Thanks for your comments friends!

@ Paul.- Excellent update!
@ Sal.- I will use the olive green for the tank 731. I hope to see more progress of Tiki soon
@ Greg.- Yeah!, only I need to made a some modifications for the correct version. Very good work with your Puma!

More updates and Notes:

In the rear hooks I made some changes, some plates they will be remove and the box it will be displaced, all in basis to the David Byrden Info. . (Thanks David!)







Regards!
Rodolfo

I really love this AK Chipping Fluid,it really works great.Here are the chipped roadwheels,they still need filtering and weathering.

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Alright Anthony you got me sold now. I have to pick up some of that magic stuff

Me too !

How did you applied it ? what paints did you use before putting the AK stuff ?

Thanks guys,
Okay

Tamiya Basecoat
Acrylic Clear
Chipping Fluid
Acrylic Whitewash-Tamiya White
Chipping-using stiff brush,Q-tip,or tooth pick
Acrylic Clear
Any other weathering and filtering you might do.

Just airbrush the fluid on and let air dry,then the whitewash,let dry for 45 min,apply warm water and chip off to your liking.

Here's a general dust wash and dark pin wash

Here are my Starter Photos

This is a Gepard (Leopard)





Tom

Welcome Tom !

Those Tristar kits look great, how are the interior details ?

The understatement of the day is that Tristar goes overboard in the interior. It has a drivers compartment that has a seat for the driver made up of 11 parts, 6 plastic and 5 PE. The brake assembly is comprised of 42 parts. It comes with the engine and cooling fans. In fact the first 3 steps build all the interior and in step 4 you actually build the hull around the interior which is mounted on the bottom plate.
The basic problem is that even if you leave all hatches open, you can see very little of the interior inside the hull.
The interior of the fighting compartment is well done and is very visible and should look great when complete.
One question I will have to answer before I begin is: Do I do the interior at all? If the hatches are closed you can't see anything. Or do I make the interior and take photos to show off the details?

What is your opinion?
Tom

Hi all,
@Anthony: excellent work on the running gear , when can we see the rest

@Greg: She´s coming on good mate, keep at it before the
dredded "I had enough" devil turns up .

@Tom: lovely choice but a hell of a lot of small parts .
I´d do the interior and fotograph it, I don´t why but I just like to know it´s in there and do it .
Here´s a couple of pics for you, maybe somethings ther that you like. There from the magazin "armour in focus" there´s
also some nice nice shots of the fighting compartment. If you would like some copys of these then just PM me.








Here´s my update and after I get a bit more dust on there I´ll call it done. I´m not going to go over the top with this one because all the vehicles I have ever seen, even on manouvers, were spotless just a bit dusty but nothing else:









Paul

Done:






Paul

Hello friends!

@ Excellent work Paul!

More updates and Notes:

The update without problems, only a little modification in the holes for the hooks and position of the rear box according to the David Byrden Info. .









Regards!
Rodolfo

Paul - congrats on a fine model


Rodolfo - coming along nice!


I need to get back to work on my Puma!!!!

Hi Rodolfo...Your Tiger is coming along very nicely .. On these early tigers the tow ropes were usually placed backwards to what we are used to seeing and there were only 5 gun cleaning rods instead of 6 meaning that the rods were longer and the holders were not exactly in the same place as the later models.




Notice that the holders for the cleaning rods are much closer to the front hatches ..

I hope this helps
Rick

Thanks for your comments and observations friends!

@ Greg.- I hope to see more updates soon!
@ Rick..- Thanks for your help.

Regarding the tow cables, in this Tiger tank #731 it is a quite different from the initial and the early. I have checked the David Byrden site and I need to move them out.

Here is the positions:





Please see the shadow of my tiger and the original



David Byrden image:



Regards!
Rodolfo

Hi Rodolfo.. It could very well be that 731 had the tow ropes the other way around ..the only picture I found of 731 doesn't have the tow rope in place. I know 732 has them backwards though. These tigers were all a bit different.
Keep up the good work.

Rick

Paul,real nice build,I like the dust finish

Rudolfo,looks good

Richard,those details are outstanding

Paul;

Very interesting little beast! I keep seeing these kits pop up around evilbay and wonder how good (or bad) they might be. I have the two Wiesel kits AFV Club put out for the earlier, shorter version of this - haven't done anything with them yet... The Wiesel family are a subject which sort of calls me - small modern versions of recon and light tanks from the BOD! I think I read somewheres above some stuff which makes this particular kit sound like a bit of a bear... way too bad! But your's looks pretty cool, all the same!

I would suggest a little tweak which could help it along a bit - take your number 2 "lead" pencil and graphite the contact-surfaces of those road and idler wheels - they are steel-on-steel contacts and will be pretty metallic-looking even when the creature is all dusty and dirty. Or maybe a little wash with very very thinned "steel" colored paint?

Tiny cat in a big cat campaign. Very cool!

Bob

I'll be building the Hobby Boss Pz II Vk1602 Leopard.

Irvin

Welcome Irvin !

Nice work Rodolfo !

Tom, it's an interesting kit, but having all that trouble for the interior and not showing it..
If I would close the hatches then I'd skip the interior otherwise go for it..

Hi Guys
@ Paul Great finish there bud
@ Rodolfo Looking good cant wait to see more
I have no update yet from Lucky on my markings but I have decided to move ahead on this project, I went through the spare figures box and came up with some figures to attempt to represent something like this photo

except the figure standing on the tank will be in a Panzer wrap, the 1 next to it will have full combat gear and 1 of the officers looking on will be an Italian officer

@ Rodolfo, Greg, Anthony, Sal:
Cheers guys, really appreciate the comments.

@Bob: yes I noticed that last night to. It´s been changed
and I shall post a close up soon.
You need not worry about these Revell Kits, you just need patience and some putty and files ....
Even with their newer stuff they don´t get better|:(

Thanks all and keep up the good work.

Paul

Thanks for your comments friends!

@ Richard.- thanks again for your observations. I have checked the information with another friends and I saw that the tank 731 it carried the tow cables in position "normal" @ Anthony.- thanks!
@ John.- thanks!
@ Sal.- Thanks!
More updates:

The Tiger is ready for start the painting phase! .



Regards!
Rodolfo

Hello friends!

More updates:

Before to start I applied a coat of Metal Primer of Gunze Sangyo. Periscopes and wheels with Vallejo. .









Regards!
Rodolfo

I got my build done,It's an Early Tamiya Tiger I with a couple of Miniart figures.It has a metal barrel and screens from Aber.I painted with mostly Tamiya and MM,weathered with various AK and Mig products including the Chipping Fluid in place of hairspray.Great campaign so far,lots of great work going on here.