Hey guys,
Just sharing some WIP images of my Jagdtiger. Got this as a Christmass present from the wife and I had to build it!. Started as a quick project but y’all know how these things roll.
Any comments are welcome!.
Some nice detailing and in a small scale too. Should look real nice when painted.
It would appear that you ain’t-a-playin’ with this kit!
Really improving this kit. Great work on something so tiny.
I’ve never seen that metal piece behind the mufflers on Jagdtigers before. Must have been pretty rare.
Yeah, 331 is a bit of an odd machine in some ways. I seem to recall reading somewhere (but the source eludes me right now) that there was an order placed very late in the war to place a separator between the exhausts pipes and the radiators to keep them from re-ingesting the exhaust gases… but never saw one. Could this be such a device?.
OK guys, first and foremost, thank you all for your comments they mean a lot of inspiration and motivation!.
Here goes an update of what I have done lately.
- Built a tow cable from electrical cooper wire, making the ends by rolling tin can over them, hollowing the kit parts and glueing them in the ends.
- Used spare track links from Dragon as Italeri’s are totally spurious
- Added a rear fender that I made from tin can using photos as references.
Hope you like’em!.
Quick update, I spayed the red oxide color base.
Put some sun glasses on!
Quick update on this bad boy.
Painted using Tamiya jars that one of my best friends brought me, since they are not generally available where I live. The ambush scheme is a pain in the royal lowers, I had to do it 3 times:
- Brush painted, looked just awful and even when the paint came from the same jars didn´t looks the same shade as the base colors.
- Used a business card perforated as a mask and didn’t like it either. Spots looked, obviously, too patternsih and since the card layed at various distances from the surface based on the compound curves or accesories on it, dots oversrpay differed a lot.
- This time I just used free hand for the dots, taking the tip of my airbrush and using 14 PSI and paiting a couple milimeters off the surface of the model. Bingo.
So, not 100% happy but much better than my first try. Next I´m doing the tracks and filters on the hull.
All your comments are welcome!.
Looks fantastic so far.I have no doubt you’ll be happy with it when it is finished.
That’s looking mighty fine.
Excellent Job. Love the paintwork for the scale.
Andrew
Take it from one that knows how it is to work in a small scale. That’s some nice work right there.
Could not agree more. A fine build!
OK, some more updates on this project.
Decided the toothless tracks were too much of a feature to ignore so came with a way to add those using plastic from a mermelade lid.
After that I did some painting, using steel and black for the inside of the tracks including the tooths and wheels sides, then mixed 5 different shades of sand, brown, earth and rust and painted individual tracks in order to create some interest in an otherwise flat and detailess track.
On the inside the of the tracks I painted earth bands on the sides (were the roads doesn’t contact the track) and also added some imaginary “bands” or “tracks” using different shades of rust.
The tracks on the hull also received the same treatment. My idea is to try and hide most of this behind a layer of pigments, hopefully some of it will be visible and would provide more interest to the tracks.
Weathering started… smoe filters and a oils pin wash.
Very nice work in the upgraded detail department as well as the paint-finish. Looking sharp! [B]
Very nice build!
Glad to see you didn’t shelve this. Great little Jagdtiger. I’m in the process of building his bigger cousin.
I decided I wanted a little bucket hanging from the Jagd so with no etch set readily available where I live (there is a nice set by Brengun BTW) I decided to make my own.
Did some rough scale calculations, created a drawing, then a template in plastic. With that I was able to cut some aluminium plate (from a Beer can! Yeeeeeehaw!). Presto. Drilled with a 0.25 mmm bit and added cooper wire.
Any comments are welcome as this will definitely wont be the last I’ll make.
Very cool bucket! I wish I had scratch building skills…but alas…
Oh and you might want to hide your ruler before Aaron claims it.[:D]