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Armor/AFV: Axis - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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Tiger floor detailed - exposing metal
dsotm
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England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: August 13, 2005
KitMaker: 357 posts
Armorama: 291 posts
Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 12:01 AM UTC
As parts of this floor will be visible in the end result I decided to use Alisdair Johnstons' method used on his Crusader.

For a base colour on the areas to be exposed I used MR.Metalcolor Iron , which was then polished. A coat of Future, then primer (Tamiya Flat Red plus some Dark Grey) to finish. Washed the higher areas with meths and the picked away the primer with flat cut toothpick to expose the metal beneath. Finished with future to give an oily 'sheen'. Floor still has to washed with dirt/oil etc but this will wait till all other floor details are in.

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Goteborgs och Bohus, Sweden
Joined: July 28, 2005
KitMaker: 649 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 03:26 AM UTC
Looking good! A bit hard shadow cause of the lightning in the picture, but the metallic looks very good!
Cheers Andreas
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