Trouble with me is I can never finish a model - always thinking there's something I've missed or could be improved.

Anyway - heres my 'final draft' so to speak - many thanks to all of you for your kind comments during the build - time for the Big Cat to come off the production line.

Tamiya Tiger 2 Production Turret
Tamiya Photo etched grilles
Dragon Panzer Crew '44

cheers

John

John , this tank has looked great since the first time it was posted . Now it looks just plain AWESOME!!! one small thing to fix - the locater holes for the rear fenders - you didn't fill them in , not a big problem . Just put this cat on a dio base and you have a show winner !! I give this tank (++) (++) (++) (++) (++) out of a posible 4 pigs .
TOAD - 13 OUT

Hi, A SUPER job all the way around. The figure is outstanding!!! Like dustoff, tell us more about those scratches and how you did them.

Thanks and take care, sgirty

skii,
looks great just fine as is what colours did you use for the figures face?
and what else you got planned to build?

Couldn't agree more---just beautiful facial work on a 1/35th fig---Wow!


Steve

Thanks guys

Some astute observations ( yeah I was lazy about the rear mudguard holes Turrettoad13 - I'll fill them in ) and yes that cable isn't quite secured properly - again, something I'll tidy up.

The scratches are painted on with a very fine brush, using artists oil paint (burnt umber mixed with a little black) and the face is a standard technique I use for all my figures.

Base coat flesh - brown wash - add some white to the flesh + highlight cheeks, lips, nose and chin (all raised areas) Then another brown wash but this time more diluted - Add more white to that flesh colour for tips of nose, chin, cheeks etc.

Lastly mix a little brown + black and with a fine point darken the eyesockets - don't try to paint eyes, it rarely looks good.

John

Excellent job on the Tiger Skii............Keep up the great work..

Fantastic Job.. Looks Finished to me... I also agree with the others.. excellent work on the figure's face.. can you tell how you painted it?

Great work! I love the way the scratches look.

Stephen

Three to a wonderful job.

Very nice!! well done and very well painted, I relly like it
congrats

You have convinced me to build one myself. (sorry trucks) but i got the King Tiger with Prrche turret. I am waitning on the jodio barrel and Zimmeret and aber P. E. to arrive. This will be my first tiger to build. Your is fantastic. I love the campo and weathering.

John,
This cat is SWEET!!! Nice job, sir!

excellent work all over.

Impresive beast. I like it all. Like very much the running gear and traks.
How did you wash, what did you use for washing. What bran of paint ? Well done.
Ahhh! What a face !

That looks great! Better than anything I could ever do!

~Chip

WOW!

The facial paint is fantastic, and the detailing of this chunk-o-iron is so amazing! Fantastic work!

Very nice work John. I'm not an expert in German WWII stuff, but I think that a bit of dirt on the grids of the engine deck will add something to an already very good piece...
Ciao

That looks awesome! How did you get those black scratch marks???? they look great :-) :-)

FANTASTIC JOB - CONGRATS
ROBERTO

Lookin. good, my man, looking good!

Many thanks to you all

As just a final addition I have added an additional crew mwmber - hope you like him

To answer some questions - the faces are painted with Citadel Miniatures acrylic paint, whilst everything else was painted with humbrol enamels (including the tank)
The scratcheds were burned-umber oil paint applied wih a very fine brush.

Outstanding work ! I knew this kit would look awesome finished ! Great work on your figures, too ! You did a fantastic job on weathering, and paint scratching ! Look like Archer dry-transfers for decals ? Wow great job !!!

Cheers !!!

Robert

I know I am late to say but one sweet model you folks just keep knocking them out God my hard drive is filling up to fast need to get a back up in here #:-) #:-) (++) (:-)