1:35 AFV Club Tiger 1 (latest-model)

Post by **Donkeywalloper** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:33 am

Donkeywalloper wrote:Hi Mark

You should be so proud of this build mate.
Its a belter!
Really love your work and the Dio and Figures will be the Piece de Resistance (Get him being all fancy ).
John

Thousand apologies I mean't Frans (so many names on this thread and writing from work when not concentrating).
Apologies.
Quick question mate.
I to have these tracks.
Did you have many left over?
John

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:11 am

Donkeywalloper wrote:
Donkeywalloper wrote:Hi Mark

You should be so proud of this build mate.
Its a belter!
Really love your work and the Dio and Figures will be the Piece de Resistance (Get him being all fancy ).
John
Thousand apologies I mean't Frans (so many names on this thread and writing from work when not concentrating).
Apologies.
Quick question mate.
I to have these tracks.
Did you have many left over?

John

No worries John

I make the same mistake myself sometimes. .. especially with my phone, early in the morning, when Im tired, or drunk.....

As for the tracks, yes I do have many left.
Friul alway suplies extra track links.. Got about 20 left I belief.
I use them for spare tracks. I used 96 links in one track.
cheers mate

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:18 am

chief5437 wrote: nice one Frans! Looks brilliant. Weathering is spot on, can't wait to see it on the base. I always forget something too. Infact, I've forgotten to do any work on my tiger, I've lost all interest in it as I can't do what I had in mind for it, yet! I've built two spitfires and a destroyer though! Lol!

rwsmith14 wrote:Well Done !! Looks great !!

Thank you very much gentleman!

Glad you like it!

Post by **Donkeywalloper** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:28 am

fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:
Donkeywalloper wrote:
Donkeywalloper wrote:Hi Mark

You should be so proud of this build mate.
Its a belter!
Really love your work and the Dio and Figures will be the Piece de Resistance (Get him being all fancy ).
John
Thousand apologies I mean't Frans (so many names on this thread and writing from work when not concentrating).
Apologies.
Quick question mate.
I to have these tracks.
Did you have many left over?

John
No worries John
I make the same mistake myself sometimes. .. especially with my phone, early in the morning, when Im tired, or drunk.....

As for the tracks, yes I do have many left.
Friul always supplies extra track links.. Got about 20 left I belief.
I use them for spare tracks. I used 96 links in one track.
cheers mate

Your a star Frans.
I want to obviously replace the spare tracks for the front glacial storage rack on my Tigger.
Have a great day mate,
John

Post by **Coen** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:30 am

Dude!
She's a beauti. I love that fire extinguisher. The different shade of green is perfect. It gives it that added later quality. It's perfect.
It's always the little things like that that knock a model out of the park.
That figure is really awesome too, this will be very much a centrepiece of a collection. Nicely done so far Frans!

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:44 am

Coen wrote:Dude!
She's a beauti. I love that fire extinguisher. The different shade of green is perfect. It gives it that added later quality. It's perfect.
It's always the little things like that that knock a model out of the park.
That figure is really awesome too, this will be very much a centrepiece of a collection. Nicely done so far Frans!

Thank you Michael

I agree with the small details, makes all the difference.
planning of adding a bucket and maybe a chain or something.
I was doubting of adding stowage or not, but I like this tiger as it is now. That figure is a Alpine figure of a NCO.
Had it in my spare box., I think it fits the scene perfectly

Cheers mate!

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:03 pm

Another update
I was missing something on the Tiger.
Something that makes this Tiger more personal.

So I scratch build a ladder, added some rope on it, and a bucket with tools.
The ladder was hung on two hooks that I scratched from some left over PE.

With that done, I decided to get cracking again with the base.
I added grout between the stones with a stone grey and light sand mixture of Vallejo pigments.
Wiped of all excess, and sealed it with matt varnish.

Then I began weathering the whole building.
Chipping is done with Vallejo acrylics.
Brown and yellow for the big chips with a brush, rust brown for the small chips with a sponge.
Added a dark wash, a green wash for the moss, and a brown wash on the stones.
Streaking grime was used for making the rain marks.
The factory sign was supplied with the kit, and glued on with wood glue.

All together....

I'm definably getting there now!
Have to find a way to glue the heavy building to the light base now.

All that remains now, is painting the figure, and some last bits and bobs.
That will all been seen in the final update that's coming soon. Stay tuned! lol

Thanks for dropping by guys, happy modelling!

Post by **OliveDrab** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:16 pm

Just plain freaking awesome

And the weathering on the building, I'm speechless

Post by **Nige99** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:14 pm

Outstanding build and a fantastic paint job Frans

Post by **wappynutter** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:27 pm

Frans-tastic!!..... Lol.....

Well done again mate, your build and diorama skills are awesome!!

All the best...

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:50 am

OliveDrab wrote:Just plain freaking awesome And the weathering on the building, I'm speechless
Nige99 wrote:Outstanding build and a fantastic paint job Frans
wappynutter wrote:
Frans-tastic!!..... Lol.....
Well done again mate, your build and diorama skills are awesome!!
All the best...

Thank you very much gentleman!

I'm glad with the result myself.
First time painting a diorama in oils, turned out better then I thought.
Just one figure left to paint, and some props to add

Post by **Donkeywalloper** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 6:15 am

Its the little tiny personal bits like the bucket, rope, ladder and tools that just takes a standard build and model to the top level.

John

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:16 pm

Donkeywalloper wrote:Its the little tiny personal bits like the bucket, rope, ladder and tools that just takes a standard build and model to the top level.

John

lol... thank you very much John

I always try to add that little extra thing to my builds.
Thank you for that compliment!

Post by **PaulAyrey** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 6:18 pm

Amazing!

Post by **Coen** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 6:42 pm

Franstastic... I'm going to have to remember that one.
Well deserved though.
Exceptional stuff.

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:20 pm

It is looking good

If you don't bring it to the SMC this year i will make you drive back home to get it

I want to see it for sure

Post by **chief5437** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 12:10 am

Frans, that building is bloody awesome mate!

I really like the weathering you've done, looks so real. Nice work adding the little extras to the tiger, I particularly like the hacksaw in the bucket, genius! Well done mate, smc winner for sure!

Post by **rodrant** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 12:54 am

Like a lot this diorama Frans , very nice built , the idea of showing the Tiger in front of the old factory is great !

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:23 am

PaulAyrey wrote:

Amazing!
Coen wrote:Franstastic... I'm going to have to remember that one.
Well deserved though.
Exceptional stuff.

Thank you very much! Got something special planed too.... very soon on youtube....

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:24 am

MarkVerploeg wrote:It is looking good
If you don't bring it to the SMC this year i will make you drive back home to get it
I want to see it for sure

I will take it with me to SMC this year

Just got to finish the back of the diorama with plastic card or something... always tough to do...

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:28 am

chief5437 wrote:Frans, that building is bloody awesome mate! I really like the weathering you've done, looks so real. Nice work adding the little extras to the tiger, I particularly like the hacksaw in the bucket, genius! Well done mate, smc winner for sure!

Thanks mate!
Can you belief that saw is a 3 part PE piece?

lol.. I'm taking it to the competition, although mot sure to win. Competition is really tough ate SMC!

rodrant wrote:Like a lot this diorama Frans , very nice built , the idea of showing the Tiger in front of the old factory is great !

Tank you!

This base is going to be used for a photo display.
When I have finished a new build, it's going to stand in front of the building for a photo.
So this factory is going to be busy!

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:35 pm

Hello everybody!
The last couple of days I had fun making a stop motion animation of this Tiger.
I love doing crazy things like this!
I have 2 small video's for you guys to watch.
One that I put music and a ww2 ambiance under, And one in full colour.
Without the music, but with original tiger sounds....

The quality of this animation is not top quality, I'm not working at Pixar or Disney....

The tracks and wheels are not animated for obvious reason.
The tracks are metal, and would damage the paint work on the road wheels.

Just enjoy!

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Post by **Hillbilly** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 12:36 am

Absolutely brilliant videos!,love it!

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 10:08 am

Hillbilly wrote:Absolutely brilliant videos!,love it!

Thank you very much

Glad you have enjoyed them!
They were fun to make too

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 2:38 pm

Hi guys!
After making that funny stop motion movie, I decided to paint the NCO figure.
The figure is a Alpine figure, that is really nicely moulded.
It did not needed any cleaning up, so that was nice for a chance...

The face is painted in a English uniform and sunny skin tone 1:2 mix as a base.
The lowlights was simply done by adding red brown to that mixture, the highlights was made by basic skin tone.
His uniform received 2 high diluted coats of German tanker black.
All paints used are Vallejo acrylics.

Uniform finished with black shadows, and highlighted it with black/brown.
All markings like the sleeve band and medals and SS arking on his collar are hand painted.
No decals are used here.
With these last details, this figure is finished, and ready to be put in the diorama when I have finished the props for it.

NO SMOKING ALOWED.... sure.... not for a NCO bad ass....

And here he is in front of the Tiger.

This will be the last update on this tread guys.
All comments are welcome!
When I finished the props, I will put all together and go over to the reveal section.
That properly will be next weekend!
Thank you for dropping by, and happy modelling!

**Felis Barcinonensis YouTube Channel** · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:36 pm

Amazing job!!

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 5:29 pm

Fabulous work, Frans, I look forward to seeing it altogether now

Post by **rodrant** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 5:43 pm

Very nice Frans ...looking forward for the reveal of this fantastic build !

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:26 pm

UKguyInUSA wrote:Fabulous work, Frans, I look forward to seeing it altogether now

rodrant wrote:Very nice Frans ...looking forward for the reveal of this fantastic build !

felisbarcinonensis wrote: Amazing job!!

Thanks guys!
I do find the figure a bit to matt...
Reveal will be soon, so stay tuned!

Post by **Coen** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 10:22 am

Ok... that figure is completely wonderful Frans!!! Top marks for the NCO Bad Ass!!!

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:28 pm

Coen wrote:Ok... that figure is completely wonderful Frans!!! Top marks for the NCO Bad Ass!!!

Thank you very much my Lord

This figure is one f the best so far.

I Had some doubts about his uniform first.
The Jacket was matt fabric, but the trousers should be leather according to my references.
But The trousers came out way to shiny, and I hated that.
Someone said to me that his uniform looks like a U boat uniform now, but I disagree.
I like his uniform as it is now, just matt.

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:29 pm

HollywoodModelling wrote:

Post by **Coen** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 12:05 pm

fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:
Coen wrote:Ok... that figure is completely wonderful Frans!!! Top marks for the NCO Bad Ass!!!
Thank you very much my Lord
This figure is one f the best so far.

I Had some doubts about his uniform first.
The Jacket was matt fabric, but the trousers should be leather according to my references.
But The trousers came out way to shiny, and I hated that.
Someone said to me that his uniform looks like a U boat uniform now, but I disagree.
I like his uniform as it is now, just matt.

Bull pucky on the criticism! He looks superb!

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:29 pm

Coen wrote:Bull pucky on the criticism! He looks superb!

MY thoughts exactly..

Rivet counters everywhere...
I'm happy with this figure as for it is one of my best figures so far.
Hmpff.. like these figures are easy to paint like this....
Thanks mate, appreciate your nice words.

Post by **Donkeywalloper** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:38 pm

Frans
Can we not be sure that the chap who said your ace figure isnt looking at his screen with dirty specs

I go with Mike, a load of bull thingy

The figure is brilliant and your hand brushing of his insignia is superb.
This is a outstanding composition mate.
John

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:47 pm

Donkeywalloper wrote:Frans
Can we not be sure that the chap who said your ace figure isnt looking at his screen with dirty specs
I go with Mike, a load of bull thingy
The figure is brilliant and your hand brushing of his insignia is superb.
This is a outstanding composition mate.
John

Thank you very much John

Is good to know that we have people with clear vision on the forum... lol.

Apriciate it mate

Post by **Nige99** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:03 pm

Superb figure painting Frans

you've got it spot on mate. Your insignia, arm bands are excellent. Who needs decals when your this good.

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 6:26 am

Nige99 wrote:Superb figure painting Frans you've got it spot on mate. Your insignia, arm bands are excellent. Who needs decals when your this good.

Thanks Nige!

Post by **Hillbilly** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:38 pm

There is absolutely nothing wrong with that figure! The shadows and highlights are top notch.

Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 12:56 am

Hillbilly wrote:There is absolutely nothing wrong with that figure! The shadows and highlights are top notch.

Thank you very much mate!