Trumpeter 1:16 Jagdtiger

[LSP_K2]

5 hours ago, Rick Griewski said:

Any more progress?  

 

Not lately no. I've been distracted by some other chores here, but I'll be resuming work on it pretty soon. Thanks for asking.

 

2 hours ago, mustang1989 said:

Yeah.....inquiring minds wanna know.......

 

I seem to look at it every day, thinking about what comes next in the process.

[LSP_K2]

OK, today is the "official" day of work resuming on this beast, so she's "back on the bench". I've delayed long enough; time to wrap up this puppy, hopefully by mid-May sometime, which should be very doable, then it'll be full-tilt on a 1:32 Bf 109G-14/AS.

 

 

 

[Rockie Yarwood]

Go, Kevin, Go!

[LSP_K2]

42 minutes ago, Rockie Yarwood said:

Go, Kevin, Go!

 

I've already done some work today, minor stuff though, and will be doing more tonight.

[panzerrob]

Finally, the beast returns!

[LSP_K2]

12 hours ago, panzerrob said:

Finally, the beast returns!

 

Having to reassess what still needs to be done, and in what order, is sort of a pain, but I'm working that out now.

[Rick Griewski]

5 hours ago, LSP_K2 said:

 

Having to reassess what still needs to be done, and in what order, is sort of a pain, but I'm working that out now.

Ah that is what post-it notes are for. I always leave a trail of task “bread crumbs” on the notes before I set a project aside.  Ramping back up is a piece of cake. 

[LSP_K2]

18 minutes ago, Rick Griewski said:

Ah that is what post-it notes are for. I always leave a trail of task “bread crumbs” on the notes before I set a project aside.  Ramping back up is a piece of cake. 

 

I probably should have done that, Rick, but in this case I thought it would be a lot less time before I resumed the work, certainly not the five months it's proved to be. Anyway, I'm all over it now, and expect to show some real progress very soon.

[BiggTim]

Holy smokes, that thing is humongous!!

[LSP_K2]

38 minutes ago, BiggTim said:

Holy smokes, that thing is humongous!!

 

Yea it is, Tim. I can't begin to tell you how much I'm enjoying it too.

[BiggTim]

On 2/16/2021 at 11:58 AM, LSP_K2 said:

 

Yea it is, Tim. I can't begin to tell you how much I'm enjoying it too.

Man, I bet!! It makes me want a 1/16 Tiger I even more!

[LSP_K2]

1 hour ago, BiggTim said:

Man, I bet!! It makes me want a 1/16 Tiger I even more!

 

The Hobby Boss kit is actually quite reasonable, but I'm still hoping to eventually grab one of the Tamiya kits.

[josebagasteiz]

It's nice to see you go back to work with that beast of steel. I hope to see significant progress in its construction soon. Greetings.

[LSP_K2]

New supplies for this beast (and other projects). I've already been putting the finishing touches of texture on the mantlet in the background, but still have a teeny bit of tweaking to do, and I'll be ready to declare it finished. I've also done some more minor work to the hull, by using the new surfacers. My old surfacer and dissolved putty, were getting pretty long n the tooth.

 

[LSP_K2]

Found this last night, threw it in the trash today, then fetched it right back out to snatch some photos, now it goes back in the trash. It, as far as I know, is the only remaining remnant of my never finished conversion to a Jagdtiger, of the old Tamiya kit. The entire upper hull, all scratch built, was certainly here when I moved in, but I have no idea where it is now. Either way, the Trumpeter kit made the whole exercise rather pointless, as the Trumpeter kit is far superior anyway.