Hobby Boss’s Pz.Kpfw.VI Tiger I 1:16 - by “Art Instructor”:
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I’m sorry, but for a model of this scale, I am a little disappointed that there is not more rubber showing on the wheels. They are not metal wheels and if the dirt/mud is as sticky as is shown, I would think that there should be some on the track. This to me really looks like a rush job.
I think you have a point about the rubber rims. But this sure is not a rush job. Have you ever tried zimmeritting a Tiger in this scale and painted it with hobby airbrush - not the industrial type one?
No, but have you either? Oh wait, the answer is no, since you don’t build them. If you did, you would know a commercial spray gun puts out way too much paint and that a hobby airbrush is the correct tool to use. I have built plenty of other large models and actually have first-hand experience, unlike you.
Sorry, but the first thing I noticed was the rubber road wheels. Sticks out like a sore thumb. For someone as experienced as AI, i think that is a school boy error. And no amount of dust would cover up the rubber like that.
Also from first hand experience.
Specially with the dust being the exact same color as the hull. I think the bigger the scale the easy to do, once things get microscopic like PE for 1/72 thats a challenge.
One more thing I can see. The “Das Reich” symbol on the front plate , would usually have been painted on an area devoid of Zimmermitt, not over it.
The rubber on the wheels is not masked before painting on the real thing, of course, so I assume this represents a newer vehicle. Nice build.
…and yes, I do have experiance on the real things (modern armor, of course) - masking, painting and all.