I am following Matt Messmer's article on turning the mid-pro Tiger I to a late-pro. Here are some progress pics.

I filled in the holes for the feifel air cleaners.

I had to drill larger holes for the plate over the exhaust.

Preshading the exhaust and covers

Finished the exhaust assembly

Added the torsion struts and painted the lower hull in oxide red.
This will be a WIP under the constructive comments. I have to pause work, untill I get the styrene strips to reinforce the torsion bars. More to come.

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I am following Matt Messmer's article on turning the mid-pro Tiger I to a late-pro. Here are some progress pics.

I filled in the holes for the feifel air cleaners.

I had to drill larger holes for the plate over the exhaust.

Preshading the exhaust and covers

Finished the exhaust assembly

Added the torsion struts and painted the lower hull in oxide red.
This will be a WIP under the constructive comments. I have to pause work, untill I get the styrene strips to reinforce the torsion bars. More to come.

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Hello Matt,you know your project looks good,but this a Mark IV group build

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I am following Matt Messmer's article on turning the mid-pro Tiger I to a late-pro. Here are some progress pics.

I filled in the holes for the feifel air cleaners.

I had to drill larger holes for the plate over the exhaust.

Preshading the exhaust and covers

Finished the exhaust assembly

Added the torsion struts and painted the lower hull in oxide red.
This will be a WIP under the constructive comments. I have to pause work, untill I get the styrene strips to reinforce the torsion bars. More to come.

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Hello Matt,you know your project looks good,but this a Mark IV group build

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Yes. The kit I am building is a panzerkampfwagen IV(Tiger I). I am building the late version, which was used after the Vs and VIs had started being produced.

Hello Matt,you know your project looks good,but this a Mark IV group build

Yes. The kit I am building is a panzerkampfwagen IV(Tiger I). I am building the late version, which was used after the Vs and VIs had started being produced.

Well,sir you have to excuse my ignorance on that one can you show a picture of your box art,I would like to see that.I never seen that variant.And your project is coming along good.

Thanks for the sympathy Bob. I won't let it beat me but I don't think I have enough time for it at the moment. I also have 5 other Tristar kits and I am hoping they are a bit better... gulp...

Warren I am with Sal, are the Tri Star kits worth the price?

Bob

Germany produced the panzer IV until the end of WWII. I didn't realize this either, until I did a little research. David Byrden and Matt Messmer both helped as did Wiki.

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Germany produced the panzer IV until the end of WWII. I didn't realize this either, until I did a little research. David Byrden and Matt Messmer both helped as did Wiki.

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Indeed they did, finishing with the Ausf.J, but a Tiger I is NOT a Pz.Kpfw.IV, it's a Pz.Kpfw.VI. In fact the Tiger II is also a Pz.Kpfw.VI ( broadly speaking most commonly the Tiger I is a Pz.Kpfw.VI .Ausf.E and a Tiger II is a Pz.Kpfw.VI.Ausf.B ).

A Tiger is no more a Pz.Kpfw.IV than is a Panther ( or a T34 or an M4 Sherman for that matter ).

Thanks for the sympathy Bob. I won't let it beat me but I don't think I have enough time for it at the moment. I also have 5 other Tristar kits and I am hoping they are a bit better... gulp...

So maybe i'm not so ignorant,i thought maybe he was referring to a Mark IV variant with an 88 mm gun,is that possible ??

So maybe i'm not so ignorant,i thought maybe he was referring to a Mark IV variant with an 88 mm gun,is that possible ??

"Conclusion:
Another excellent and well researched kit as you might expect with Thomas Jentz as the technical advisor. The details included on the parts are again very fine and well defined although some of the smaller parts such as the bolt heads on the final drive covers and the incredible small wing nuts will need special care but the final effect is excellent and worth the effort.

All the required parts for the Ausf.B have been included and this kit should be welcomed by early war fans. Just don’t be put off by the box art that has the incorrect visors on the superstructure sides, but the correct visors are included in the kit.

Highly recommended."

I was under the impresion that Tristar was in the same league that DML and AFV? well, seems some reviewers make the wrong impresion