Hi all.
Here are some WIP shots of my Late King Tiger.
Just took some shots while doing some test fittings.
I have added extra turret track hangers, 4 fuel vent lines, turret camo rings, removed the jack mountings and jack block, and have started to work on the reinforced front fenders.

Comments and suggestions greatly appreciated.







thanks for looking,

Is that a layer of texure you layed down on the lower hull?


Jeff

Hi Jeff.

yes it is. It's Revell Plasto stippled with a brush wet with mineral turpentine until I got the texture I was after.

I like the look on your KT! What paint scheme are you planning for it?

Thanks for sharing the tip on the texturing! Keep us up to date on the build it looks great so far!


Jeff

Looking good so far Jurgen, any idea as to what camo your gonna go with?

Thanks guys.

I have to say, I really like the green octopus camo.
The reference I have is a vechile from the 511th, May 1945, but this vechile is missing the extra track hangers and camo rings, although it does have the reinforced front fenders. Not sure how accurate this is?!!?!?

The other options I have are dunkel gelb of a vehicle from the 507th, Western front in the Spring of 1945, or 3 tone camo for the Ardenne (Kit instruction camo scheme).

Unfortunately, I'm struggling to find many color camo refs for the Late version with the extra track mounts and camo rings.

Therefore, at the moment, I'm leaning towards the 3 tone camo.

cheers,
Jurgen.

I'm building the same Tiger-B. Although all of the final features can be found on different Tiger-Bs, I've not seen a single Tiger-B having all the features.

Many combinations exist of the late features like ribbed fenders, single link tracks but still retaining the AA-ring.

I've seen 1 Tiger-B in service with the 6 pairs of trackhangers and no AA-ring, but this one was fitted with the double link tracks:



As far as camouflage schemes is concerned, you can go 2 ways.

Keeping it more into the factual realm, meaning more often seen, stick to the 3 tone factory applied ambush scheme.

However, you could also adopt the July 1945 camo scheme of Oliv Grün with wavy bands of Dunkel Gelb upon which circles of Oliv Grün were handpainted. AKA Octopus.

I did change a number of other parts on my Final Tiger-B that you have not included on yours. If you're interested what I've changed, drop me a PM.

Other than that, it's looking very fine.

Thanks Herbert.

have sent you a PM.

Jurgen.