Hi everyone

this is Dragon's Tiger I Late Production. I dont know which kit exactly as I bought it a few years ago, started it and then left it sitting for a long time.

Recently I decided to tackle this monster head-on, and got busy. It is a delight to build I must admit ! I have been a bit off DML lately with their questionable marketting, but I can see why Axis modellers love them so much with things like this on offer.

The kit is built Out-the-box with no aftermarket products. I used Milliput and AFV club's roller to do the zimmerit. I lost the fire extinguisher so scratchbuilt one from a few bits.

Primer is automotive paint, red oxide primer, applied straight out the can. Basecoat is Tamiya Dark Yellow with a little buff. The weathering on the road wheels is done with MIG pigments, various washes and oil stains etc. These were just experiments on the messier inner wheels but I will carry what I learned through to the rest of the running gear, just not as heavy handed as the outer wheels always seem to have been brushed cleaner than the rest.















There are some hinges missing from where the front mud flaps meet the body of the tank these will be added later hopefully serves me right for not paying attention.


thanks for taking time to look

Jon

Your work on the wheels looks outstanding !!!

Great looking wheels...marvelous job

Very nice work on those wheels , your Tiger is lookin GOOD. milvehfan

great work sofar love the weathered wheels very realistic looking

Looks really good so far jon
neil............

thanks guys, it seems the weathering experiments worked then !! I took a bit of a flyer as I've never done the whole "Crusty" axis look before. I hope to carry the look through to the finish.

in the meantime...







...I have applied camo to look like it was applied with a spraygun in the field, so lots of streaky and faint paint built up into a camo pattern.

I will now go back over it with dark yellow, to take the harshness off the finish and tidy up any areas I don't like - such as the heavy green on the glacis plate where too much paint came out when I was doing the green !

Thanks for looking

Jon

Looking good Jon.

Can't wait to see it done up.

Excellent stuff Jon! The zimmerit looks great, nice detail on the turrets front edge, the red primer... I was thinking of doing one of my WIP Tigers from this basecoat! Really nice weathering on the roadwheels, looking forwards to the hull!
Marvelous, keep it coming... Phil.

Fantastic job with the zimmerit and etch, Jon. Very neat and tidy. I wouldn´t worry too much about tidying up the camo, with weathering, filters, washes, etc ... this will even itself out. Nice one.

Very nice work on this one. Well done. Keep it coming.

thanks for the encouraging comments guys ! I really appreciate it.

Right now I am adding detail to the chipped zimmerit areas. At the moment I am unhappy with how bright it all looks, but of course this will get darkened with a coat of future and the subsequent washes... but still, I don't want to overload on the whole red primer thing.



I will give it the future coat tonight and see how it turns out after that.

Thanks again for looking!

Jon

Looks good, Jon. Nice job on the zimmerit and the camouflage.

Looking forward to see more

Hi all

I have been experimenting with some new techniques (New for me anyway!!) and here are the results


























unfortunately I've forgotten my camera lead so I can't update the latest pictures, these were where I finished up on sunday morning. The roadwheels are not all oil streaked, I did four with streaks four without, to avoid getting a uniform finish.

thanks for looking
Jon

Looking really good Jon, keep it up. Nice work on the weathering. Well done.

got the latest shots off the camera if anyone wants a peep

outstanding attention to detail mate...ive just bought the same kit its dragons number 6523,again fantastic work keep the pics coming..

Stuning work mate
I love them wheels
Can't wait to see this finished
Andy

enjoy the kit ! I did, it's a lovely bit of engineering. I would definitely build another.


Thanks for all the really great comments guys, you know how to make a grown man blush. I will keep the updates coming just as soon as I get some work done on it

cheers
Jon

I say! Jolly good show old chap! Carry on!

Nice work so far Jon, looking forward to seeing more of your progress. Like your camo job and wheels! Looking darn good!

Thanks for sharing! Cheers -
Tim

Great Build, love the wheels and things. Zim looks spot on. What tracks are you going to use? love it looking forward to more pic's

Sweet deal so far getting better all the time.

hi guys

thanks for the comments whilst I've not been around much!

As for the tracks - well I'm afraid I'm too cheap for a set of nice Fruils. I would like some in future but for now it's the DML magic tracks and nothing else. They aren't too bad I guess but I hate indy links... they never work out how I want em

In the meantime this thing gets nearer and nearer to completion. The only bit I haven't worked on much is the front glacis and the rear panel, although I haven't done anything with the spare links on the turret either. The jack isnt even weathered at all yet.... I have been working to get one area at a time out of the way.

Decals are from Bison (lovely set!), weathering is mostly with oils plus some pigments just added.








thanks for following my thread, I appreciate your kind responses!

cheers
Jon

Gorgeous Jon! I love the chalk marks leftover from the signwriting of the turret stowage bin numerals, and the handpainted forward turret side numerals, very authentic... I also really like the fuel over-spill(that is water staining around the radiator filler caps eh Jon?) caps on the engine deck and hull roof. The red oxide primer gives this Tiger a rich vibrancy and depth. When I get to grips with a section of the N175 you are welcome to sit her on it for a photocall with some of '221's' siblings. Oh I have got some DS tracks going spare if you want them... There not to bad actually, when wrangled and weathered Nice kitty you have there mate, keep us posted on it's journey.

Thanks for sharing this fine beast... Phil.