Andy, thanks for info. Luckily I have many tow cables in different sizes (Karaya, Artwox Model)
Otherwise I've not yet finished the cables, just drilled out the towing eyes and I started to build tracks. I purchased this AFV Club workable tracks, but I regretted it. Friul is better.

Hi all!
After a long time here is the continuation. I finished the front headlights.

Antal

Looks good Antal

glad you're still working on it, mine too has been on pause

Thanks, Andy!
Yes, I'm working on it, just a little slowly.

Hi Antal, this is a very good job. Thank you for uploading.

I'm very interested into Tiger I and I'm learning a lot from your work!

Go ahead !

Giovanni

Giovanni, thank you.

I don't really want to point up flaws in your model, but since you're posting while you work, I hope you won't mind.

I think you put the headlights too far outboard. They were mounted to be the same distance apart as on a normal Tiger.




David

Yep, you're right! Need to correct.

This one is looking very nice.

Thanks!
And here are the moved headlights.

Antal

Today's PE work on rear plate.
Regards
Antal

looks brutal! Nice job

I continued the build with Feifels and tow cable clips.

Antal

Excellent detailing so far, can't wait for the painting

Cheers!

With regards to the painting, you may want to read about colours on Africa Tigers.

Some items on the tank could be painted in a light, pinkish colour that really stands out.

David

Thanks very much!

David, as for the painting, I would like to do this paint scheme. The '111' Tiger may have been like this?
I found this pic in the book "Panzers in North Africa".

Antal

I have to be a little suspicious of artists' rendering of Tigers when they get some physical details wrong. Tiger 111 didn't have the standard turret bin, extended hull front or standard track toolbox.

As for the colours, "olive green" (presumably captured American paint?) over "dark yellow" (Dunkelgelb?) is not only wrong, it's obviously not present in photos.

Tiger 111, I think, was painted just as I suggested. RAL 7008 and RAL 8000 in a low-contrast sprayed pattern. Photos show the track toolbox and exhaust shields in a light colour; this should be RAL 8020.

Regrettably we don't have good photos of the front and right of "111" so we can't say whether it had a painted name or not.

David

Hi all!
Here is today's progress. I've not yet glued the tools and towing cables, these are just positioned.
Bending the shape of the cables was a real "fun"!
Antal

Hi all!
Finally the side fenders got to their place and I have shaped the track cable. This was the last part of the PE work.
Antal

Looks good mate.

Soon time to bite the bullet and grab the AB! Gulp!

Andy

Looks like two shades of Brown to me!

Darren: I think that the Gunze H66 Sandy brown is similar to this color. Or not? I meant the base color.

Andy:
Anyway, up to now I neglected the Tiger's build because of this attempt. This T-34 is a waste because it has been dropped from 2.5 m height. I did not want throw away, glued again the broken parts and got "some" rust. Even though I do not know that in which theme I'm going to use (maybe a very late- or post-war diorama)
(And sorry for off-topic pictures.)
Antal

So...back to the Tiger. This is the first layer of base color.

OK, one little question; why are the Feifel tubes a darker colour?

David

Those tubes I did not left so dark grey. Here is the continuation.

Antal