HL-10 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) This is my Tiger I as it would have first seen action in North Africa. Tamiya's kit is up to their usual standards, even the vinyl tubing for the air filters feature the weave texture of the material the real things were made from. I roughed up the surface texture with a dental burr and used a Pyrograph to define the weld seems and give the edge of the armour plate a torch cut look. I added a few bits of etched chain on the airfilters, and etched latches replaced the plastic ones on the storage bin. I also replaced the plastic tow cables with picture wire and that was about it. When reading up about early Tigers, I found out that the rubber rims on the road wheels had a nasty habit of shredding away so I clamped one wheel in my electric drill and useing a chisel blade in my knife, I paired it down to make it look like a dammaged wheel. I left off one of the exhaust shrouds as they were very prone to dammage and fell off or were taken off by the crew. The commander is from the kit, the guy in the loader's hatch is from Tamiya's Afrika Korps Kubelwagen. I painted the tank with Tamiya's acrylics and used Humbrol enamels on the figures. Washes and chipping using Panzer Grey was applied to weather the tank. I also used Mig pigments in the process. Thanks for looking. Edited October 16, 2012 by HL-10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Nice one...straight from Kasserine Pass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey58 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Fantastic job there-lovely weathering,very skilfully done. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Lovely good kit isn 't it however just looked at yours then mine sighed and put my one somewhere it can't be seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 Lovely good kit isn 't it however just looked at yours then mine sighed and put my one somewhere it can't be seen Daz, your model is a very good one too! I have a differen't style of modelling to you, thats why they don't look the same, nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) Very nice model HL-10 great to see two of the same built here, as you say there both good in there own right . 'On another note', the first Tigers in Tunisia were in a green colour, but were soon changed to the sand colour you have there. Very nice figures too Edited October 17, 2012 by foxy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Cracking build, love the chipping, are they the kit tracks? And how did you paint them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 Cracking build, love the chipping, are they the kit tracks? And how did you paint them? They are the kit's tracks. I used Humbrol enamels to paint the base colour, and I weathered them using Mig pigments using Tamiya's acrylic thinners to fix the pigment in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I'm always saying that texture plays a huge part in making a model look realistic. You have just proved my point for me. Look at that exhaust. The burned rust colour is excellent, but what what sets this apart is the rough texture of the part. It really looks as though it has spent a lot of time at a very high temperature. Superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Very Nice, I like your weathering ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Here she is in the real. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 great work... really nice finish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagoneer Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Ha! The real one looks more like a model than the model one! Great execution, I like your weathering too, very realistic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Very nice indeed! Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngloSaxon Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 This was the first model I built when I got back into modelling and I must say, I wish it was half as good as yours Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonka402 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 nice build, one of the first tanks i ever built was a matchbox tiger tank just love em. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy1drop Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Excellent, I like the weathering and chipping on the kit . Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Wow! Beautifully finished and a great eye for the little details that make a good model great! Regards Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhouse Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Very,very nice looking Tiger !! Great Job !! Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayh Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 (edited) Very nice build looking at the picture of the real one you got the tracks spot on Edited November 2, 2012 by grayh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjb2562 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Great job on this big cat, chipping is really effective. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 HL-10. IMPRESSIVELY STUNNING Build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Great work Really nice finish and attention to detail. Karen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoss Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Wow...nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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