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Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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King Tiger / Wegmann 21 march 1945 - Finished
spitfire303
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Vendee, France
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Posted: Friday, July 13, 2007 - 11:33 AM UTC
Hi,

I humbly present you my just finished King Tiger in one of it's last versions. If anyone is interested in some details you can look on the progress in the "Constructive Feedback" section in the thread under the same name or ask here and I will be happy to answer you.

Sorry for not the best pictures. Any comments welcomed.

Spit


















kaolelo
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Posted: Friday, July 13, 2007 - 12:39 PM UTC
very nice tiger, and especially the weathering.
trahe
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Virginia, United States
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Posted: Friday, July 13, 2007 - 01:00 PM UTC
Very nice! I really like the weathering. Is that a fingerprint in the last photo?
sweaver
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Posted: Friday, July 13, 2007 - 01:03 PM UTC
Great job! I don't see how it could be any better!
fatbobit
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Tokyo-to, Japan / 日本
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Posted: Friday, July 13, 2007 - 01:07 PM UTC
Hi mate,
very nice " big cat " , i really like the model in itself and the painting job too.
About this subject, how do you painted the camo scheme , i mean: it has been done by brush or with an airbrush..? Have you used a masking tape technique or has been done free hand..?
Compliments again , very nice job.

Ciao,
Alex.
james84
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Roma, Italy
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Posted: Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 12:44 AM UTC
Nice job, I like the camo!
mark197205
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Posted: Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 02:07 AM UTC
Its turned out very well indeed Spit, the weathering, mud and scratches have all been done nicely, not over-done it just "looks" right.
sweaver
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Posted: Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 09:16 AM UTC
Great job. It is one of the best models I've seen here.

A few quick questions: How did you weather the tracks, what did you use for mud, and what pastels did you use (if any)?

Thanks.
spitfire303
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Posted: Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 10:23 AM UTC
Hi guys I'm really glad you like it. I find some of your comments far too kind


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About this subject, how do you painted the camo scheme , i mean: it has been done by brush or with an airbrush..? Have you used a masking tape technique or has been done free hand..?



The camo was done with an airbrush. The technique I used was to cover some areas with maskol (first I masked all the green areas) and sprayed a DG layer all over the tank. Than I masked the areas I wanted to be yellow (without taking off the first maskol layer from green basecoat) and sprayed redbrown all over. Its a good technique but next time I'll try patafix or masking tape. Just one advice do not put under ANY circumstances a drop of maskol on the PE grills of the engine. I had a big headache because of this LOL.


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Great job. It is one of the best models I've seen here.



No, no, no it's not true I've seen what some guys here are able to do. But htanks Sweaver.


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A few quick questions: How did you weather the tracks, what did you use for mud, and what pastels did you use (if any)?



The trucks were my big headache as I have never really done them nicely. What I did for tracks and mud was:

First, I painted tracks with a mix of burnt sienna + yellow pastels + tap water, for the mud I was hitting gently with my brush the areas where I wanted the mud to appear. Once dried, I found it too light. So, I brushed some burnt umber powder on the tracks and made a mix of it with water to make the 2nd color of mud. I applied the 2nd mud layer with the same technique as before. Than I drybrushed twice all surfaces of tracks that should have contact with ground + all the edges frst with burnt iron metalizer (MM), second, with the Humbrol 56 (metal color). The places were the wheels touch tracks were painted with a 2B stencil.

Thanks for reading

Spit
873rdJoltinJosie
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Posted: Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 06:20 AM UTC
Nice Machine!
Great paint job and effects.
What kit is it?
spitfire303
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Posted: Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 07:22 AM UTC
thanks, it's dragon 6232.
sweaver
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Posted: Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 07:58 AM UTC
Since I have that kit now, I'll probably be using your build log for it.

Again, great job!
spitfire303
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Posted: Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 08:03 AM UTC

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Since I have that kit now, I'll probably be using your build log for it.




I will be honored

good luck.

Spit
moon
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Posted: Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 08:19 AM UTC
Spit, nice tiger, nice camo, nice weather.
moon
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Posted: Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 09:08 AM UTC
Really nice build! Great job on the camo and weathering.

This just might inspire me to break one of my KT's out of the stash!

Thanks for posting.

- Frank
flipper21
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Posted: Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 09:30 AM UTC
Hi, very nicely done....Man do I need to practice!!!.........Vince
Jon_Vancil
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Posted: Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 09:52 AM UTC
Looking at this closely, I noticed several things:

First there was a smell of diesel and freshly churned earth swirling around my head. I LITERALLY SMELLED THIS THING!

Second, I felt that a heroic but lost battle was at hand.

And last... I realized my Tamiya Marder II WIP really looks dumpy!

Spit you nailed all the right things, the thing just oozes realism! Great job!
GeraldOwens
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Posted: Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 10:16 AM UTC
Nice work. By the way, Wegman was just the armor supplier. All Tiger and King Tiger tanks were assembled at Henschel's factory in Kassel, except for the prototypes for Dr. Porsche's competing design, the Tiger P.
The self-propelled gun derivatives of the Tiger families, the Ferdinand and Jagdtiger, were built at the Nibelungenwerke in St. Valentin, Austria.
crockett
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Posted: Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 12:41 PM UTC
Nice, but a few problems. The most glaring would be the vision blocks are all completely painted over. I would suggest that items such as the cleaning rods (ends should be metallic), lack of clamps for the pioneer tools, and the exhaust stacks that could use some more work , really conflict with some of the areas that you did detail, such as the wear on the sprocket, etc.

A good looking model. Some more attention to the "little" things, could make it a great one.

SC
spitfire303
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Posted: Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 06:58 PM UTC

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Nice, but a few problems. The most glaring would be the vision blocks are all completely painted over. I would suggest that items such as the cleaning rods (ends should be metallic), lack of clamps for the pioneer tools, and the exhaust stacks that could use some more work , really conflict with some of the areas that you did detail, such as the wear on the sprocket, etc.

A good looking model. Some more attention to the "little" things, could make it a great one.

SC



thanks Crockett. I see clearly the problem of visors and cleaning rods (welI, didin't know how they should be done). I just don't get your point with the clamps for the tools as all is there. Well, they are not PE but they are there. BTW wht would the good color for the visors?

Spit
crockett
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Posted: Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 10:50 PM UTC

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Nice, but a few problems. The most glaring would be the vision blocks are all completely painted over. I would suggest that items such as the cleaning rods (ends should be metallic), lack of clamps for the pioneer tools, and the exhaust stacks that could use some more work , really conflict with some of the areas that you did detail, such as the wear on the sprocket, etc.

A good looking model. Some more attention to the "little" things, could make it a great one.

SC



thanks Crockett. I see clearly the problem of visors and cleaning rods (welI, didin't know how they should be done). I just don't get your point with the clamps for the tools as all is there. Well, they are not PE but they are there. BTW wht would the good color for the visors?

Spit



I'm sorry Spit I should have been more clear, I meant that the lack of detail in the kit tooo clamps, no reflection on you. If you had used AM clamps .....coupled with that paint job...this model has real
"master class" potential. I just use thinnned gloss black for the vision blocks.

SC
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