finally engine bay finished man that was a pain to do , now ya cant see over half whats in there.


got started on the driver/radio compartment.

most of its only sitting in place for now.
cheers,
Graham

Hi guys, after 2 weeks without work in the elefant here is my advanced. After the primer with mr surfacer i painted the hull and wheels with dunkelgelb and primer of rust in the tracks. is not much but a enjoyed.


Sorry for the bab photos a hope do it better next time.

Howdy again..

a couple of more photos..

Got the tracks glued down.. don't exactly have a lot of sag but its 1/72 and the styreen tracks super glued, it was just slow going.

Graham - nice job!

Jose - making good progress


Delbert - you're almost there, looks great to me. Look forward to the weathering

I got primer on mine, so hope to base coat soon (along with 3 other German tanks since I hate the airbrush . ).

thanks Greg yeh she's gettibf there, got most of the hull done .
radios and water can etc are in, and rear outter armout is on.



oh yeh and the buggas dont give you decals or anything for the instruments, they have what i think is sposed to be them but they the wrong damn scale :-(
so i had to improvise and scan a pic , resize it them just stick it on.


now comes the longer bit makin all 80 wheels and ammo racks reckon that'll take a week maybe two lol.
cheers,
Graham

Lots of great work here guys keep it up, hopefully my 2nd Tiger will arrive soon
@ Graham, that giant is turning out great are you gonna tackle a 1/35 Dora when you are finished

lol yeh Sal depends what Dora ya thinkin of i already a 24th fw190Dora
still got one more these beast in the stash but think it can wait for a bit after this one.
plus a lot of other big stuff
cheers,
Graham

Sprayed an army tonight. Camo coming next

WOW that is an army, your working on 5 kits all in the same stage
Next thing you'll be saying is that you are gonna put them all in the same dio...lol

Everyone's really doing some great work here ...Graham I love what you're doing to that interior ..looks great!
Keep it up !

@Sal - I do have a large dio planned for the future, but these aren't the ones

thanks Richard yeh its look ok will probably take a week at least for ammo and racks so prokky not too much updating till then.

wow Greg thats nearly as much paint as on this big beast for all them
looks good tho.
cheers,
Graham

Great looking interior, Graham. It will be a pity to cover it all up.

Greg, you definitely have your plate full. Will be interesting to see your builds pop up in various campaigns.

I am still some way of from starting my Tiger build, but it is great to follow your interesting builds.

thanks Jesper, yeh its accually not going to be too bad the 2 covers for the engine deck and where the two front hatchs go are a neat enough fit that i can just leave them not glued so between those and when you lift the turret out you will be able to see most of it.
the only real pain will be the turret itself but im thinking of using the clear one and leave the of it not painted then ya can see in, mind you that dirty great gun takes up most of it but at least that way you'll be able to see all the ammo and racks etc, or i might just cut the top out carefully so it'll lift off not sure yet will wait till i get some stuff in it and see what the best way.
cheers,
Graham

@ Jesper - thanks, I also enjoy seeing your builds. I hope I can spray the camo correctly.

@ Graham - I have the 1/16 scale KT by FOV(?) and I realize I could take some pics to see how they show the interior. I'm sick right now but will get out to the shed next chance.

gday Greg oh ok mate i'd beinterested to see how they do it, i'll take a couple of rough mock up shots of mine tomorrow to compare.
get well bud.
im goin cross eyed doin all these damn shells lol an i obly half way :-(
cheers,
Graham

Ok, I've never really taken this out of the crate before but now it stays out. I thought they had removable decks on this but since every hatch is able to open you see just about everything. The turret lifts off to see in there. The whole thing is made mostly out of some sort of metal with some small plastic parts too. Heavy bugger

hey Greg thats a nice KT , i'll bet it is heavy mines getting bad enough lol.
the only real diff with this one is you can leave the whole hatch plates loose (removable)

this with them sitting in place.

and removed, the engine cover itself can be glued or left removable too.

heres ammo so far nearly done a 3rd of em , just got to paint tips on yellow headed and stick stencil decals on.

cheers,
Graham

You got plenty of views then Graham. Glad that work will be visible in the end

howdy everyone..

some great work on here..

Graham that huge tiger is looking mighty fine... I'm taking notes..

Greg... you are a very ambitious person.. I got a couple started but I tend to work a lot slower.. lol..

Here is an update on my tiny tiger... after the first weathering stage, a fade coat to blend everything in...

I might have gotten it a little more faded that I wanted but i'll work with it..lol



laters.. hope to do more tonight.

Hi Delbert,

Looks good to me, look forward to the next stage.

All the best,

Paul

Coming along well Delbert. I assemble everything and paint in place too. Time to go paint more - thanks for inspiration