Certainly no expert,but I believe that the Dunklegelb,that appeared late in the war was different from early war Dunklegelb.I mean Mig Ammo offers a late war set,and it does look more buff.Throw your question on the forum where others will see,I'm sure the experts will chime in,immediately sure I even remember an old topic about Dunlegelb.

Tamiya has plastic indy link tracks (35165) for the King Tiger and they are relatively affordable at around $10 - $20 range. no comparison to fruils but way easier on the wallet.

HobbyBoss also has King Tiger plastic indy tracks but they are for a late type henschel tiger with 18-tooth sprockets.

I didn't see the gallery either. I'll figure that out.

Hi everyone!
Looks like I'm first across the line. Not that it was a race. Because I usually build aircraft, I'm used to spending a ton of time with fillers and abrasives. It was nice not to have to go through that on this model. Anyway...here are my photos!

Oh, BTW I tried to upload to the Big Cats Mk IV Gallery but couldn't find it. Can someone point me in the correct direction, please.

I prefer natural light.

I took photos last night on the vaunted blue background, but didn't like them.

Please excuse signs of my domestic life in the photos.

If I was a whiz bang at photoshop, I'd make an effort at putting in some kind of historical background. But I'm not.

On the Glacis, you can see two shell hits highlighted by sun and shadow.

Other, lighter, hits show red primer revealed beneath chipped Zimmerit.

This was the first time I did a dot filter with oils.

I think it helped the look of the model greatly. Unfortunately I did it before the pin wash, so my pin wash pooled in places while leaving others vacant.

This was a nice simple kit to learn on.

Don't tell anyone that someone forgot to load the tow shackles that are sitting back at the depot.

Historical photos show Tiger 112 didn't have her schurzen on before or after her demise.


I used a wet palette and acrylics to do the pioneer tools. this allowed me to give subtle variations between each tool and the cleaning rods.

I haven't mastered painting the cables yet. When I was in the Marines on the M-109A3, our towing cable had been coated with oil which turned black over time. To clean it, we'd hit it with the wire brush and any surface rust and dirt came off easily leaving shiny steel ready for inspection.

If you ever build the Academy Tiger I late, you'll find that it comes with 2 decals for the fire extinguisher. I didn't want to use the spare for this build.

I learned a lot on this build, and enjoyed sharing with you all. I'll be coming back to see what you guys get up to with your big cats.

Thank you Dustin for firing up and hosting the campaign!

Best Wishes,


Gaz