Hi,

I would like to present one of my ongoing projects.

I decided to make a Late version of King Tiger produced in Wegmann factory at the end of march 1945.

Most of my data comes from the book: Germany's Tiger Tanks, VK 45.02 to Tiger II by Thomas L. Jentz & Hilary L. Doyle

Some photos representing major changes like: hangers for single track links, modified rear hatch, loops on the side of the turret for holding camouflage, front mudguards reinforcment:





My kit is Dragon 6232. I don't make any specific tank as I haven't found any picture of a tank in this version in service.

Here it goes

after assembly:







primed (Humbrol H60 + H160) with preshading on the edges:




base coat Model Master Authentic 2097:





Hope you like it. I'll keep you posted. Any comments are welcomed.

Spit

Looks good so far, nice shade of Oliv Grun you've used, are you staying single colour or will there be any camo?

I'm on the finish of making three color, sharp edged ambush.

Looks great! I like the "minor" damage. Keep us posted on your progress.

Note that Dragon modified the drivers' hatches when they reissued their early Jagdtiger with an extra pair of holes for the second lifting handle near the pivot. This handle was not present on Tiger B tanks and the holes need to be filled.

looks good! looking forward to the next pictures!

Hi spitfire303.

Great work!!!

I'm doing the same type of tank with the same kit at the moment.
Great to see how you're progressing.

One thing I wanted to point out was the in your second photo (black and white ones), the rear turret hatch has 2 small disk on either side of the handle. This was reported to be distinctive to late King Tigers. They were also fitted with a pad lock on the top turret hatches.



I like what you did with the front fenders. I tried to reinforce mine with scrap plastic but I looks nowhere near as good as yours. I've since got my hands on a p/e set to do that.

Again, great work!!! Can't wait to see it finished.

Jurgen.

thanks marevic1, I know the only photo when you may see the rear hatch well is not the "final" version. I discovered the modification later on. On second photo where the tank is primed you can see the modification if you look well. Once camo done I will take some other pictures. The front mudguards are rather easy to modify. What I did was taking a piece of plastic and used the "hot antenna" technique (warming with a gas lighter). In my opinion it should be a little bi higher but...

Spit

Great work so far and an interesting project.

Looking forward to see more. I will follow your project with interest.

Hi, so here it is... with camo, decals and a solid gloss









I'm not specially proud of this (my first) three color camo. It was done with maskol fluid. Dots were done with a sthin brush.As you see the edges are not very nice. I hope weathering will mask some of it

I think it looks great. I actually just purchased this 6232 kit today and your build has given me a lot of inspiration.

Keep it up.

The camo effect is well done. As with any technique, you refine it as you go. Perhaps using a different medium for masking. Find what works for you. . I do see what you mean at the boundries of the colors, though overall the camo is stunning. A flat coat and some weathering may help to "camoflage" those spots you don't like.
Something that I've tried and had pretty good outcomes with is using a sanding pad (at least a 3400 grit or higher), and lightly, and VERY patiently sanding down those high spots of color. Do not be in a rush to do this. Allow yourself a rather nice block of time for this. Also, don't forget to wear your dust mask.

Cheers and good luck

Dave

Thanks for your replies guys.

Ralgar, that's really nice to hear it. Just be careful when choosing some parts to glue as you have two choices and it's not very easy to choose the good part for the good version you make.

Jackblock,

It's really kind of you. I think next time I will try with a masking tape or a mix of maskol and masking tape. Sanding pad 3400... the smallest I have is 1000 and don't think will be able to find smaller. But thanks for advice.

Spit

Thanks for the tip. I look forward to cracking this one open. Keep us posted with more pics as you go along, I'd love to see more.

It took me some time but there is some progress. On the gloss I put a coat flat varnish (dullcote from MM) to see how it looks and to let the semi gloss to stick better. Three filters have been applied: olivegrune (like the base coat) , red (H60) and yellow. I've made some chipping with panzergrau. Few pics:






I thinking about correcting the chipping with some dark brown as I'm not very happy about what I've done. I I think also about applying the last filter from a creamy H 121.

Spit

Looks good. Stunning camouflage. I always had a weak point for the ambush camouflage.

Looking forward to see more.

Small help needed here guys. The front Bosh light, should it be base camo color or the color of the camo in that place (brown in my case)?

thx for help

Spit

camo color.

pity that the preshade effect is not visible...

thx




Yeah, I find it kinda difficult. Once camo pattern done It was gone...

the trick is to do it a little "over the top" at first so it really shows with the base color. then it is critical to make thin layers of camo paint. when done, it is easy to repair the overly done preshade effect if it not of your liking

Looks great. For chipping, I use burnt iron. It comes across as a light rust color. Looks great for chipping.

A small update,

Black wash done, weathering in progress








any comments welcomed

Hi Spitfire ..Nice KT you've got going here ...Like your hard edge camo scheme . I notice a little mistake and it's not your fault but Dragons...the sideskirts have a small hole under the bolts that hold them on ..this was seen on very early KT's and was abandoned very early .these holes should be filled ..Another thing and it all depends on how accurate you want to be but the KT with the number 109 placed like that on the turret side was a KT of the 506 Schwere Panzerabteilung and was actually built quite early and it was refitted with the later style tracks as a test during the Ardennes Offensive ..This particular tank had zimmerit and it was a basic three color camo without the ambush scheme ..but if it was not your plan to be that accurate ,never mind all this cause it looks great ..here's a picture just in case ...


Rick

Thx Thebear. Actually I have this photo but when I decided to put decals I forgot about it... so it was not planned to make a "copy" of the real 1#09, it's a pity I didn't choose something else. I decided to put a random number as I haven't found any photo of a Wegmann march KT in service. Now I think putting only the cross would be better.. too late. Btw the Kt is finished. I put some pictures in the Armor AFV forum with the same subject as the workshop. Here's the link https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/102304&page=1

thanks for interest

Spit