Wolwe82 Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Hey guys, i would like to show you my last finished kit. It is the very first armour kit since i came back to the modelling 2 years ago (hell the time flies fast!). One would say it does not matter, planes or tanks.. and bigger scale should be easier to make, right? Well, from my view, there are differences and bigger scales does not mean it ll be easier to make details.. Anyway, the build was a lot of fun to me, so i think soon i ll have a look on the 1/72 tanks in my stash The Tiger II was built for my friend to celebrate his fresh new engineering degree - ordered by his wife to surprise him, so i hope he ll be surprised in good You can find the WIP thread h with aftermarket parts used ere http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234990910-tiger-ii-april-1945-weathering-stage-dragon-135/, but because i had only month for the build (working on it on the few free days during the month), i did not have time to take shots of every little progress there Anyway, part of the gift was some wooden base (supplied by my friend´s wife) - and it was quite huge.. So i decided to build two little grass "isles" on it, with some ammo boxes and other stuff, to fill the empty areas. Now to the tank itself At the beginning we said there wont be any interior (because of the limited time), so everything is closed. Also i did show some camo schemes to my friend´s wife and she chosed the late war scheme as the nicest to her. I did some researching around and like 30 King Tigers were finished in this scheme - sadly i did not find any photo of any of these, so the camouflage is kind of what-if (used Rom1´s E-75 as an inspiration, thanks! ). Everything of the weathering stage (or well, the very most of it) was new to me and i was also experimenting a bit with artistic stuff.. Well, here is the result more to come.. 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted November 10, 2015 Author Share Posted November 10, 2015 (edited) And more shots.. those from aircraft section knows me, i make tons of shots and then i cant decide which one to use.. so i use most of them here.. The water jerry can Thanks a lot guys for taking your time and watching the build I know there are imperfections, caused by both lack of skill and lack of researching of the real subject done. But i believe i did learn a lot by building this KT and i m pretty sure this is not my last AFV subject Have a great day guys Edited November 10, 2015 by Wolwe82 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 excellent work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carius Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Yes, I agree, excellent indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 (edited) You are waaaaayyyyy too modest!! That is a masterclass in tank building and painting/weathering!! As I said in your WIP - Absolutely brilliant!! Superb weathering and detailing as always. Top notch modelling!! And it was done in a short amount of time too. Truly stunning. With some careful photography and the right background it could be mistaken for the real thing. Kind regards, Stix Edited November 10, 2015 by PlaStix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Very nice indeed and great detailing. Love the distressed right hand side track guard/fender 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorLars Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Awesome build, man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 Thanks guys, i m realy happy you like the KT hope i realy learned something and can improve on next AFV build again cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Stunning big cat! The weathering, especially the mud splatters, is really convincing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Superb! The weathering is excellent, especially the mud splatter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 fantastic looking tiger, nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Wow. It's a real beauty. Bravo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Brilliant. Just brilliant. Even the water jerry can looks brilliant. I love all of it. I've seen another Tiger II with the same camouflage scheme, and it surely is the best one used by the Germans. The only thing I DON'T like is the aerial. Can you not beat it up a bit?? lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Agree with all the above comments, I'm not an armour modeller but having seen your build I might give it a go, truly insperational !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 You guys are realy way too kind to me Thanks a lot for your nice words to Badder - to be honest, i was not sure what to do with the aerial - on the old black and white photos you can mostly see just black stripe and i did not have much time to do some deeper research I have already gave the model away, so sadly i can not change anything on it, but for my future builds, could you explain what you mean with "beat it up a bit" ? Like bend it or scratch it? As i said i m not AFV modeller usualy, but i liked the build so i ll probably build more AFV´s in the future, so this could help to my next builds thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 All right, so where are the photos of the model? Just a lot of reference pics of the real thing in some museum somewhere… Superb modelling! And I like the cat. Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 A truly excellent Tiger II, fantastic weathering and finish, it looks superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich G Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Wow, simply wow, the attention to detail and level of work is exceptional indeed! Rich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adt70hk Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 You guys are realy way too kind to me Thanks a lot for your nice words to Badder - to be honest, i was not sure what to do with the aerial - on the old black and white photos you can mostly see just black stripe and i did not have much time to do some deeper research I have already gave the model away, so sadly i can not change anything on it, but for my future builds, could you explain what you mean with "beat it up a bit" ? Like bend it or scratch it? As i said i m not AFV modeller usualy, but i liked the build so i ll probably build more AFV´s in the future, so this could help to my next builds thanks You have got to be kidding!!! It's a fantasctic job!! I keep coming back to this post any am continually amazed at the level of detail, the weathering and pretty much everything to do with it. Thanks for sharing. Andrew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rom1 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 very nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 It looks fantastic but can you change the cat for a tabby (better camo) ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 One word... Super stuff!! Hold on, that's two words.... Thanks very much for sharing with us. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 Once again thanks a lot to all of you, guys I m realy so happy you like the Tiger! It looks fantastic but can you change the cat for a tabby (better camo) ... Haha, i have chosed black cat with white paws/nose, just because i did not know if i could paint other colours good enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stesca Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Excellent work, very, very nice finishing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stashaholic Steve Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Some excellent painting & weathering skills on display there. In terms of technique & finish, I much prefer this to many of the builds featured in some of the recent glossy "how-to" books authored by so-called "master modellers". While being undeniably very talented, these guys all too often weather and rust up their subject to within an inch of its life, and ultimately ruin it (for me anyway) with a completely overdone and unrealistic finish. This on the other hands gets the balance pretty much spot on to my eye. Great job! - Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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