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Armor/AFV: Axis - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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coca's King Tiger
coca
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: June 29, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 04:13 AM UTC
Greetings everyone
Up to day to share with you all is a 1/35 scale WWII German Panzerkampfwagen VI-B Tiger II, better known as King Tiger. After market, Lion Roar PE set was used, as well as eduard alum barrel, individual track links by Tamiya and Tristar tank crews.
The tiger is depicted as Ausf B, 1st SS Pz Abt 503, found toward the end of the war in Berlin-Sektor, May 1945. thanks for viewing














warvos
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West-Vlaaderen, Belgium
Joined: June 06, 2004
KitMaker: 350 posts
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Posted: Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 04:29 AM UTC
That's one impressive looking Tiger!!
I love the weathering and the details.
First time I see a partial camouflage scheme. Was this the standard camouflage technique at the end of the war or was this cat refitted with another turret due to battle damage?
steeldog51
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: September 04, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 05:06 AM UTC
cool mate nice to see what mines going to look like when shes finished! hope it comes as good!
coca
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: June 29, 2004
KitMaker: 196 posts
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Posted: Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 05:14 AM UTC
Hi Bjorn, thanks for the compliment, well it is not the standard camo color scheme toward the end of the war, this particular Tiger was found in Berlin painted in such a color.
cheers
Shado1
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Tochigi-ken, Japan / 日本
Joined: July 24, 2003
KitMaker: 211 posts
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Posted: Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 05:21 AM UTC
Beautiful work, Coca!
Monte
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Rhode Island, United States
Joined: December 08, 2002
KitMaker: 833 posts
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Posted: Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 05:45 AM UTC
Excellent work! Great weathering and nice touch with the battle damage.
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Florida, United States
Joined: October 17, 2003
KitMaker: 15,338 posts
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Posted: Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 06:33 AM UTC
Very nice job...... interesting also.
Mech-Maniac
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Virginia, United States
Joined: April 16, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 06:51 AM UTC
nice tiger!
blaster76
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Texas, United States
Joined: September 15, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 07:06 AM UTC
truely exceptional work. Very realistic looking. PLease go into detail about how you gave it the rusty looking appearance around the seams. I've always gone with a steel highlight. Would like to try rust. What did you use to make that unbelievable rust color? I would like to mimic it in a wash or a dry brushing technique.
woodstock74
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: December 28, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 07:31 AM UTC
cocca,
Yes, please follow up with your methods for acheiving that look. I'm particularly intrested in how you achieve the subtle chipping and rusting along the seam lines as well. Absolutely top notch work and one I hope to achive to some day!
ShermiesRule
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Michigan, United States
Joined: December 11, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 07:37 AM UTC
Absolutely beautiful KT. Figures are spectacular too.
coca
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: June 29, 2004
KitMaker: 196 posts
Armorama: 175 posts
Posted: Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 03:50 PM UTC
Greetings all, sorry for the late reply due to different time zone.
First of all thank you for your comments and compliments, I feel flattered.
Brian, I still awaiting Dragon 1/72 E-100 and Maus, can't wait to get my hands on them.
Steve and Mike; for the rusty of the seam lines, actually it quite stright forward, what I did was applied a few layer of washes of Burnt Sienna oil paint, follow by mixture of pastels color like red, brown and a tough of orange and black. Work your way very slowly, section by section, carefully applied the pastels, on and off move back to see until your eyes "feel right".
And Mike what you need is practice and guide along the way, and I believe you will achieve it one day, keep it up mate

Cheers...

Hwa-Rang
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
Joined: June 29, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 06:00 PM UTC
Great looking Tiger. Fantastic paintjob.

Not your everyday camosceme. Very interesting.
coca
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: June 29, 2004
KitMaker: 196 posts
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Posted: Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 07:47 PM UTC
Hi Jesper, thanks for the comments.
This was the actual color scheme that caught my eyes. I merely applied it on the smaller scale.
thanks
SpiritsEye
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: May 09, 2004
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 01:46 AM UTC
An awesome job indeed!

the highlighting and weathering are superb!

coca
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: June 29, 2004
KitMaker: 196 posts
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 03:10 AM UTC
Hi Danny, thanks for the comment, it good to see the fellow countryman support
armorguy
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United States
Joined: June 25, 2004
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 03:52 AM UTC
Wow! The paint chipping and rusting is superb. I really hope to be able to do something like that someday.
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Washington, United States
Joined: September 03, 2004
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 05:49 AM UTC
Coca

Most impressive. Totally outstanding especially the weathering details. Thanks for the superb examples. I hope to achieve some of the same details on my Panther G build.

Blade48mrd
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Groningen, Netherlands
Joined: September 21, 2003
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 06:10 AM UTC
Hi Coca,

you have just give me a reason to build a King Tiger too. Great job on your pin-washes, they come out really well. Also great job on your figures. An idea for a on-display?

Looking forward to your next build.

Jurjen
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England - West Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: June 27, 2004
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 06:18 AM UTC
I echo the remarks already made.

Superb paint job / detailing and VERY unusual and interesting camo scheme.....nice to see something different and very well done.

Carl
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Texas, United States
Joined: July 05, 2002
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 08:12 AM UTC

Quoted Text

I echo the remarks already made.

Superb paint job / detailing and VERY unusual and interesting camo scheme.....nice to see something different and very well done.

Carl



My sentiments, exactly
coca
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: June 29, 2004
KitMaker: 196 posts
Armorama: 175 posts
Posted: Monday, November 22, 2004 - 04:11 PM UTC
Greetings guys, thank you for the feedback
Yeah, some up coming models are on the way and I think it will be more interesting.
thanks
thebear
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Quebec, Canada
Joined: November 15, 2002
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Posted: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 - 09:12 AM UTC
What more to say about your paint job ...excellent ! Great job sir..

Rick
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: June 29, 2004
KitMaker: 196 posts
Armorama: 175 posts
Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 03:29 AM UTC
Hi Richard, thank you for the comment, I appreciate.
cheers
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California, United States
Joined: November 24, 2004
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Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - 06:14 AM UTC
I hope one day I can learn to get HALF of the detail that you have on that thing

Great work!
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