I started this project some months ago, you can see the progress in the pictures. After the weathering I plan to do a burnout effect on the turret.

Here is the basic kit, with some P.E., later I still bought the Front and back fenders kit from ABER and a track set from Friulmodel.



And here is some photos from the building:















And the paintjob:






















And here is the current status:







I think when I'll end with the King tiger I'll do a diorama with some figures who are standing on the KT.

Hi Roland, that's awesome! I have the same in the stash awaiting a good campaign to fit it in and I hope to have it anything looking like yours, great!

Hi, I'm glad you like it and good luck for your build!

Great looking KT!

Thank you, Matt!

Very nice work Roland, I would like to run a feature on this one.

Thank you! And of course, it's okay for me.

Very well done

Great work!

Thank you Steven, and Cesar!


The weathering is almost finished - except the mud effects. In the continue I'll do the burnout surface on the turret.


Here I added some streaking effects:



And some dust; I used acrylic paints, applied with airbrush and brush, and then I applied some pigments.

Hi,

I finished the weathering on the hull and I've just made the burnout effect. The next step is to apply the mud effects. And here is the pictures:

First of all, the finished weathering, before the burnout:







And after the burnout:







Yesterday, the Friul tracks arrived, so I started to piece together it.





And about the diorama; here is the composition, what I imagined:



This is the first time when I tried to sclupt a figure, so far I'm proud for myself The figures made from Milliput.









Roland

Nice job on the King Tiger!
And the figures look good too.

Thank you, Thomas I try to do my best!

wow, level expert has been achieved! all of your effects are incredible.

may i ask what type of putty you used to create your casting effects. did you have to add any hardeners to the putty?

thank you.

Amazing job Roland, I love weathering and burnout effect.

Paweł

Thank you I used "Mr. White putty" from Mr. Hobby and I didn't add anything to it. However, few days ago I tried Milliput on a piece of plastic to create the same casting effects, and I found it good, too.

Thank you, I'm glad you like it

Nice work

thank you for your reply sir. i have a few heavy tanks on my "to do" list. most of the time kit manufacturers just don't include enough texture detail on the hulls and i'm very excited to try this technique.

Yes, that's true - on a Tamiya kit too, who is one of the best manufacturer.
But this is not a difficult technique, you can reach a good result after some practise And here is a picture - from Adam Wilder -, I used a similar tool to sclupt the putty. You can make it on your own from a piece of metal rod and secure it in a pin vice.

Wow. This is really top-notch work, Roland. Can you tell a little about how you achieved the burnout effects? I'd like to replicate something like that on a piece I'm working on.

Stop, stop, stop! You are doing all sorts of things I want to do! The photo's are fantastic! However the lack of describing what you did and why in each photo is killing me! It is like watching the new Star Wars movie with no sound. If you added text we could make this a tutorial.

I agree!, we need text !!!!!

Regards from the south

Alvaro

Sorry guys, in the last few days I couldn't see the forum, I wasn't at home.

About the burnout effect: it's not a difficult technique, you can do it easily. I used Mig Jimenez's video like a basic tutorial, and here you can find it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEVBp530bEU
And the second part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV3MFIHr62o

It's a good and understandable presentation. I changed only a few things: I used traditional oil paints instead of Ammo rust effects, I applied only a very little amount of pigments: light rust and light earth pigments.

And here is some photo (with text ) that I took during the painting.

1. Here I applied the rust tones: Medium and Light rust.



2. After that I painted some chips, using a very light buff tone.



3. And here I used oil paints to create more effects.



4. The next step was to apply the black smoke effects, I used Humbrol black with hairspray technique.

5. And lastly I added the pigments.


I think the video that I linked with the text is understandable, but if you still have a question, ask it!

Excellent. Thank you, Roland!