And I'm still looking for my #4 left side roadwheel! arrgh
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Red4
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 11:44 AM UTC
I posted these on my initial post, but thought I should advise an "update" as it were. I took all the suggestions to heart, and have gotten alot more done on this beast, including some of the figures. I have to find a different backdrop for this thing when I shoot my pics. You will notice on the loader and the driver, that their eyes may seem a little large. I agree. I used decals for these. On certain figures they look great. On others, you get what you see here, especially on the driver. Anyway, all of the fiddly bits are on. The only thing I need to do at this point is paint the ammo drum on the Commanders MG. The suspension will be set up for sitting on un-even terrain. I also plan on using the building in my dio as well. I have had this thing for over 10 years! I figure its hi time I used it. As always, comments welcome. "Q"
And I'm still looking for my #4 left side roadwheel! arrgh
And I'm still looking for my #4 left side roadwheel! arrgh
TsunamiBomb
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 11:48 AM UTC
Dang! Thats impressive! Your camara is very good to get that close up. Your facial painting is almost professional. The eyes on the figures are so real. The tiger tank looks awesome also. This diorama will be very good. I cant wait to see it! Keep us posted!
ShermiesRule
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 11:49 AM UTC
That's a fantastic King Tiger. Too bad about the missing wheel.
Blade48mrd
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 11:58 AM UTC
Red4 -
Looks great from here and especially the zimmerit with paint scheme. Where is this diorama to be in terms of timeframe/place? As for your dilema on road wheel, maybe I can help. I've been doing the Tamiya "Ardennes Front" King Tiger, but I have also found in my "old" stash (along with many other oldies) the "old" Tamiya King Tiger kit. I'm planning on using this in a future diorama with it "knocked out" on side of road in a ditch with a M-36 or M-18 moving past it's handy work. Since it will basically show the tread/running gear as taking the hit, I should be able to spare a road whell or two for yours. If alright to use the older Tamiya parts, then PM me with your address and I'll send it (and anything else you're missing from that kit) to you this weekend. Hope this helps. Great looking build.
Blade48mrd
Looks great from here and especially the zimmerit with paint scheme. Where is this diorama to be in terms of timeframe/place? As for your dilema on road wheel, maybe I can help. I've been doing the Tamiya "Ardennes Front" King Tiger, but I have also found in my "old" stash (along with many other oldies) the "old" Tamiya King Tiger kit. I'm planning on using this in a future diorama with it "knocked out" on side of road in a ditch with a M-36 or M-18 moving past it's handy work. Since it will basically show the tread/running gear as taking the hit, I should be able to spare a road whell or two for yours. If alright to use the older Tamiya parts, then PM me with your address and I'll send it (and anything else you're missing from that kit) to you this weekend. Hope this helps. Great looking build.
Blade48mrd
Robster
Joined: October 04, 2004
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 12:08 PM UTC
That tank and the building are very nice. And the figures are nicely painted and from which brand are those figures.
Greetz Rob!
Greetz Rob!
Tiger101
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 04:15 PM UTC
Matthew, Fantastic build. The eyes look fine to me. You have captured the rust on the exhaust perfectly. As to the missing road wheel good luck with a replacement. I cant wait to see this on its base. Did you use MK or Fruli tracks for it?
Henk
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 04:42 PM UTC
Great job, excellent finish on both the Tiger and figures. I like what you are doing with the suspension and uneven ground. But the driver is wearing a Panzer jacket, which would have the pink piping of the Panzer Waffe, and not the white of the regular army, or is that the photo?
Cheers
Henk
Cheers
Henk
Red4
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 05:39 PM UTC
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Red4 -
Looks great from here and especially the zimmerit with paint scheme. Where is this diorama to be in terms of timeframe/place? As for your dilema on road wheel, maybe I can help. I've been doing the Tamiya "Ardennes Front" King Tiger, but I have also found in my "old" stash (along with many other oldies) the "old" Tamiya King Tiger kit. I'm planning on using this in a future diorama with it "knocked out" on side of road in a ditch with a M-36 or M-18 moving past it's handy work. Since it will basically show the tread/running gear as taking the hit, I should be able to spare a road whell or two for yours. If alright to use the older Tamiya parts, then PM me with your address and I'll send it (and anything else you're missing from that kit) to you this weekend. Hope this helps. Great looking build.
Blade48mrd
Blade, Thanks for the offer. If the older kit has the steel wheels, I can make them work. I would just need the two outside wheels. I have everything else. I'll PM you my address. I can cover the shipping cost if you want me to. As to the time frame and place of the dio...haven't got that far as yet. I just sort of go for it as I build. No set plan. I like to have the freedom to change things mid-stride if I want. I am thinkning of adding an abondoned jeep and some US troops sneaking into position behind them for a bazooka shot,(Like that would domuch good against this beast), but it is a thought. Thanks again for you offer and help. "Q"
Red4
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 05:41 PM UTC
which brand are those figures.
Greetz Rob![/quote]
The figures are a mixture of Tmaiya, and DMl with Hornet and Verlinden heads. I forget exactly which parts came from what manufacturer, but nothing major in the way of conversions. Just somemsimple arm and head swapping. Thanks for the kind words. "Q"
Greetz Rob!
[/quote]The figures are a mixture of Tmaiya, and DMl with Hornet and Verlinden heads. I forget exactly which parts came from what manufacturer, but nothing major in the way of conversions. Just somemsimple arm and head swapping. Thanks for the kind words. "Q"
Red4
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 05:42 PM UTC
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Did you use MK or Fruli tracks for it?
I used the Frui set. Very nice, and they give it a nice almost scale weight as well! "Q"
Red4
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 05:46 PM UTC
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Great job, excellent finish on both the Tiger and figures. I like what you are doing with the suspension and uneven ground. But the driver is wearing a Panzer jacket, which would have the pink piping of the Panzer Waffe, and not the white of the regular army, or is that the photo?
Cheers
Henk
Henk you are correct. He is wearing the Panzer jacket, BUT it is trimmed in pink. It just looks white in the photo. Thanks for the kind words on both kits. I'm using the Schiffer book on German camo for my referrences. Excellent if somewhat expensive book. Something I have also used int he past is the camo sheets that Tamiya put out awhile back. I have 5 or six of them with differing pattens on them in 1/35. They make excellent referrence material for scaling the patterns to the figure and also for color selection. Thanks again. "Q"
HILBERT
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 10:11 PM UTC
Nice tank sir 
How did you make those bullets??
Did you make the zimmerit by yourself??
looks fantastic!!
Greetz Hilbert
How did you make those bullets??
Did you make the zimmerit by yourself??
looks fantastic!!
Greetz Hilbert
Sensei
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005 - 10:34 PM UTC
very good one!
Only thing i would add is more black powder to exehausts
Only thing i would add is more black powder to exehausts
Alpenflage
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Posted: Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 02:38 AM UTC
Excellent work on your Tiger II. Your camo scheme is fantastic ! Now I can see the awesome job you did on that Cavalier Zimmerit.
Figures look really good, and I dont think the eyes look that bad.
That last pic of the destroyed house looks cool. Is it a Verlinden or a Custom Dioramics ??
Your on the road to having a really superb diorama !
Cheers !!
Alpen
Figures look really good, and I dont think the eyes look that bad.
That last pic of the destroyed house looks cool. Is it a Verlinden or a Custom Dioramics ??
Your on the road to having a really superb diorama !
Cheers !!
Alpen
Red4
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Posted: Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 01:02 PM UTC
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That last pic of the destroyed house looks cool. Is it a Verlinden or a Custom Dioramics ??
Your on the road to having a really superb diorama !
Cheers !!
Alpen
The house is an older Verlinden release. I'm going to combine it with some scratch built stuff with cork, etc.. Hopefully it'll all come off the way I want. Thanks. "Q"
3442
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Posted: Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 08:46 AM UTC
darn, thats awsome, the ayes are great, no worry there like said before: they look very realistic!
Nice, very nice, very very nice work!
Frank
Nice, very nice, very very nice work!
Frank
Red4
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Posted: Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 09:36 AM UTC
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Nice, very nice, very very nice work!
Frank
Thanks for the kind words. I picked up some different figures this week end, so I might end up changing them out at some point. Thanks again. "Q"
Not much building going today....SUPERBOWL!!! Go Pats!
thebear
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Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 11:03 AM UTC
Hi Matt ..I've been foloowing your build in here for a while ..your KT looks great ....Is this supposed to be during the Ardennes or before that in Northern France? I'm asking because you have two things that contradict each other on the model ...Zimmerit was on the early KT's seen in Northern France but the Ambush scheme came into use after the zimmerit had be discontinued...Also 501 ss vehicles with zimmerit were only in the first company So the numbers should start with a 1 and were underneath the balkenkruz and were solid yellow numbers. If it is a tank during the BOB well they received new Kt's for this operation and had no zimmerit and the numbers were in the middle of the turret with no crosses seen on the KT's.
Now take all this with a grain of salt because you kit looks every part a KT and is a super kit, I hope mine comes out as nice as yours did .. (I would change the red extinguisher though) Latest comments on these have them usually painted to match the camo scheme or a medium grey color.)
Excellent work Matt.
Rick
Now take all this with a grain of salt because you kit looks every part a KT and is a super kit, I hope mine comes out as nice as yours did .. (I would change the red extinguisher though) Latest comments on these have them usually painted to match the camo scheme or a medium grey color.)
Excellent work Matt.
Rick
Red4
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Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 01:44 PM UTC
Rick, thanks for all of the info. Had no idea in regards to most of it. I just built what I liked and left it at that. I might just muddy up the 501st emblem and call it even 
As for the rest of the stuff, I can probably handle changing the extinguisher color. Lessons learned. Great thing about this site, lots of knowledgable folks on here. I have another KT planned for the future. I will definately keep your input fresh at hand when I get it underway. Thanks again for the info. "Q"
As for the rest of the stuff, I can probably handle changing the extinguisher color. Lessons learned. Great thing about this site, lots of knowledgable folks on here. I have another KT planned for the future. I will definately keep your input fresh at hand when I get it underway. Thanks again for the info. "Q" 
slodder
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Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 02:03 PM UTC
Nice job, the KT looks good, even the eyes aren't to bad.
I noticed the fireplace. The gray brick goes up on the inside of the wall and is not represented in the 'wall' itself. I don't see anyplace for a smoke 'exit'. Typically what you get is a fire place that bisects the wall. The fireplace is thicker than the wall itself and it looks like yours is on the inside of the wall vs being part of it.... I'm not sure I'm explaining myself very well.
I noticed the fireplace. The gray brick goes up on the inside of the wall and is not represented in the 'wall' itself. I don't see anyplace for a smoke 'exit'. Typically what you get is a fire place that bisects the wall. The fireplace is thicker than the wall itself and it looks like yours is on the inside of the wall vs being part of it.... I'm not sure I'm explaining myself very well.
Hoovie
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Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 02:24 PM UTC
Damn you eyes are prefect??
Done by hand??
best eyes have ever seen, I am 50 years old!!
Ron
Done by hand??
best eyes have ever seen, I am 50 years old!!
Ron
Henk
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Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 02:32 PM UTC
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I noticed the fireplace. The gray brick goes up on the inside of the wall and is not represented in the 'wall' itself. I don't see anyplace for a smoke 'exit'. Typically what you get is a fire place that bisects the wall. The fireplace is thicker than the wall itself and it looks like yours is on the inside of the wall vs being part of it.... I'm not sure I'm explaining myself very well.
Your explanation is fine Scott, but a chimney like this is not uncommon overhere ( UK and IIRC also in northern Europe). If the chimney runs along the outside wall of a house, it often is build 'against the wall' on the inside, with no protrusion on the outside wall. If a chimney is build in the middle of a house, or shared between two houses (as in a terraced row of houses) than you are correct that the chimney is build 'into' the wall, as typically both houses (or rooms in one house) will share one chimney.
Cheers
Henk
Red4
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Posted: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 01:01 AM UTC
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Damn you eyes are prefect??
Done by hand??
best eyes have ever seen, I am 50 years old!!
Ron
Ron, The eyes are actually decals. I bought them off of Ebay years ago. I gave them some prety nice reviews/comments when I bought them, and the guy was kind enough to send me 3 or 4 more sets later. I was totally surprized by this. They come in different scales as well. Each sheet had enough "eyes" to do 24 or so figures. Well worth the $$ I spent on them. I'm not sure if the guy is tisll in business or not, but I'd like to think he is. Thanks for the kind words. "Q"
Red4
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Posted: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 01:07 AM UTC
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I'm not sure I'm explaining myself very well.
Don't sweat a clear explanation its called AMS..LOL, yeah I see what you mean. Not sure what the story is behind what Francois was thinking when he built the master for this. I'm not too knowledgable in regards to European architecture/ design. I guess I have to deal with it as best I can. Although I think Henks' explanation was pretty good. Thanks for the comments on the eyes. "Q"
HILBERT
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Posted: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 03:14 AM UTC
How did you do the suspension becouse some of the wheels are higher than normal???
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