Tiger in the desert Rye ;)

[Coen]

Hey Fellas
With the test build of the Rye Fields Tiger I finished, I decided that I didn't want to leave it in just it's skin. So I dressed it up a bit and set it up with a small vignette base of a town road in Tunisia somewhere (I haven't decided yet).

I started by adding some stowage to hide the seamlines in the fiefel hoses. Then some camouflage netting (an old hairnet that I found) to hide the poorly moulded track cable, and a pair of figures to give it some life.




I added some spare tracks to the turret sides, and hung some helmets from them and from the frame for the turret bin.








One of the figures was really old and had a piss poor paint job on it, so I had to strip it back to plastic.
Out comes the Detol and toothbrush. A good 30 soak and some brushing, and a bit more soaking and done (Don't rinse with water... it's tempting but don't do it. It turns the Detol and disolved paint into a thick sticky gluelike stuff).












Then I added a tarp made from the foil seal off a package of pringles, and scratch built a wooden box to hold some wine and soup tins to put on the turret. I also added a few jerry cans to the stowage and strung some crew canteens from a piece of stretched sprue along the side of the turret.





























Next is the final clean up of the figures (putty, seams and the like) and then paint.

[SKANKSTA]

That's probably the most cluttered Tiger I've ever seen. Love it =D

[EasyEight96]

Nice work Coen that detol technique is wicked so you just dried it off like that without water wow

[Coen]

I rinse it off in the dettol then let it dry on some paper towel for a few minutes. Then I'll wipe it with some paper towel or snot rag.

[Coen]

That's probably the most cluttered Tiger I've ever seen. Love it =D

A few of the DAKs ran around with stowage hanging every which way. I always loved the look of them. It became very strict policy not to store gear externally on tigers later, but in NA they were a bit more lenient maybe.
Still, I've always wanted to toss some junk on a tiger.

[Nige99]

This is great work Mike buddie. Love the way you improvised the bad seams etc. that Dak Tiger does look like a gypsies caravan. Looks awesome

[GangsterNo1]

Coen

Using the Mr.Surfacer like that for texture looks interesting. Heard you mention it in the youtube vid but was wondering a bit about the technique. Is it simply applying it (how?) and letting it dry to get a better texture? Any tips appreciated, cheers.

[Coen]

Coen

Using the Mr.Surfacer like that for texture looks interesting. Heard you mention it in the youtube vid but was wondering a bit about the technique. Is it simply applying it (how?) and letting it dry to get a better texture? Any tips appreciated, cheers.

I did a YouTube video some time ago that shows me using it bud. Somewhere about 28 minutes in or so.
I'm not using proper ventilation or a respirator in the vid so don't listen to what I'm saying, it's more what I'm doing than what I'm saying.
I get a bit... Silly.

[youtube]y1TztjPGxyM[/youtube]

[MarkVerploeg]

Looks good so far
But that is to be expected when YOU build a Tiger
I do have 1 question
You added texture to the hull and several other surfaces
But you left the drivers vision port clean
Does this part have a good texture already
Because i think(could very well be wrong) that these parts are casted when they are produced so it would seem likely that they have some kind of texture to them

[Coen]

They did have texture Mark. I used my sander to add it though, so I didn't need to add it with the Mr Surfacer.
I roughed up the surface and gave it a couple of small nicks.

[MarkVerploeg]

I see
I couldn't see it and i don't remember seeing it in your yt video
Thanks for the explanation

[Oper8or]

The video was great! I love this build. Very nicely done sir! I look forward to an update soon. This will turn out so different.

[hansolo]

Again an awesome piece, Mike! Saw the video on YT of the finished dio.
I especially love the way you dressed this puppy up. Makes it unique and lots to look at.
That tarp is from a wine bottle cap?

cheers

[PanzerGarage]

Great Tiger mate. Like the extra touches of water bottles etc. Its going to look great when finished. I am actually keen to find out how/what you will use for the base shrubs etc as thats where I often get stuck - not a wide selection here

[Coen]

I didn't actually end up building a base for this bud. I reused and old one that I've had kicking around for ages for taking pictures.
Here's the link to the final pictures if it's of interst.

http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 46&t=14373