Afrika Korps Tiger I-Tunisian Tiger 142

Donkeywalloper · Post by **Donkeywalloper** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:30 pm

Thats a great job, and just the right amount of PE.
I know to my cost and my OCD, that getting a sheet of PE means using it all, right?
No!
It can get very tiring and just damn frustrating after a while and then the fun goes.
At that point, its a command decision to stop and check, and just settle on a good job so far.
Your doing an ace job mate.
John

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:26 pm

Donkeywalloper wrote:Thats a great job, and just the right amount of PE.
I know to my cost and my OCD, that getting a sheet of PE means using it all, right?
No!
It can get very tiring and just damn frustrating after a while and then the fun goes.
At that point, its a command decision to stop and check, and just settle on a good job so far.
Your doing an ace job mate.
John

Thanks !! I knew when it wasn't fun it was time to stop. Plus I always make a mess with CA.

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:27 pm

Coen wrote:I find that I use less paint when I prime with black then base paint. When I prime with the dark yellow I have to go back and try and add the shadows later. For me that's awkward to do.
Your build looks good. nice and clean looking

Thanks for your input Mike !!! Black is it ....

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:29 pm

OliveDrab wrote:Looking Good! You could go with the all black primer, then go lighter with your basecoat of RAL7008 in the corners and edges, allowing some of your black primer to "show through". Just a thought, as I personally have not tried this method yet, and not sure how well your RAL7008 will cover the black primer coat I totally understand your comments on the PE, I'm using quite a bit of it on my Tiger and loving the look...but NOT something I would do often. This build is special though

Thanks for your input. I too I'm interested in how the RAL 7008 will cover the black. I do not want to make it too Green,, I'm going to do it and see how it turns out. Then adjust if needed.

rodrant · Post by **rodrant** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 12:31 am

Looking good ! Understand and support you about the PE ...very nice , give great detail , but sometimes could be frustrating the time that you spend bending and gluing microscopic parts , and as you mention fun is gone ...

PaulAyrey · Post by **PaulAyrey** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 6:47 am

Looking really nice, well done so far.

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Sun Feb 08, 2015 9:49 pm

She's Primed in Black. Ready for he base coat of RAL7008 this week

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:09 pm

Smoooooth !!!

psydeviant · Post by **psydeviant** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:13 pm

here comes another beauty ,

Donkeywalloper · Post by **Donkeywalloper** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:32 pm

Leave it as it is.
Looks awesome mate.
John

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Mon Feb 09, 2015 7:53 pm

Thanks Guys !

Base coat going on today !

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:11 am

I've summed up my opinion on using P.E.:

Every time the PE sticks to your tweezers, you lose a minute off your life.

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:00 am

Base coat of RAL7008 is complete....

Like it, I think.. it's different.. not as green as I thought it would be..it's a little bit more greener then the picture show. Tomorrow I will lighten the RAL7008 and add highlights to the to surfaces.

Painted the Feifel filters Dunkelgrau as per reference pictures of Tiger 142

I'll have to trim up the air intake flex hoses they look like crap !

painted the interior of the turret with Cremeweiss from Mig, just have to give it a wash, it will not be seen anyway

Road wheels are complete as well, Whatever I paid for the Quickwheel painting jig was well worth it !!!

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:01 am

rwsmith14 wrote:Base coat of RAL7008 is complete.... Like it, I think.. it's different.. not as green as I thought it would be..it's a little bit more greener then the picture show. Tomorrow I will lighten the RAL7008 and add highlights to the to toside surfaces.

Painted the Feifel filters Dunkelgrau as per reference pictures of Tiger 142

I'll have to trim up the air intake flex hoses they look like crap !

painted the interior of the turret with Cremeweiss from Mig, just have to give it a wash, it will not be seen anyway

Road wheels are complete as well, Whatever I paid for the Quickwheel painting jig was well worth it !!!

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:29 am

Very cool colours!
Ral7008 is more yellow than green, looks awesome though.

Donkeywalloper · Post by **Donkeywalloper** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:17 am

Very nice progress and those MIG paints give a nice coverage (I find so anyway).
Its all coming on in leaps and bounds mate.
John

Russ72 · Post by **Russ72** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:49 am

Nice job there dude.

Donkeywalloper · Post by **Donkeywalloper** » Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:42 pm

rwsmith14 wrote:I've summed up my opinion on using P.E.:

Every time the PE sticks to your tweezers, you lose a minute off your life.

God, with you on that.
Just trying to bend a clamp for a Axe into five bends.
Hell, its just bloody brain and eye snapping.
John

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:51 pm

Base painting done... Detail painting done. added a little bit of weathering.... first set of (Older) chips and wear via drybrushing.

MIG's RAL7008 in the natural sunlight

Donkeywalloper · Post by **Donkeywalloper** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:14 am

Lovely Jubbly job mate.

John

PaulAyrey · Post by **PaulAyrey** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:26 am

Superb! Love your progress so far.

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 11:48 pm

Gloss coat is on. Made some modifications. . Removed the kit tow cables and installed P.E. version. Placed them with the eyes, on the rear of the tank. added spare track links below the smoke canisters on both right and left hand turret sides. these mods are IAW my recent research on Tiger 142 . Also swapped out the kit smoke canister/launcher with P.E. added a pail to the aft end. will also will add a bedroll on the left side of the turret storage bin. these too, added IAW from a picture of 142 with a pail and bed roll on the tank.

Started working on my small diorama base.

Started out with a piece of pink polystyrene. the type used for house insulation. made the terrain using a lighter to create a terrain. simply using a lighter at about 8-10 inches away. The heat causes the foam to recede in very predictable and controllable ways. Passing the lighter back and forth directionally produces very convincing swells and rhythms. ( Also a good technique to create a seascape. You can make very natural ocean swells and undulations as well. )

Then added Vallejo desert sand texture. I smooth the texture with a piece of sponge. Then primed with AK Dark yellow primer.

added small ballast and rocks. , ready for a base coat of Desert Yellow

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 2:56 am

Decals on... wheels attached.

While attaching the wheels I was trying to figure out why the outer set of wheels were not fitting right.. Figured out that I assembled a set of the inner wheels backwards. Had to saw/cut the wheels apart and re-attached the correct way with CA.

what they should of looked like.(L) How I initially assembled wheels(Mid). what they looked like cut apart.(R)

Mock up of the diorama. dio base not yet painted.

Next up: gloss coat over decals. begin weathering process

OliveDrab · Post by **OliveDrab** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:40 am

I am loving the look of this green monster

...So much so that this followed me home from a trip to some hobby shops this past weekend:

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 4:48 am

Great find ! !I've Been looking for another one, to do a Dunkelgelb version with red turret numbers

PaulAyrey · Post by **PaulAyrey** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 7:41 am

Great groundwork!

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 7:13 pm

PaulAyrey wrote:Great groundwork!

Thanks Paul, but, I was not very happy with it. So I made some modifications to it. here is how it looks now.
Still have some detail and highlight paintwork to do to it.

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 4:25 pm

WOW! You've been busy!
That's come a long way. Very coool
That diorama is awesome, I love the effect that the lighter had. I'll have to keep that in mind for later.

The ground cover looks really well done too.

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:46 pm

Base is just about complete a few tweaks needed revealed by the pictures are required.

I really enjoyed making this old eroded rock.. just a piece of styrofoam and some DAS-air dry clay that is sculpted.

Tiger 142 is almost ready.. a few more tweaks as well

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:47 pm

Coen wrote:WOW! You've been busy!
That's come a long way. Very coool
That diorama is awesome, I love the effect that the lighter had. I'll have to keep that in mind for later.
The ground cover looks really well done too.

Thanks Mike, I really enjoy making the dioramas.

MarkVerploeg · Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:19 am

That base looks great
Excellent work
Now i have yet another thing i want to try

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:56 am

MarkVerploeg wrote:That base looks great
Excellent work
Now i have yet another thing i want to try

HollywoodModelling wrote:Wow awesome craftsmanship

Thanks Guys !

Hillbilly · Post by **Hillbilly** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:39 pm

That dio base turned out fantastic!

Donkeywalloper · Post by **Donkeywalloper** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:14 am

Bloody Hell mate that base is the Bees Knees and the Dogs Bits.
Really top notch.

John

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:56 am

Donkeywalloper wrote:Bloody Hell mate that base is the Bees Knees and the Dogs Bits.
Really top notch.

John

Hillbilly wrote:That dio base turned out fantastic!

Thanks Guys.. I'm really happy with it. I hope my Tiger does it justice !

PaulAyrey · Post by **PaulAyrey** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 7:20 am

Coming along really well, looking fantastic. Very impressed!

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:46 pm

PaulAyrey wrote:Coming along really well, looking fantastic. Very impressed!

Thanks Paul !

Well she is just about complete. Here are a few sneak peak peaks. next pics will be in the reveal in a few days

Nige99 · Post by **Nige99** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:54 pm

Nicely done DAK Tiger.

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:55 am

Oh Wow!!!! Can't wait. She looks amazing.

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:29 pm

Coen wrote:Oh Wow!!!! Can't wait. She looks amazing.

Nige99 wrote:Nicely done DAK Tiger.

Thanks Guys !

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 11:35 pm

Tiger 142 is complete. all that is left is to mate it up with the diorama base

OliveDrab · Post by **OliveDrab** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 3:40 am

Very nice job on the green monster

The mud effects look really cool too.

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 4:16 am

Oh wow!! That's wicked!
And a dio too. Can't wait to see that.

Donkeywalloper · Post by **Donkeywalloper** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 2:42 pm

Lovely jubbly mate.
Nice work.
John

Russ72 · Post by **Russ72** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:30 pm

Freakin' awesome mate. Love the camo netting.

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:50 pm

Russ72 wrote:Freakin' awesome mate. Love the camo netting.

Thanks

I based the camo netting on these images:

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:52 pm

Donkeywalloper wrote:Lovely jubbly mate.
Nice work.
John

Coen wrote:Oh wow!! That's wicked!
And a dio too. Can't wait to see that.

OliveDrab wrote:Very nice job on the green monster The mud effects look really cool too.

Thanks guys !!