Mozzy19 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 After finishing my U-Boat earlier this week, I decided to build another German monster. This one belongs on the land though. The build has been pretty straightforward so far although there has been a few misnumbered parts and the instructions are vague in areas. The most difficult part of the build has just been finding the correct piece on the sprues. There’s so many parts that look similar that are on different sprues it’s making me a little cross eyed So far my first Dragon kit is going fairly well and pointers on any foibles the kit may throw at me will be greatly appreciated. Sean 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 Assembly of the turret is complete and the rear plate is also complete apart from the jack which will be added after painting. I’ve added the necessary pieces to the inside of the upper hull and then joined the lower and upper hulls together. Usually I’d prefer to leave them apart until later to make fitting the tracks easier, but with the way the lower hull is designed it makes no difference here. More soon, Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted April 6, 2019 Author Share Posted April 6, 2019 Most of the bits and pieces are on now and the base coat of Dunkelgelb has been applied. I discovered that I hate photo-etch when I attempted to assemble one of the tool clamps . All you guys who have mastered the art have my utmost respect . Sean 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue705 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Coming along nicely Mozzy 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 Turret camo, has been completed. Not 100% accurate but good enough for me Sean 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Nevada Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Looks great! I love a king tiger👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 It’s certainly a beast compared to a Sherman or Churchill. Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 The nice weather recently meant that work on the KT took a break. With it being back to normal today (raining ), I’ve managed to complete one track run and get started on the other. These took all afternoon so that my sanity and vision remained intact. Work shall continue tomorrow. Sean 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Sokko Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Looks like an impressive model. Great work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 Both tracks are now complete. They make an already imposing tank even more imposing. Sean 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 Fitted the track fenders last night and applied 3 coats of thinned Revell Aqua Olivgrün. It needs another coat and then I’ll move onto the brown and then detail painting . Sean 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashlight Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 @Mozzy19 Hi Sean, your King Tiger looks great! Is the camo brush painted? It looks fantastic! Have a nice day Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 32 minutes ago, flashlight said: @Mozzy19 Hi Sean, your King Tiger looks great! Is the camo brush painted? It looks fantastic! Have a nice day Nick Thanks. Yes, the green and brown are brush painted. The tracks and the dunkelgelb base were both painted using Tamiya rattle cans. Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 Camo completed now The brown doesn’t look quite right to me, not enough red in it. But I’m not repainting it now. Sean 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 (edited) Never did a KT yet. Impressive vehicle. Your brown looks proper. It is just that we saw lots of ral 8012 lately. So 8017 seems out of place. But you are doing fine. Edited May 31, 2019 by Soeren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 Nearly there. Just the tow cables and jack to do as well as some tweaks to the weathering and the jobs a good un Sean 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashlight Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Looks very good to me, Sean! I'm looking forward to seeing the beast weathered! Have a nice day Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 Calling this done now. I gave up with the cables because I just couldn’t get them to work. The instructions really really didn’t help with them either. I may build up the jack tomorrow, but I may leave it off as well and say another crew has it and the cables temporarily... I’ll sort out an RFI post tomorrow. Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Mozzy What color is the brown? I like this shade much better than the normal red brown I use. This is more of a chocolate color and looks really good. The KT looks great, one can never have enough King Tigers. Lloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 5 hours ago, BlackMax12 said: Mozzy What color is the brown? I like this shade much better than the normal red brown I use. This is more of a chocolate color and looks really good. The KT looks great, one can never have enough King Tigers. Lloyd Thanks Lloyd. The brown is Revell Aqua 84 Leatherbrown. Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Thanks Sean Lloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Smashing job,the camo looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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