Dragon 1/35 King Tiger & Tamiya Kubelwagen diorama

Post by **chief5437** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:21 pm

I think the new zimmerit looks great Paul, and good work on the brackets too.

Post by **hansolo** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:38 pm

Man, you totally fixed it! That darn zimmerit and those microscopic track hangers!

Post by **gosselin2112** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:19 am

Hey, Paul! Appears you have been on quite a journey. Nice recovery on the zimmerit. Any ideas on the paint scheme?

Russ.

Post by **Paul** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:02 am

gosselin2112 wrote:Hey, Paul! Appears you have been on quite a journey. Nice recovery on the zimmerit. Any ideas on the paint scheme?

Russ.

Hey russ.

Cheers buddy, I've not done much to this over the last week as I've been busy with other things.

Paint scheme' I'm thinking like this
http://modelarmour.com/images/stories/A ... /02/02.jpg

Post by **Coen** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:09 am

That's a hard edge... that's gonna be tricky.
I can't wait to see how you sort through the masking.
All the OVM tools make it a bit of a pain.

Post by **Paul** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:47 am

Coen wrote:That's a hard edge... that's gonna be tricky.
I can't wait to see how you sort through the masking.
All the OVM tools make it a bit of a pain.

It's not gonna be hard edge, I was just using that as a guide line to the sort of look i want, I'm not a fan of hard edge Camo on tigers.

Post by **Coen** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:59 am

Whew... good idea... and I agree.
I know they're accurate and genuine... blah blah... but I always though that they're not as interesting to look at.
It will be cool to see that one come out.

Post by **Paul** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:04 am

Coen wrote:Whew... good idea... and I agree.
I know they're accurate and genuine... blah blah... but I always though that they're not as interesting to look at.
It will be cool to see that one come out.

I know hard edge would be accurate for the tank, but as I said this is my ideal tiger build so not 100% accurate with the zim etc

Hoping to get the rest of the track holders finished today and then start to get the green brown Camo on.

Post by **Coen** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:29 am

It's your hobby make it yours... it's your tank... make it yours!

I can't wait to see that paint. If I had to pick a skill that I thought was one of your best, it would be your painting.
Top drawer work Dude.

Post by **Paul** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:52 am

Coen wrote:It's your hobby make it yours... it's your tank... make it yours!

I can't wait to see that paint. If I had to pick a skill that I thought was one of your best, it would be your painting.
Top drawer work Dude.

Cheers buddy, i think its painting that i enjoy most to be honest

Post by **Paul** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 5:42 pm

Right spent a few hours on this today.

Got all the spare tracks holder made and glued into position, I'll get the "locking" bottom part on once the tracks are attached.

Also made the rain guard for the gun sight aperture. I used the same PE as the track holders were made from.

Then I spent a hour or so, spraying the freehand Camo pattern. I'm happy win the result I'll change/touch it up as the days go by until I'm totally happy with it.

Xtracrylix ral colours (the best colours for tritone IMO)

Post by **Nige201980** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 5:59 pm

Wow that's it just wow nuff said

Post by **Tiger131** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:07 pm

nice camo colours all dressed up and were to go

https://www.youtube.com/user/bnealuk · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:31 pm

Very nice I have yet to try a camo scheme since my return to the hobby.

Post by **gosselin2112** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:20 pm

I like your handiwork with the airbrush

The camo scheme came out really nice. BTW, I was wondering about how much glue was needed to ensure a strong enough bond to hold up the spare tracks. I mean, those track holders are pretty small. And the white metal track links are a lot heavier than plastic.

Again, nice work on the big cat!

Russ.

Post by **Paul** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:24 pm

gosselin2112 wrote:I like your handiwork with the airbrush The camo scheme came out really nice. BTW, I was wondering about how much glue was needed to ensure a strong enough bond to hold up the spare tracks. I mean, those track holders are pretty small. And the white metal track links are a lot heavier than plastic.

Again, nice work on the big cat!

Russ.

Not much glue was needed, just a small amount if thin superglue and then some activator and its fine.

Post by **Lee** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:49 pm

Nailed it mate

Post by **Coen** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 1:10 am

Bingo... you rocked that Paul.
Bleeping awesome.
Sigh.

If you ambushed that camo.... whoa.

Post by **alextheblue** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:41 am

Excellent camo Paul. Absolutely top-drawer airbrushing skills, it's really quite humbling to see work of this quality.

The soft "edge" that doing the camo freehand gives is just brilliant. I'm just going to have one last look at those pics.........until my next "last-look" that is!!

Post by **Coen** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:51 am

Told ya that he was a good painter.
He certainly didn't disappoint.

Post by **ww2hispanomodels** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:01 am

That's an incredible work!

Post by **UKscalemodeller** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:51 am

Sublime Paul, just stunning work.

Post by **panzerman** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:57 am

KingTiger is looking mean and lean with its stripes on it.
Very nice paint scheme.
Bill.

Post by **Paul** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 1:25 pm

Thanks for the kind comments fellas

I started on the road wheels today.

Got them all mounted on sticks to make them away to handle when painting.

Also mounted the hubs to each wheel, easy on the out road wheels not so on the inners.

So i used the hollow tube of a cotton bud which fits perfectly into the hub and then onto the wheel itself via the cocktail stick. This ensures it painted the same as the wheel.

Off the the booth and the friul replacement front sprockets needed priming in alclad grey primer (Vallejo will do fine I just prefer cellulose based on bare metal), using my Iwata revolution.

The alclad is great dry to the touch almost instantly I love it. So on to the Vallejo red brown primer as I used on the tiger itself.

Gotta love how I have big box of gloves next to the booth and still never use them, but be fair there a tad tight on me and I look a bit nuts with droopy fingered gloves on (and yes lee I know I looks nuts anyway)

Least I didn't get much paint on me

I'll be back once the primer dry to apply the dunkelgelb and then Camo the wheels.

Post by **Coen** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 4:06 pm

I think half the fun is in painting my hand.
I mean... why not.
Just don't pick yer nose after..... evidence.

Post by **chief5437** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 4:49 pm

^^ ha ha ha!

Still looking great Paul, love the paint job. Maybe I should've gone for that scheme as well! Lol

Post by **Paul** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 5:34 pm

Lol coen.

Well I have a tritone hand now lol

Always hard to do a random pattern, think I did ok though

Chipping tomorrow..... Yay

https://www.youtube.com/user/bnealuk · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:46 pm

Looking great buddy.

Post by **Nige201980** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:13 pm

Looking great Paul.

Website · Post by **Gav0909** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:38 pm

Coming on nicely there buddy.

Post by **Paul** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:12 pm

Ok so I was all set to get going with the chipping today and I thought instead I would get the kubel wagen built and painted to the same stage as the KT that way I can do the weathering stages at the Same time on each vehicle.

So here's the box and sprue shots.

Just two sprues and the chassis, makes a change from the KT.

Nice and quick to built.

Done, ready for some scratch building tonight or tomorrow. I've also got a resin roof coming for it as I want it roof up. Also need a suitable figure that'll be talking to the KT commander

https://www.youtube.com/user/bnealuk · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:18 pm

Nice progress.

Looking forward to seeing what weathering you do as it something I want to try soon.

Post by **Paul** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:23 pm

I wanted to add a jerry can to the rear side of the wagen so using some scrap PE I set to work.

Resin jerry cans

Scrap PE

First Couple of bends and the can of the resin plug

And In position, the metal cage looks to chunky to me so ill be redoing tomorrow. But it's the effect I'm after.

Also added so damage to the wheel arches using me,PE pliers.

Post by **Coen** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:31 pm

Is there any aftermarket left out there Paul?
Wow... you should make this whole build into...

"How to blow your kit out of the water with aftermarket!"

You are showing that nicely.... it certainly makes a difference.
It will be unique and fabulous.

Post by **Paul** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:35 pm

I was going to get the full PE detail set for the kw but to be honest I've had enough of one for now and I don't think the kit needs it. Hopefully the the resin roof won't take long to come

Post by **McLeod** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:39 pm

Looking great Paul, cant wait to see the finished article.

Post by **HobbyModeller** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 12:23 am

Great stuff as usual the King Tiger will look massive next to the Kubelwagen!

Post by **Paul** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 4:10 pm

Ok so i redid,the PE strips with thinners PE.

I then primed,the KW in Vallejo red brown primer, I also assembled,the wheels and gave the tyres a coat of tamiya rubber black (first time I've used tamiya acrylics since I got the mr hobbys)

Then using my hobby dunkelgelb I sprayed the KW and the wheels centres (with a circle templete) I used mr hobby dunkelgelb to give both vehicles a different shade of it giving a bit of variation.

Post by **Coen** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 4:29 pm

Looks fantastic Paul.
I think that using the different shade was an awesome idea.
When you think of it, the two vehicles would have been made and painted by two different factories and/or field painted by different crews so the colour would be different.
You da'man!

Post by **UKscalemodeller** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 4:45 pm

continue to be amazed by your work.

Post by **Paul** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 6:41 pm

Coen wrote:Looks fantastic Paul.
I think that using the different shade was an awesome idea.
When you think of it, the two vehicles would have been made and painted by two different factories and/or field painted by different crews so the colour would be different.
You da'man!

yeah that was my thoughts too. It's is just gonna have the two tone green Camo pattern as well

Post by **spruecutter** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 8:15 pm

Like it

The damage on the mudguards actually helps to make them look thin.

Post by **Paul** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 9:41 pm

Just quick update tonight, I lightened some dunkelgelb with some white and colour modulated the high o
Points of the KW, it's nice and subtle rather than full blown modulation. I then got the olivegrun pattern sprayed on, most models I've seen of this have delicate thin green stripes, which to me look wrong, in the field, being sprayed on (if they were lucky) or brush painted I reckon the paint would have been slapped on rather than intricate patterns produced so this is my thinking of how it would look.

The only bit I'm not happy with is the bonnet (hood) I may thin out the green a little tomorrow. Although most of it is hidden by the spare wheel.

And a little size comparison, David and Goliath.

https://www.youtube.com/user/bnealuk · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:21 pm

I like the camo buddy.

I see what you mean about the bonnet.

But like you said it will mostly be covered.

Post by **Coen** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:53 am

There's not a whole lot of surface area to paint the camo on so it would be really hard to do.
Still it looks authentic to me.
I like the tone difference between David and Goliath... it's going to look really cool in a diorama.
I'm really looking forward to seeing what you have in mind for that.

Post by **UKscalemodeller** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:33 pm

A master at work right there.

Post by **Paul** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 7:44 pm

Well I wasn't happy with the green Camo, so resprayed the KW today and redid the olivegrun stripe sim much happier with them now.

Post by **Coen** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:50 pm

Yeah... that's much better Paul.

Post by **wappynutter** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:58 pm

Very nice Paul...... You are a master...

...and the size of that king tiger next to the wagon..

Post by **chief5437** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:06 pm

Good skills, Paul!