Tiger II the King

[MrT]

 

[phantom II]

Some of your best work ever! :yipee

I totally agree with Dr. J

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[ausf]

Excellent.

 

[moon puppy]

Just notice the steering wheel is not there. :facepalm

 

[moon puppy]

The filter is down for now. :yipee Great job!! How do you plan to do the zimmeret? Gary S.

This will be Sans-Zimm....

 

[helios]

Never been much of a tank guy, but that looks like a pretty cool piece of kit. :drinks

 

[moon puppy]

Excellent kit Chris, could really be a good base for someone super detailing or knocking something out.

 

[lupanzer]

Really good Bob...and like the others say:...one of the best from yours ldguy

:drinks

Luiz

 

[Iron Mike]

That looks swell, I really like the coloring. Keep at it!

 

[jknaus]

Very very nice
James

 

[helios]

Excellent kit Chris, could really be a good base for someone super detailing or knocking something out.

I just noticed it's a Takom kit. This has me hopeful, as I snagged a Chieftain Mk2 & Chieftain SPAAG (both by Takom) on sale last week. I intend on trying to expand my horizons a bit at some point.....honest.

I certainly don't expect them to be quite the full bit kit this one is...but hoping for something fairly decent anyways.

 

[moon puppy]

Thank you all for the really kind comments. I'm humbled....

Getting on track now...get it..tracks..

I'm opting for the Friuls. Nothing really wrong with the kit tracks but the Friuls are far more detailed, 5 pieces for each track, interlocking links to make up a run. Really nice and no ejection marks to clean up! I know I'm getting real drape look with real metal.

I've got about a half a run on one side done. Gotta get some more brass rod, I like the .51 rod over the thinner stuff that Friul sends, tighter joint.

 

[Skinny_Mike]

This is where I have stalled on all my tanks as of late, the tracks. I need to get over that hurdle. :smack

This is really coming along nicely Bob. like others have said, one of your best!

Mike

 

[moon puppy]

Mike as I was told, just sit down and do 5 at a time. I did some weathering on the wheels between sessions. They'll be knocked out before next weekend.

 

[Brokeneagle]

B) Great work MP.....and I thought you were a plane guy!
Those massive drive transmissions tended to be blue or green - just thought I would let you know. Check my 17cm Grille dio if you want to check the color.

Ian.

 

[moon puppy]

Thanks Ian, guess I'll have to live with it as is, i'm pressing forward, the green would be more interesting though. Not sure how much of the tranny will be visible once I get the upper installed.

 

[Iron Mike]

Unless you leave hatches open, you won't see any of it anyway. Press on! hyeah

 

[JSteinman]

Re the tools. I install them all, before paint. You can easily mask under them with thin paper masks. This way tool clamps match the tank color and weathering.

 

[moon puppy]

Thanks Doc, question I had was would they have painted over the tools in the field?

 

[JSteinman]

Thanks Doc, question I had was would they have painted over the tools in the field?

I think you can go either way. What may look neat is paint the tools per normal, THEN apply camo over them.