W i t h t h e p r i c e o f g a s c o n t i n u a l l y g o i n g u p ,
i t’ s n o t l i k e l y t h a t I ’ l l b e g o i n g t o m a n y
c o n t e s t s any time soon . I g e t b e t t e r m i l e a g e
r i g h t h e r e .
I d o n ’ t p o s t p i c s v e r y o f t e n , [:(] s o i f y o u
w a n t t o c o m p a r e t h i s w i t h m y l a s t b u i l d
f r o m M a r c h , y o u c a n s e e i t a t :
h t t p : / / w w w . f i n e s c a l e . c o m / F S M / C S / f o r u m s / 5 9 8 1 7 4 / S h o w P o s t . a s p x
Y o u c a n t e l l [:D] I l o v e t h o s e c h a i n s .
A n y w a y , [party] h e r e ’ s 2 0 o f m y l a t e s t .
[}:)] I think this ought to get ‘yer blood boilin’!
[tup] L e t m e k n o w w h a t y o u t h i n k [tdn] .
H e a r t h a t M a y b a c h g r o w l i n ’ ?
T h e s m e l l o f b u r n i n ’ f u e l .
…The cold morning air.
G r o u n d a ’s h a k i n ’ ?
B a d n e w s [}:)] .
[:O] D I S A S T E R ! [:O]
M a n , I j u s t l o v e [:D] d o i n g t h i s .
(Hope [:-,] I don’t go blind!!)
T h e n e x t o n e w a s t a k e n o u t s i d e i n t h e s u n l i g h t . (A n e v e r y d a y v i e w f o r a T i g e r c o m m a n d e r )
Y o u c a n g e t s o m e i n s i g h t a s t o h o w I d i d t h i s at:
Very nice hard-worn Konigstiger, and very nice Zimmerit, too! What a beast! [:D]
I do have a question though! Why is there so much rust all over the hull, and track wheels? To me, this is too much. I can understand it occurrin’ around boltheads, hinges and the obligatory exhaust stacks, but not over the entire hull, the hull jus’ never rusted like that, at all!
It isn’t. [#toast] It’s the red oxide primer under the Zimm and with the dirt and mud where the fenders have been removed. All the red on the wheels is red oxide. Now the tracks, well, everyone [:O] has a different perspective on that. Right out of the factory I’ve heard they were sometimes painted red oxide. A tank in an ambush position or hulldown can accumulate a lotta rust overnight. However the raised areas that come into contact with the ground are pretty much a bare metal look.
Thank a lot [tup] for the honest positive comment and critique.
Remember, the name is Disastermaster… can’t do a pretty tank.
I’m with you man, and I expect the same thing from everyone commentin’ on my builds, too! It’s the best way of learnin’ and therefore bein’ informed! [:D]
Thanks for the pics! Nice work! May I take a stab at one of the features that you said you particularly like? The chains. I don’t like 'em. Why?
where they are mounted, they would be an enormous hazard to the smooth running of the tank. They would easily get thrown off and get entangled in the tracks whenever the Tiger II needed to go over rough terrain or through underbrush. Loose dangling items would drive me crazy. Tankers would stow things tightly and safely.
the weight of those chains would easily damage the Bosch headlamp and its mounting plate, I’d think. If you had an off-road vehicle, where would you store something like that? In a heavy box. Not dangling off some equipment item on the side of your vehicle.
why all this obsession with chains? Really you see it on early war French armor. The tow cables (with their secure mounts) would be much more useful than a heavy chain.
One small note to an overall impressive weathering job…and it drew my attention immediately, negating everything else. The red fire extinguisher mounted to the rear hull deck. The standard color call-outs in many kits call for FE’s to be red…because they are red in modern terms, but weren’t so in WW2. Red as a standard code, depending on country and FE type, wasn’t first adopted until the 1950’s and in many cases in Commonwealth countries particularly the 1990’s or later. A red FE mounted on the rear of a tank is the equivalent of a “shoot here” bullseye and would’ve been hull color.
The whitewash finish looks suitably ratty, nice work on that aspect.
cool, just pure cool, I’m jealous, just kidding, congrats on a superbly presented, I’ll bet there’s a lot of people pleased your not attending that many shows.
Well…Let me say that this build is certainly interesting. From my perspective it is a turn off. Firstly, because IMHO it is over done on the weathering. Historically, you don’t see very many pre production (Porsche) tigers in this kind of shape in the photo records. Secondly, a lot of exterior detail (work )has been sacrificed to accomodate the “wear and tear”. In other words, the tank is beat up, therefore a lot of the tools are missing. The problem is, so are thier brackets, which should still be there, albeit damaged. The rust is over done, especially around the cupola etc. As far as rust appearing overnite, this is not a fact. I have been on the real thing in the field for weeks and being around tanks for over twenty years , have never seen anything like you have depicted.
Now, please don’t get mad! This is just my opinion. I am not trying to flame you in any way shape or form. You and your model are your business, and if you are pleased and are having a blast, I’m with you. German armor is my pet peeve, and I like to see these kits modeled with some historical credibility and as an ex tanker, I know a little bit about weathering effects on armor.
I would prefer that you not reply to my comments, as you have no reason to defend to the likes of me what you’ve built here. It will keep the thread civilized and no matter what you say in your reply, I will not have anymore to say. Some models are appealing to the eye no matter how 'realistic" they are or are not. I don’y get that sensation from this presentation.
congratulations on your build. LONG LIVE THE KING:
I’m going to have to agree with Steve on this one man. You have taken the current trend of over “weathering” to an extreme! I’m sure it was great practice to hone your skills and what not, but to make comments that just aren’t true to defend your techniques, just doesn’t do it! I mean this in no offence, it’s easy to read someone else’s opinion about armour as they try to defend their techniques. Steve’s right, tanks don’t rust over night, if that was the case, I sure wouldn’t want to be in mine when the guns start blazing. The Porsche turret wasn’t the main production turret, so their functionality was limited at best, making no reason for a tank to be sitting in hull down position for what your model appears to say, years! When I first saw it I thought wow, it would fit in great with a modern soldier or kid climbing over it as a find of an abandoned tank! Your technique is great, and you have accomplished some weathering I’d love to learn to do. But I do feel you have made this very unrepresentable of a historical piece. Maybe I’m just a nitpicker for accuracy in the historical context. God knows I have advanced modellers syndrome and suffer from it to the point of insanity! You have a great skill, but I would say to plan it out a little better… That’s just my two cents mate, and TRUST me when I say I do not mean this in a malicious manner! So like steve, no need to return the comment in lieu of this thread getting over heated!
[(-D] No heat here. Just like armor… takes a lot of heat to get me [:-,] bent out of shape!
I have to answer this to clear up a misinterpretation.
When I said,
“A tank in an ambush position or hulldown can accumulate a lotta rust overnight. However the raised areas that come into contact with the ground* are pretty much a bare metal look.”
Apparently I didn’t make myself [%-)] clear that I was speaking of the tracks*, not the entire tank.
There are those that cannot offer critique without an air of [^] arrogance and superiority… and then there are those that can speak in a [8D] modest and tactful manner.
No problem here. I’m happy with your opinion as it is honest, yet presented with [:)] respect and diplomacy.
…Thank you.
I get a lot of satisfaction from the weathering aspect and I can put the brakes on the weathering if I should choose. I just had fun with it and accomplished my goal of “gettin’ yer blood boilin’”
…judging by the responses.
[:)] Thanks for the + input. Good eye [B)] there. Yes, I used a hot iron. It was my first attempt at it in this manner. It’s OK but I’ll save myself a lot of trouble [%-)] from now on and use pla-doh instead.
Thanx for the generous compliment.
In my opininon, one of the goals in posting
pictures is to show subjects that inspire others to build.
You are totally correct in your analysis. [^]
I didn’t see a more prominent place on the front to put them and It DID
occur to me what the weight and placement could do. Not to worry on the chains. [;)]
They aren’t permanent as I figured I’d be moving or removing them altogether.
They’re only held in place by their own weight, and can be lifted right off.
They wouldn’t look as good in a box either. [BH]
Besides, don’t ya think it gives some [X-)] drama to the picture?
Eye candy?
