designations are so much simpler ( except for Fokker)

Two items of note. It appears SWMBO has to work Saturday, alas, however I am now tentatively thinking of it as Tiger day 😬 Second LIDL are selling rather nice rotary tools ( dremel knockoffs) for €24 complete with an extension and some routing tools, seriously good value.

Welcome Ralph. Great progress.

Meh, same end result….

My kit looks to have the same road wheels as the Ferdinand and I’ll probably copy them for VK4501