Thanks very much for your very kind words Gentelmen. This is my first tiger and first zimmerit. A lot of help was recieved on this model. I used PE grills for the first time also on this. They are the Tamiya tiger 1 grills. Fit nice and add a lot to the finished product. Maybe Ive just been bitten by the detailing bug! Damn .... it´ll cost me a fortune.
There has been a lot of talk about what this "Bergetiger" was for, and the consenus now is a mine setting/clearing vehicle. But according to some sources its 3 of them were converted.
See this link from Petro .
The paintwork was made in a lot of stages. I guess maybe 15 to 20 evenings (max half hour each time). Lots of washes, pin washes and filters to tone down the camo. Im very pleased with it.
Another thing Im very pleased with is microset and microsol system for decals. This will be the preffered method from now on. Amazing results.
I bought Tristar´s DAK crew today at the Stockholm IPMS Open. A few of these will be the crew for this. Really excited about trying these out. Look good in the box anyway.
Again thanks for all your nice words ... the support means everything. It makes me push myself that step further every time.
If ever this beastie is not wanted ... it is already bookmarked for Steve! Although it will take centre stage in my model cabinet for a while .... Steve, I hope you are a patient man! ;-)
Cheers!