This goes out to Steve, WWH and Jeff, Jrnelson
i'm giving you guys a taste of my King Tiger. 3 Aber sets, detail, side skirts, and fenders.
i still have to put the skirts and fenders on. friuls tracks and a JR barrel.

i still have to finish one length of friuls. still alot of work to be done, but i hope you all enjoy it.






PS. Thanks Jeff for letting me use your gallery to post hehe.

John that looks to be a good build so far. I notice that the grill that must go under the turrent as it turns appears to be crumpled a bit.

Johnny Boy,
Nice looking KT, 3 detail sets!!!! thats more than i have done in my whole modelling career. I can't wait to see it finished.

HI, looks very nice indeed. Are those the Fuildmodel tracks that have all the little bitty links that go on each set? Something like 200 or so pieces per side? Aren't they fun to work with? Ha! Keep up the good work. Kind of a shame to cover up all that track work with the skirts.

Take care, Sgirty

Lord AfterMarket Dude:

Wow! You do have talent when it comes to pe application---very concise sir! All the brackets are very crisply applied, no glue smudges, all shaped very well. The Fruils really knock the model up another notch---very good work here.

Keep us posted.

Steve

cool one man! Nice details, especially the tracks, give us more pics as u continue your fine work!

Looking Quite excellent. Those fruils do look great. I am not sure if I am ready to try playing with those yet.
Keep us updated.

Johnny,

Verie nice, although it's not dedicate to me or anything.

I especially like the tracks, just right amount of sag. I had done the same for my KG, but with Modelkasten tracks. The PE application is clean, and to the spot. very good.

SO what paint scheme?

hi Pnzr-Cmdr. this king tiger looks really good,
you are really going to town with all the deatail sets and the tracks..
its a nice clean buildalso keep up the good work. i like all the screens and fine deatil
and keep us updated with pics as u go along,
and what kit is this king tiger and what numebr is, thanks

i thought you didn't like tanks anymore.. so no dedication to you dave lol. if i build a plane ever, the first dedication will go to you.

i'm gonna paint it with a hard edge ambush scheme. gonne be tough to mask with all that etch.

tazz, the kit is Tamiya's King Tiger Ardennes front

Nice job John.. you've definately pushed Lord Nelson aside and taken the title of "Lord Aber"

Nice looking Tiger ya got there Comrade :-)

I really do like the added dimension the Aber gives the kit - even thought it is a great kit to start with...... The open tool clamp on the starter crank is especially nice :-) I like the added touch.... well done.. hehe

Now ya just gotta figure out the skirt combination you want to use, and you're in buisness..... lol

Thumbs up from me... thanks for the pics :-)

Later-
Nelson

.. that was actually a mistake lol.... i noticed it after i took and posted the pics that it was open. but if you say it looks good then.. haha. still picturing in my mind the skirt combo, and still waiting for the hinge roller jeff.

i'm almost done with the main detail from aber.. some more interior stuff that i might skip. then the fenders skirts and PAINT!!!

oh yeah.. still that one length of friuls. they're almost done hehe

Very nice clean build you have going there ...your P/E is all well done,...next time you should really think abould changing the tow cables for either some aftermarket ones or even ones made from picture hanging wire ...no matter how hard you clean up the plastic cables they still look like plastic cables ...

Rick

just a little update for you guys. friuls are done. i added the side skirts. still waiting on that hinge roller so i acan do the fenders lol jeff. after that i'll start painting...







hope you all enjoy!

Comrade-

I must say that i really like the choice of skirts you came up with. It makes a cool looking tank look even better :-) The mailman will get you that hinge roller later this week ... hehehe

patience young grasshopper :-)

Later-
Nelson

Johnny!

Very nice rendered and built of the KT. I am in awe of your skill at such young age comes to PE and general workmanship.

I like to see more of the KT's picture, as it's truely encouraging.

hey Pnzr is it just me or did you not put the right tracks on your kit ....seems to be the early 16 tooth sprocket track as seen on a very few early Porsche turreted tigers...I might be wrong but .....Also if you are doing a KT in the Ardennes most of the tigers were pretty new and by this time the Jacks were no longer carried . Could have a jack if it was build after the zimmerit was stopped in mid Sept...and before October when the jack was dropped. I hate to be a bummer but better me tell you than a judge at a show ....sorry

Rick

yeah they are the wrong tracks.. i've known that since i bought them lol. i'm gonna swap out those trackso n my JT when i get around to building it and get the corrrect ones for the KT then.

Phew!! I'm glad you know about it ....I felt really bad pointing that out with all the super work you have done on it ...Keep up the good work bud!

Rick

Outstanding work here. It looks awesome even without the paint on it ! The Friul tracks really
give the impression of heavy tracks. Nice PE work too; dont you just love Aber :-)

My question is, why didn't you go with an Eduard Tiger II barrel ? So much nicer, and far less work. Other then that, I cant wait to see this KT II all camo'ed up.

Cheers !!

Robert

All i can say is "wow" That's an amazing array of aftermarket parts u got goin'. I've never done fruils before...are they hard and/or tedious?

Matt