Coming along very nicely. Based on what I have seen you will be on a short learning curve. Did you hand paint or use an airbrush? The tools, wood, and Bakelite on the cutters looks very good. Anxious to see more.

Very very nice job. Wish my first Tiger 1 was this nice. And I really really like that base coat color.

Looks great.
Can't wait to see how it turns out.
Dang great job.

Hi,
Very clean work so far, looks good although as you have noticed, the colour is not what it should be...

I guess you may have used the German grey for uniforms, which has a green tint indeed. You should look for "German Dark Grey"

Mud will generally lighten as it dries; it's the moisture in it that makes it dark for the most part. Obviously it depends on your starting soil, but generally the wetter, the darker.

As you saw, European dust is on the lighter side. However, there are some nice, dark muddy bogs in Russia which might be what you're looking for.

Can't remember , as to what year the Tiger I first came out.
I seem to remember something about Leningrad battle, and swamps , where they did no good.But back to the model, German Gray at early war shows to be a tad Blue in it's paint.Yours is nice, and on that subject I built my first one back in 1973- 1974.Was the Cat's Meow.Keep at it.

Can't remember , as to what year the Tiger I first came out.
I seem to remember something about Leningrad battle, and swamps , where they did no good.But back to the model, German Gray at early war shows to be a tad Blue in it's paint.Yours is nice, and on that subject I built my first one back in 1973- 1974.Was the Cat's Meow.Keep at it.

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Can't remember , as to what year the Tiger I first came out.
I seem to remember something about Leningrad battle, and swamps , where they did no good.But back to the model, German Gray at early war shows to be a tad Blue in it's paint.Yours is nice, and on that subject I built my first one back in 1973- 1974.Was the Cat's Meow.Keep at it.

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There was no blue in the paint; the blue appearance is a property of gray that causes it to reflect ambient light with a bluish tint at times. You can try this at home. It even works with other colors as I had a green van that looked dark blue in late afternoon lighting.


IRT Max:

I can't exactly tell from the pics how much mud you have there, or whether you've gone up under the fenders with it, but I myself tend not to over-weather vehicles, so I probably would not do more than add a little drier mud and some dust. If you want it to seem as if it entered mud recently, then add some more and try to vary the shades to vary the look - not all one color mud.

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Can't remember , as to what year the Tiger I first came out.
I seem to remember something about Leningrad battle, and swamps , where they did no good.But back to the model, German Gray at early war shows to be a tad Blue in it's paint.Yours is nice, and on that subject I built my first one back in 1973- 1974.Was the Cat's Meow.Keep at it.

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There was no blue in the paint; the blue appearance is a property of gray that causes it to reflect ambient light with a bluish tint at times. You can try this at home. It even works with other colors as I had a green van that looked dark blue in late afternoon lighting.


IRT Max:

I can't exactly tell from the pics how much mud you have there, or whether you've gone up under the fenders with it, but I myself tend not to over-weather vehicles, so I probably would not do more than add a little drier mud and some dust. If you want it to seem as if it entered mud recently, then add some more and try to vary the shades to vary the look - not all one color mud.

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Can't remember , as to what year the Tiger I first came out.
I seem to remember something about Leningrad battle, and swamps , where they did no good.But back to the model, German Gray at early war shows to be a tad Blue in it's paint.Yours is nice, and on that subject I built my first one back in 1973- 1974.Was the Cat's Meow.Keep at it.

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There was no blue in the paint; the blue appearance is a property of gray that causes it to reflect ambient light with a bluish tint at times. You can try this at home. It even works with other colors as I had a green van that looked dark blue in late afternoon lighting.


IRT Max:

I can't exactly tell from the pics how much mud you have there, or whether you've gone up under the fenders with it, but I myself tend not to over-weather vehicles, so I probably would not do more than add a little drier mud and some dust. If you want it to seem as if it entered mud recently, then add some more and try to vary the shades to vary the look - not all one color mud.

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Got you with the no blue.
And MiG's wash for Panzer gray is blue tinted.
Strange that.

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Jeff

Got you with the no blue.
And MiG's wash for Panzer gray is blue tinted.
Strange that.

Jeff

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Got you with the no blue.
And MiG's wash for Panzer gray is blue tinted.
Strange that.

Jeff

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Nothing against Mig, as the man is quite talented, but he is also known for taking the more artistic route rather than the hard accuracy because in truth dark gray vehicles aren't fun to look at.

The Kodachrome and Agfa films used during WWII are well-know for deteriorating into the bluer end of the spectrum as they age, but every example of the original gray used is a very dark charcoal gray, almost black. The SdKfz 251 at Bovington had many patches of the original paint on it that showed there was no blue at all in the paint mix.

But, as I say, it does hide all that detail we want unless we lighten it or alter some way.

It's one of those things that are hard to move people away from because its been around so long, like the "green" Tigers in Africa.