Shar2 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Thought I'd start the year with a nice big tank, so got going on the newish Academy King Tiger. I'll be using the Eduard etched sets I reviewed HERE and an RB turned barrel, which will require some modification to the kits barrel assembly to fit, but it will be worth it. BTW, if you have this kit pay special attention to the construction of the wheels the rim, inner and outer hubs are all separate and there are specific differences in which rim is assembled with which. I've had to unstick a few and swap the hubs around as I wasn't paying attention. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Looks good so far Is it my imagination, or are there a couple of sink marks on those forward hatches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Ayrey Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Looks great so far, thanks for the heads up about the wheels as I pulled this out the stash last week to build, but not started yet. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz! Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 AH HA i got this kit for crimbo, so this has my attention. regards oz!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Mike, you're right, they are so shallow that I'd missed them. The angle of the photo seems to exaggerated them. Will give them a smear of filler before priming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mac Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Looking good so far, that barrel looks beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Chop Chop Come on then buddy a big Tigger my fav series of tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Mike, you're right, they are so shallow that I'd missed them. The angle of the photo seems to exaggerated them. Will give them a smear of filler before priming. Photos always do. Doesn't look serious though, as you say. How do you rate it so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 I think Academy have made it overly complex, particularly with the wheels and torsion arms. If they were going to do it with and interior, which by the complex machine guns and 88 breech, they were going to it would have been fine. But since it hasn't there is a lot of detail lost, as there isn't enough to justify having the hatches open. Shame really. That said the fit has been excellent so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim B Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Nice! I just started a dragon one today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Looking forward to seeing this. The barrel looks to be a big improvement on the kits Regards Crossy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Looking good so far Dave. Looking forward to seeing more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 nice start... as i am working through German armour I am sure I will look for a King Tiger sooner or late so will watch this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 Due to a blooming migraine I didn't get half of what I wanted to do this afternoon, but eventually managed to get some of the PE done, particularly the fenders. I still have quite a lot to do on them, but I'm getting there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I still wonder why it's called the Kingstiger. The hull is clearly based on the Panther tank and looks at all not like the Tiger. It should have been the "Kingpanther" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Have you already painted under the PE mesh, as it's going to be a pain trying to get to paint underneath it now its fixed.That is 'if' it's fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 The large triangular mesh is only clipped on and others just tacked so it'll be fine, fortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz! Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I still wonder why it's called the Kingstiger. The hull is clearly based on the Panther tank and looks at all not like the Tiger. It should have been the "Kingpanther" often thought that myself' the Germans named it tiger b or the Bengal tiger! the allies named it king tiger which to me seems wrong. thats comming on very nicley now' shar2. regards oz!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 often thought that myself' the Germans named it tiger b or the Bengal tiger! the allies named it king tiger which to me seems wrong. thats comming on very nicley now' shar2. regards oz!. It was a mistranslation of the German name. In German a Bengal tiger is 'Königstiger'. 'König', by itself in German, translates as 'King'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt182 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Nice work so far, particularly on the front fenders and side skirts. Was there a problem with the fit of the plate for the driver / RO's hatches? Interesting that they took the same route as Trumpeter did with the wheels. I can see the why Trumpy did it in 1/16th scale but it seems a little overkill in 1/35! Must say, good call using an AM barrel. The kit one looks pretty chunky and possibly too short. I believe this kit comes with transport tracks? If so, can you tell me if the drive sprocket has 18 or 9 teeth please. I'm tempted to get this kit, looks pretty good. Cheers Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 There wasn't anything wrong with the fit of the front hatch plate, just this idiot fitting it the wrong way round. Never model when overtired. I'll check the sprocket when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Matt, the drive sprocket has 18 teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt182 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Cheers for checking that. Think I may have to order one and get some the late style single link tracks. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to seeing what you make of this. Cheers Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 No new photos yet, but will get posted later today. I have been busy though, adding lots of the smaller details. I've decided that it don't really like the kit link and length tracks, so have ordered a set of friulmodel metal tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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