Caen Dio with knocked out Tigger

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Fri May 23, 2014 9:06 am

Will be doing something with these two.

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Fri May 23, 2014 9:08 am

That's a nice tiger!
Love to see it build!
Good luck mate

MarkVerploeg · Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Fri May 23, 2014 10:26 am

Cool idea
Will it be any specific tiger?

Gav0909 · Post by **Gav0909** » Fri May 23, 2014 12:18 pm

If I recall correctly are you thinking of trying to emulate this picture?

Or one like it?

If so, that's cool! And best of luck!

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Fri May 23, 2014 1:09 pm

I will be doing a tiger in that region. I have the decals for one of the tanks in witty crew. Think it was one at the end of the road watching to support witty if needed when he did his rolling thunder. Think 15 tiger ones in this platoon destroyed in first engagements at that time. I will be using artistic licence on my tank though. Lol lots of this build will be right over my head. Crosses fingers

wappynutter · Post by **wappynutter** » Fri May 23, 2014 1:16 pm

Very cool idea.... Gonna look excellent I'm sure....
Good luck, well done....

" munch...munch...munch......."
Gonna sit here and watch cos I can't start my build for another week!!!

Post by **Lee** » Fri May 23, 2014 5:04 pm

Cool

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri May 23, 2014 5:09 pm

Very cool indeed - can't have too many Tigers!

DC87 · Post by **DC87** » Fri May 23, 2014 5:17 pm

Great idea, I would recommend adding your own base behind the building to have the tTger poking out from the ruined corner with the mangled lamppost - maybe have the top of the lamppost on the Tigers turret. then you could add anything of interest to the road of the Miniart base.

T3hGuppy · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Fri May 23, 2014 9:47 pm

Carn't beat a Tiger.

Unit53 · Post by **Unit53** » Tue May 27, 2014 10:15 am

Nice one, really good subject and will be watching this closely, good luck with the build..!

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Tue May 27, 2014 12:26 pm

There are a whole slew of photos on that battle Lego. If you need reference shots I have a whole book about the battle of Villers Bocage with all sorts of photos of KOed Tigers.

That kit might be a great piece for a blown tank.
It's not the best of kits from what I've seen. At least that was my experience when I looked at it.
Most of the bad stuff will be covered with zimmerit anyway so I guess you won't see it eh?
That mini-art piece is a really cool one. Once you get it free of the carrier and clean it up, it will build up pretty nicely and paint well.
I'll be interested in seeing your vision on this one.
Looks to be a really cool story bud.

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:36 pm

Thanks guys.

Hope I can match your expectations but I doubt it lol.

So I finally got a bit of building done on this project well I live in Ireland and if the weather is good you really have to abuse it because you never know when you might see it again.

Miniart

Never made one of these before and was kind of surprised at how bad the fit was to be honest. I chose to make sure the top of the building matched up as I figured the flat bit between the door and walls are flat and I can work with those easier. Well I was left with a huge gap on the right side which will mostly be out of sight but still

Other bits to fill.

One thing I did notice was the stench off this plastic when you sand it. At first I thought my neighbour was burning plastic again or burning something that well he should not

Anyway out with the plasto and will leave for a bit.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:43 pm

Good start mate, those gaps are a bit of a shame, but you'll sort it I have no doubt.

A few years ago I took my Villers Bocage book with me and managed to visit the place. I took photos of locations
shown in the book with my car parked up (which doubled as either a Tiger or Cromwell

).

Looking forward to your next update.

Deacon

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:48 pm

On to the Tigger while plasto sets.

Just built the interior which is nice especially for the price but really is let down by the sink marks and I mean quite a few. I did not really clean these up because I wont be looking at them and I am more interested in the exterior. Call me shallow

I did a little dry fitting to see what might show up.

It is sitting a little off on one side but should be no problem.

The hull was initially warped and I used hot water and electrical tape to pull it back into shape over a couple of weeks. Try this too fast or with water too hot and you destroy your model really quickly.

Only a little bit of stretch marks

This where I am at at the moment but feel some really bad weather on the way so should be tronkavating soon on this one.

rodrant · Post by **rodrant** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:08 pm

Hi Lego ,

well I choose exactly the same Diorma house form Miniart , and in my case I make two houses , yes a lot of gaps , and a lot of 'burning plastic' ,I almost was without any sanders ...I really didn't a very good job on my gaps as I was rushing the build a littel bit , in the end become aceptable , but mine is ready to see in the reveal section in some minutes form now .

Good Luck with your Dio ...seems a very nice one , looking forward to see it complete !

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:23 pm

So had a quick look at the side door and it is far to smooth so to make a more wood like appearance I used a wire brush and a pin vice. I will also roughen the top of teh gate when I get a chance.

Tools

See back of gate is smooth, leaving it this way because the back won't be visable.

More realistic look after a good whacking

Will paint it later and then start weathering process.

On to the house.

Just really eperimentiing by hand with the airbrush and having fun. May be crazy on the colours but I like them

Masked the stone after spraying it stone lol.

I got a Jworks mold for bricks and had a pop. Rofl not looking good.

Will post more later.

rodrant · Post by **rodrant** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:11 pm

Hi ,

The building is very nice ! Much better finished than mine i must say !

And the colors are nice and convinced me , we could see a building in those colors ...

I' m eager to see that Tiger hunting in the streets of Caen ...

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:33 pm

lol the tigger will be a stuffed one.

So bricks turned out like this. Need to experiment with colours and mixing but jesus not bad for a first time if I don't mind saying myself

Used revell acrylics to give the door a bit of life

Wash with this

Followed with pigments

I think this looks better than the plain old boring sheet it was in the beginning too.

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:32 pm

Love what you done with that door mate great work.

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 4:10 am

Great job with the wood effects!

FishBowlMan · Post by **FishBowlMan** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 1:02 pm

UKguyInUSA wrote:Great job with the wood effects!

Agreed! Looks fantastic!

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 3:17 pm

Thanks guys

I went around the edges of the plaster with a little stone colour acrylic paint to give it a more realistic look.

After spraying a monotonous grey followed by another one

I mixed some earth washes and a ak winter streaking wash filter on the road.

Damn it lost a photo be back a little later lol

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:22 pm

Right so. I cut a small left over piece of pe to make two small hinges for the gate. and I coated it in Mr Metal primer before painting it rust and using a wash from AK. I used a lot of products to create streaks on the buildings for damp,earth and moss etc...

Attached it to the side.

I cut up some clear plastic from a dolls box my daughter had and made some broken glass in the street lamp.

I dirtied it up with mud effects.

I used mud and earth and other pigments on the road to get a more realistic look I feel.

On to the Tiger.

AchtungPanzer · Post by **AchtungPanzer** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:33 pm

Very nice

. Will be super set. I look forward to more

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:49 pm

I decided to try the Zimmerit with tamiya white putty instead of miliput which I have used to good enough effect before. What a stupid decision that turned out to be in some respects. I wanted a more slapped on look and got it but it was so messy and the putty dried way to fast for my liking so I don't think I will repeat this method again.

I have never built a tiger before I have always preferred the King Tiger and would like to know what these two holes are for because nothing seems to go into them.

More slapping on lol

Go to go fill the area where the vents lead in to the back and fill gaps for smoke launchers next.

rodrant · Post by **rodrant** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:30 pm

That building is looking very good ! I should have waited and watch your build before I do my Dio

It is real nice , and you are doing a great job ...on the other day I mention that I was eager to see the Tiger Crawling on Caen streets , welll seems that this one did all the hunt ... I was not with too much attencion

The Tiger is very good , I 'm sure that the final result will be good and it will be a very nice looking Diorama !

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 2:56 am

The mini art base looks fantastic !!

peppie · Post by **peppie** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:10 am

Dio looks great

Can't wait to see the Tiger on it.

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 1:08 pm

Thanks for votes of confidence.

I now have to look around the house for something I can heat up to poke in the side of the Tiger to represent the shell that took it out.

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:03 pm

Primed in white.

No idea how big a shell should be in 1/35 so looked at some pictures and it looks half the size of a human head

Pre-shaded

Applied thin coats of valejo air, first time use and worked perfect with the Ultimate.

Applied the camo

All for now.

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 2:09 pm

This is looking great! Zimmerit looks really good, well done. What method did you use?

Kutgw!

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 7:14 pm

Hey chief. Thanks.

This time I tried tamiya white putty and the trumpeter tools. Very messy. I did the milliput before and wanted to try this way for a more haphazard application.

mannloon · Post by **mannloon** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 9:08 pm

Hey this looks really great. Now I want to try and hand done some Zimmerit. I'd like to try the hot screw driver technique and this one. Your paint looks nice too. That's a camo scheme that is easy to over or under do.

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 10:01 pm

Lego wrote:Hey chief. Thanks.

This time I tried tamiya white putty and the trumpeter tools. Very messy. I did the milliput before and wanted to try this way for a more haphazard application.

Cheers dude. I don't have tamiya putty, but I'll give the milliput a go on mine. Roll on new year!

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 4:03 pm

Love that paint work mate.

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 4:53 pm

Thanks Nigel.

Ok. Finally got going on this build.

I was not entirely happy with the road and wanted to add a little dried mud so I did and in the first pick it looks like poop fell from the sky. So a little rub of the finger and it was sorted in the second pic.

After rub blended better imo.

Started on the exhausts. Just put a lighter base to give a little definition. Used mixtures of rust ak dark rust and light rust. I also used ak black pigment on top of exhausts.

I used Humbrol earth to make the mud mied with a little bit of plaster. I really like how it dries and that is what I wanted on this model. I want the look of wet and dried mud from the hedge fighting this tank would have been involved in around caen. It wont look as dirty as this in the finish.

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 5:25 pm

Started on the tracks. Apparently this kit came with rubber bands, yes they where so bad they could not be classed as even rubber tracks. So they changed it to individual tracks which I found really good once assembled. Unfortunately you had to put two teeth onto every track link

Why they cannot just make the link with the teeth I do not know. Sad Panda.

Primed in black

Lightly coated in Tamiya hull red.

Little bit of metal black ak pigments but nothing crazy as this will be mostly lost in weathering. I do this because sometimes your track is exposed in a position that you cannot reach and this saves your butt

I put the tracks on with very little trouble and gave them a little weathering of mud that I used earlier on the diorama for dried mud. I went around the model adding little here and there again.

I then added ak fresh mud using a brush and airbrush for a splatter patern.

I did a little chipping on the turret but nothing mental except the hatches.

I am terrible at painting figures. Typical armour noob

None of the figures except one I think could be used for what I want. I am thinking of having a corpse face down. The figures legs I wanted to use are to close together and I wanted to change it just a tiny bit.

Using Miliputt I cut the leg off and molded it a tiny bit. First time I have ever done this but hey got to start somewhere right.

Hope this turns out

Okay now I reached the point of destroying everything so far with a unrealistic burnt out tank. Well you can decide if I did ok. Using mixes of ak pigment black and humbrol pigments smoke and white.

gaz45 · Post by **gaz45** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 10:22 am

Very nice work mate the effect looks great

MarkVerploeg · Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 12:34 pm

Damn this is looking good
I never tried a knocked out vehicle before
But this gives inspiration to try it

wappynutter · Post by **wappynutter** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 12:45 pm

Looking the "Muttz nutz" to me Mr Lego Sir......
Top marks for the soot/smoke damage...

Keep at it mate.. All the best..

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 1:26 pm

Right about to stick a fork in it.

Dirtied up a few bricks so throw them around a bit.

Created a monster

Wanted to put some rust where water would sit and around the bolts etc...no idea why because it will be lost in the end probably

Wanted some eposed metal on the cogs again and on the wheels.

I also left a few wheel with a different color to show that they might have been replaced at some point.

Laters

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 2:42 pm

Looking good mate.