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Armor/AFV: Axis - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
Hosted by Darren Baker
tiger wheels painted free hand
PanzerKarl
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England - North West, United Kingdom
Joined: April 20, 2004
KitMaker: 2,439 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 06:59 AM UTC
Just finnished the road wheels on my model tiger,it took 2 days to do them free hand using tamiyas nato black. Plus some photos of the model decals before and after micro sol and weathered.thanks for now
Mech-Maniac
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Virginia, United States
Joined: April 16, 2004
KitMaker: 2,240 posts
Armorama: 1,319 posts
Posted: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 07:08 AM UTC
wow, excellent work, what scale is that tiger?? are just the wheels freehand paint or the entire tiger, either way i'm impressed....
RIMA
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Overijssel, Netherlands
Joined: September 08, 2002
KitMaker: 285 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 07:11 AM UTC
You have done a good job nice depth
The second picture the cross is too nice looking to compare with the first one
thebear
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Quebec, Canada
Joined: November 15, 2002
KitMaker: 3,960 posts
Armorama: 3,579 posts
Posted: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 - 01:24 PM UTC
Geese you do them the hard way ..I have a trick for you ...First I don't know how you do it to paint tamiya paints with a brush they drive me nuts... But I use humbrol or MM enamel paints I mix up some dark earth and black and quickly paint the rubber not being very careful but not touching the rims.....Instead of trying to get the perfect line around them I just throw on a black wash and this makes the perfect edge with very little trouble .I can do a full set of tiger wheels in a couple of hours.

Rick
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Illinois, United States
Joined: June 10, 2004
KitMaker: 8 posts
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Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 05:14 PM UTC
Those are some nice lookin wheels! Great job on the zimmerit too!
ChrisCarney
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: December 01, 2001
KitMaker: 88 posts
Armorama: 50 posts
Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 06:28 PM UTC
An excellent job on the entire kit. The wheels turned out great. Did you hand paint the green stripes on the hull also? Good job there too. I like to take the easy way out on rubber road wheels. I take a fine point SHARPIE and do the rubber with that, then I spray a nice layer of dull coat on them. They turn out nice that way. Just a short cut for me. Keep up the great work.

Chris
RAF-Mad
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Oregon, United States
Joined: March 13, 2004
KitMaker: 153 posts
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Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 06:53 PM UTC
That is one nice job. Love the wheels and the zimmerit.
What did you use for the zimmerit?

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