Wolf Buddee Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 (edited) The Tiger is primered and ready to get some colour. Tamiya's Grey primer was decanted, thinned with lacquer thinner, and shot through the airbrush. I had to modify the mountings for the side skirts as the raised pins on the hull sides were too short once the Zimmerit was applied. I drilled out the existing pins and added short lengths of styrene rod to the the side skirts so I could add the skirts easily over the Zimmerit. One of the jack support brackets disappeared in to Nirvana when it leapt out of my hands, bounced off my work bench, and was never seen again. I scratch built a new one but would have appreciated not having to take the time to do so. I also replaced the solid molded grab handles for the jack with copper wire. The kit supplied tow cable assemblies have heavy mold seams along their lengths. Cleaning them up resulted in misshappen cables and a loss of the twisted cable detail. I picked up two packages of twisted copper wire for just over two dollars each. Each packet has enough for two full lengths of tow cable so I'll have lots of spare. The kit tow cable assemblies were taped in position on the model and the rear cable clamps only were glued to the rear deck. Once they had completely dried I cut the cable from the clamps and drilled holes in each clamp to accommodate the new cable. Finally a last coat of primer was applied and she's now ready to go in the paint shop and get her camouflage. Comments and critique are always welcome especially considering I'm no real armour guy. Cheers, Wolf URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Wolfram/media/Tiger-12_zpsdp5vjup2.jpg.html][/URL] Edited January 24, 2019 by Wolf Buddee williamj, alaninaustria, BiggTim and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Coming along nicely, Wolf! Your jack handles look so much better than the molded on ones... So I'm gonna have to borrow that from you in future builds. Thanks! Gaz Martinnfb, Wolf Buddee and BiggTim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Gazzas said: Coming along nicely, Wolf! Your jack handles look so much better than the molded on ones... So I'm gonna have to borrow that from you in future builds. Thanks! Gaz Thanks for lookin' in Gaz, Yes, the copper wire handles are a simple modification but add a nice touch of fidelity. Cheers, Wolf BiggTim and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Looks great, now some paint! Wolf Buddee and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Wow, some super nice and crisp work Wolf! Martinnfb, BiggTim and Wolf Buddee 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 I hate to say it, but that zimmerit just looks so much better than my hand made stuff. The only thing my hand-made really has going for it is that it fits any vehicle and is ridiculously cheap. Every time I look at your model I get a little more jealous. Gaz Martinnfb, Rick Griewski, LSP_K2 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Looking just excellent. Hard to go wrong with any Tiger, really. At least as far as I'm concerned. Martinnfb and Wolf Buddee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 4 hours ago, LSP_Ron said: Looks great, now some paint! Thanks Ron, Yes indeed, she's ready for the paint shop. I got started on the road wheels last night by spraying Alclad Steel on the contact surfaces of the wheels, idlers, and drive spockets. A bit of masking and then the first coat of Dark Yellow. Cheers, Wolf Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 4 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Wow, some super nice and crisp work Wolf! Thanks Brian, It's nice to finally have something on the go after a 4 month drought even if it don't got wings! Cheers, Wolf Martinnfb and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 25 minutes ago, Gazzas said: I hate to say it, but that zimmerit just looks so much better than my hand made stuff. The only thing my hand-made really has going for it is that it fits any vehicle and is ridiculously cheap. Every time I look at your model I get a little more jealous. Gaz Thanks Gaz, .........although I'm absolutely certain not all Zimmerit application was as neat as mine so yours may very well be more accurate than you think. And you're obviously not as lazy as I am either. You have nothing to be jealous of Gaz! Cheers, Wolf Martinnfb and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 15 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: Looking just excellent. Hard to go wrong with any Tiger, really. At least as far as I'm concerned. Thank-you Kev! Hard to go wrong with any Tiger eh? What if it's hungry and you're the only one in sight. That may change your mind. Cheers, Wolf D.B. Andrus and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) I like Tigers.... I wish they'd do a good, "affordable" one in 1/16. Maybe Trumpeter will consider the Tiger IE in 1/16 with an interior... Oh boy that'd be nice. Anyway, It looks as though you're modeling a factory fresh final model TigerIE and doing a very nice job of it. Those Archer weld beads are a little too uniform for my liking but they do look the part. Is that the 40mm turret roof on that kit? I can't tell if it is or if it's the 26mm turret roof. One thing I noticed is the exhaust guards; they're a little thick (as they are in every 1/35 scale kit I've ever seen). Does not affect the looks of it but these guys were sheet metal and pretty thin (material thickness). I don't know off hand what the thickness is but I'll be David Byrden does. If you've not see his site it's http://tiger1.info/. You can usually find him on Missing-Lynx if you're at all interested. As a tale.... When I built a Tamiya Late Tiger I (that was all that was available at that time...so you can guess how long ago that was), I took a rat-tail file to the insides of the guards and thinned them until they were almost see-through (I don't like photo-etch that much). I then used gentle heat to bend them around the exhaust castings so it looked like the tank backed into something that crushed the guards showing the outlines of the armored castings.... LOL, mine was NOT factory fresh. I also found the Modelkasten wingnuts superb in representing the tow cable clamp securing nuts on the upper hull. Edited January 25, 2019 by Juggernut Added a little content.... Gazzas, JeffH, Wolf Buddee and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Wolf, do you have a particular tank in mind for the final paint process yet? Just curious. Superb update. Like everyone has already mentioned I like the primer coat. Thanks for sharing this build build with us. Troy Wolf Buddee and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Hey Wolf! As usual, a flawless finish. The zimerit looks perfect. Can't wait to see the final camp scheme. Wolf Buddee and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Thanks Juggernut, I honestly couldn't even begin to tell you if it's a 26mm or 40mm roof. I'm trying to build something without researching the subject to death as it's supposed to be a mojo recuperating project. I hear ya on the thickness of the exhaust shields. I keep lookin' at 'em and trying to decide if I'll rework them or not. We'll see...... I was also debating about the wingnuts for the cable clamps as Bronco Models has a nice set specifically for the German AFVs. But again, I'm trying not to get too hung up on all the details or spend too much more on aftermarket stuff (which I usually wind up doing). Jeeezzzz I hate AMS! Cheers, Wolf Martinnfb and alaninaustria 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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