Tiger I 'Early'
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1 14 June 2014, 17:47
Gábor BélikI have a little problem gluing the cable on the side. Anyone have any tip on that?
15 June 2014, 14:47
Gábor BélikWell I Just can't glue the end of the towing cable. The cable is plastik but the hull is metal. I tryed superglue and some other super stront glue but it keeps coming off.
15 June 2014, 15:47
John Van KootenCould be the metal surface is too smooth which prevents the glue from being able to bond well. You could try to rough up the surface little bit where you want the glue to go. For instance with sandpaper or, failing that, making tiny scratches with an engraving tool, like a scriber. Just to give the glue something to hold on to.
15 June 2014, 15:58
John Van KootenCool! I hope it works 👍
And as it happens I had similar experiences with the PE (both Eduard and Aber) on my Dragon PaK 38. I'm using ZAP super glues (thin and medium) and both of them were pretty much giving me the finger 😠 Luckily I also have other super glue (from Two-Plus) and that did work. Very strange because I never had any problems with ZAP before.
Anyway, again, I do hope this trick will work for you! 🙂
16 June 2014, 21:02
Gábor BélikI removed the side cable Because I Could not glue it properly.
Base paint and Highlighting done.
21 June 2014, 09:20
John Van KootenToo bad the glue trick didn't work.
I can definitely see the difference! Well done! Nice and subtle! 👍
21 June 2014, 15:01
H KLooks good. With a filter and some weathering everything will come together, you will see.
22 June 2014, 14:35
John Van KootenWhat are you aiming for in this case? An all over (entire vehicle white) white wash that has been weathered? Or a white camouflage pattern that has been weathered?
To me it looks like something in between. It isn't really a worn white camouflage pattern and also not an all over white wash that has been weathered.
I think it looks too obvious that parts of the white wash have been removed by hand because they are large spots. It doesn't look like natural wear and tear because of that. You know what I mean?
At the same time I must admit that it does look kinda cool 😛 and after adding filters, washes and grime/dirt it may come to look awesome.
That's always the trouble, isn't it? Hard to see upfront what the end result will be if you continue on what you have at the moment 😉
22 June 2014, 14:39
Gábor BélikWell I wanted to spray the white unevenly and it Will have different 'shade'. I applyed heavy chipping effect under it. The reason why it is so spotted it Because the Layer of paint is thicker thus it did not chip as the rést of the paint (unfortumately). But I Will add some streaks with white and gray oils and see how it Will work out. Anyway this was the first attempt of whitewash so I'm not so depressed about it. 🙂
22 June 2014, 16:38
Alan RushThe oil wash brought it together very well. 👍 I have a KV-I painted green that I want to do a winter wash with.
23 June 2014, 02:34
Kerry COXIn all fairness, I believe that the white wash effect he has created is pretty accurate. Here's why. The tank crews did not have the luxury of smothering their vehicles completely with white wash, as it was hard to obtain and the application was hap hazard and heavy handed, leading to a most random style of appearance. White wash is/was a chalk based covering and it did break down quite quickly from being washed off in rain, snow melt, and pushing through vegetation. There was no exact science to how it 'should' look and to be asking about 'chipping' is a bit strange.
Gabor, I do believe you have had access to some good wartime photos of the "Tiger" in the field, as your rendition fits whith what I have seen in some of the reference material I have. Well done, and I would love to see your tracks and what you did with them. Well done.
23 October 2014, 02:11
Gábor BélikThanks Kerry.
This Tiger is on hold purely because I really don't like the semi link tracks but that is the last thing it is needed to finish it
🙂
23 October 2014, 04:45
Gábor BélikAnd the camo. I just simply googled 'tiger winter camo' and I picked the one I liked. 🙂
23 October 2014, 04:46
Wim van der LuijtI used tamiya masking tape to hold the pieces together around the sprockets and when I was happy with the fit, then I glued them, removing the tape after the glue dried. I also left all the wheels and sprockets until unglued I was happy with the entire track
24 October 2014, 20:56
Kerry COXWim, what a brilliant tip for the tracks as I have just bought the Dragon 1/35 Stu.G III , though I must admit, this is the first AFV for a while for me.
24 October 2014, 22:48
Gábor BélikGreat idea Wim! I will use it with the other projects. This one also have a jig for it.
25 October 2014, 09:16
Wim van der LuijtI almost put mine in an orbit around the world when I had to assemble those single links around the sprockets 🙂
25 October 2014, 11:06
Gábor BélikWim. I usually glue together enough links to go around the wheel and leave it to dry for 15-20 min and jusr fold the whole thing on the wheel.
Szilárd. Kösz 🙂
25 October 2014, 12:23
Bill Spargogreat build, very impressive, thanks for sharing the building snaps.
17 November 2014, 08:48
Gábor BélikAfter more than a year on the shelf of doom I decided to finish this medium sized cat...
8 July 2016, 21:09
Kerry COXWelcome back Gabor, and aside from the last two images being upside down, I must salute you on a superb result as the overall appearance does give the sense that it was a hard time to be a 'tanker' having to leave the engines running for a fair amount of the time for safety. Very well finished mate, a credit to your skills. 👍 🙂
9 July 2016, 04:33
