echen Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 @Keeff Here's one I prepared earlier on the Tiger Superthread. (It is toward the end of the page.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 (edited) Thank you @echen ..... I need to work how best to tackle the side as its a gap between the hull and PE zimmerit sheet. I have removed the zimmerit in some areas so the grey/white will work on those. I have the wheels to keep me entertained in the meantime! 🤣 Keith 😁 Edited August 12 by Keeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 Greetings tankfans! Now the summer holidays are done, and after a wobble in commitment to this build, 'normal' life has resumed, I've found time to get this pushed along a bit. So what have I been up to? 🤔 First up, I decided on the markings .... I purchased star decals 'Tigers in France' and am using 3 kompanie, SS Pz. Abt 101 based in Normany in 1944 ... Next, wheels were chipped .... I'd applied chipping fluid before painting them, so a bit of water, a sub and scrape with a cocktail stick gave the wear. Gloss varnish and pinwash resulted in this ..... Drive sprockets had wear added and the teeth given a a bare metal look with a graphite pencil .... The hull has had decals added, tools and tow ropes painted, chipping and an oil dot filter to tone the colours down .... Decals on the turret .... Still work to do on this .... oil dot filters, chipping, pinwash and weathering. I'm happy with the build so far .... Comments welcome as always, so until the next update ..... happy modelling! Keith 😁 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef N. Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Good to see you back at the bench Keith and producing very nice work. 👍👌 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 7 hours ago, Stef N. said: Good to see you back at the bench Keith and producing very nice work. 👍👌 What my learned colleague said! Looking forward to the next update now! Roger 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Very nice work Keith. It's looking very good. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchmirth Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Looking good Keith. Like the weathering so far. Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Hi Keith, Good work so far, there is a very good base to work on. Cheers Francis.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 @Stef N., @Hamden, @Muchmirth, @Bullbasket and @FrancisGL .... Thank you for the kind comments, they're welcome and give encouragement to keep pushing with this! Keith 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjbartos Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 That's looking smashing Keith, I really like the look of those fenders, very nice... Ed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted September 15 Author Share Posted September 15 (edited) Greetings tank fans! After a lull in activity due to real life getting in the way, I've been managing a bit of time here and there to progress this build. The hull and turret have had chipping, an oil dot filter completed, a coat of gloss varnish and pinwash: I've also applied Ammo acrylic mud darkened with an earth pigment, so at the moment, it looks like this: The nearside mudguard broke off (again! ) so I decided to leave it off and add weathering: The wheels, drive sprockets and idler wheels have had a thin application of mud and are ready to fit: I've also thought that I'd assembled 20 track links that wrap round one of the drive sprockets incorrectly .... wrong way round! Luckily, this is not the case, so problem averted! Your comments welcome as usual Keith ☺️ Edited September 15 by Keeff 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef N. Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Nice filth Keith. The finish line is approaching by the looks of it. 👍👍 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 That's got just slightly more mud on it than my car has at the moment, thanks to the local farmers and their tractors. It's coming on a treat Keith. Nice work. John. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Hi Keith, Despite the small problems, he looks very nice. She will be a very cool cat.😎 Cheers Francis 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Looking very good Kieth the end is in sight now! Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchmirth Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 I like how you’ve put more mud on the side missing the fender. It actually looks better/more interesting with the fender gone. As many a pro tank modeller has said… keep it random. All the best Paul 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 Thank you so much for the comments @Stef N., @FrancisGL, @Bullbasket, @Hamden and @Muchmirth .... they really are appeciated. For once, I sat and thought about where the mud would be flung by the tracks based on their direction of rotation ..... and where it would build up in the damaged side fenders. Still some weathering to complete ..... a bit of dust here and there and mud spatters ..... then the tracks to tackle! Keith ☺️ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted September 23 Author Share Posted September 23 So, after real life conspiring against me, I got some time over the weekend to put a couple of hours in ..... and we now have tracks! Both sides are done, and to be honest I found them a bit fiddly and in hindsight should have fitted them before the hull was joined. I need to spray the tracks now, so careful masking needed .... also note that the outer road wheels are not fitted .... they'll go on after the tracks are done. Thanks for looking and your comments are welcome as always! Keith 😁 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchmirth Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 (edited) 2 hours ago, Keeff said: So, after real life conspiring against me, I got some time over the weekend to put a couple of hours in ..... and we now have tracks! Both sides are done, and to be honest I found them a bit fiddly and in hindsight should have fitted them before the hull was joined. I need to spray the tracks now, so careful masking needed .... also note that the outer road wheels are not fitted .... they'll go on after the tracks are done. Thanks for looking and your comments are welcome as always! Keith 😁 Just a suggestion Keith but may save a bit of hassle with masking I’d try brush paint those tracks instead. Random wet blending with a brush can look pretty good on tracks. Edited September 23 by Muchmirth 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted September 23 Author Share Posted September 23 31 minutes ago, Muchmirth said: I’d try brush paint those tracks instead. That's a great suggestion ..... thank you! I'll give it a go and see how it turns out! Keith ☺️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted October 5 Author Share Posted October 5 (edited) Welcome tank fans to another update. Due to family and work demands coupled with a short period of ilness, (I'm back on form now!) little time has been spent on this project, and any time I have found has seemed a struggle as I'm lacking motivation. Anyway, progress has been made and I followed the suggestion to brush paint the tracks. I've applied some mud to them as I have a simple vignette in mind to display the final product. I also added mud spatters with a brush and cocktail stick, and some chopped (real!) foliage and the larger chunks as if the Tiger had gone through a hedge. So here's the latest pictures ..... I have a list of bits to to on this, but looking at the pictures, I've realised I'm not far off finishing. As always, thanks for taking the time to look and your comments are welcome. Keith ☺️ Edited October 6 by Keeff 6 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef N. Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 That's great. Some really good effects being produced. Glad you are feeling OK too. There are some horrible lurgies about at the moment. 👍👍👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 See! That's what happens when you leave it alone for two weeks. Vegetation starts growing all over it. Nice work Keith, and glad that you're well again. John. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 Hi Keith, Wow! It looks great now, I love the used look, and the tone you've achieved with the color. The one I have in my stash, not the same version, when I decide to do it, my painting idea is very close to yours at the moment, you never know when you start the model, how it will end, at least it does for me...lol Cheers Francis 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 Very near the finish line now Keith with some top notch weathering, looking forward to seeing the finished replica Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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