African Tiger I - revisit! - jerrycans

[bbd468]

Beautiful Tiger Wouter...Just Beautiful!!! Luv it bro!

Gary

[armorguy]

Does this Tiger rock or does it rock ? It Rocks !

[deafpanzer]

Gosh, do you really have to put paint on all of those PE?!?!?

Now I am really digging the figure indicating that he couldn't "hear" us. Reminds me of one deaf modeler I know very well...

[danb.]

O yea brother that is one scary Tigger !!!! do you really want to paint it? looks too good to hide under a cot of paint im in love with the last piccy that would be a messed trouser situation!!!
keep going buddy its a sure winner

Dan B

[wbill76]

Very nice work wouter...but I can't help but think of the commander screaming "WHERE ARE MY HANDS?" as the loader pretends to ignore him.

[bigjohn]

Dec 11, 2012 12:37:09 GMT -5 armorguy said:

Does this Tiger rock or does it rock ? It Rocks !

It Rocks AG!!!!!!

Nine bling work wouts!!!!!

[modelfreak72]

Dam Wouts you keep adding all those goodies you might not want to paint it! lol! I'll Post the pic later today!

[406 Silverado]

DAMN.that is a boat load of PE. The model must weigh a ton with all the PE and Fruils. Fantastic work Wouts

[spud]

Awesome stuff wouts paint soon then?

[reserve]

Very nicely done...have you been conspiring with Andy?

Regards,
Mark

[modelfreak72]

Hey woutmiester! Here be the pics! ;D

[tonylee-Rest In Peace]

Goodness Me

I'm in heaven, I'm in heaven

It's beautiful but what the heck, You've just got to paint it Wouter.

Tony

[wouter]

Shellback, why thanks mate, and hey, we all have dopey days from time to time ey ;D

Gary, thanks bro, glad you like Tigger

mmm...thanks Guy, although I'm more into house (ok, that was lame ;D)

Dickstah, thanks dude, just remind me, what was that abreviation standing for?

Dan, thanks bro, I sure want to paint her...but gonna keep her naked for a while I think

CSS, thanks a lot dude!!! Yeah, think those covers give it a nice extra touch ey...took me a while to find the Tank Workshop muzzle break cover...

Bill, many thanks chap...and errr, good one ;D

BJ, thanks a lot fella, much appreciated ^^

Rob, thanks mate, and it sure does, when one fits the Friuls the model weighs a lot more suddenly

Hi Spud, thanks bro, no paint soon I think

Reserve, thanks dude, and something like that yeah...you can compare it a bit with the Dark Side of the Force ;D

Freakstah dude, thanks for those great photos mate!!!!

Tony, in heaven ey? Well, got some good news for you then...When the Tiggy is finished in the nude...I might continue the Stürer

Cheers

[`Boots`]

Yeah the king of bling strikes again................man you guys and your PE put me too shame..................that HT of mine with full Voyger bling set is never gonna see the light of day now !!!!!!!!!!!!, fantastic job once again Wout`s.............love it bro ;D

[deafpanzer]

Well, well, well, you have been bugging me to have mine primed and painted. Now I am bugging you... LOL Kidding, again stunning work on your Tiggy!

I am glad I am not alone... I see that your headlights are as high as mine. They were in way when you move the turret blocking the gun. That explain why they moved the lights to lower part of the hull in later models?

[Deleted]

Bright work is simply stunning buddy It's a great looking Tiger you've got yourself there
Shame to paint her but she'll be all embarrassed if you leave her in the nude

[wouter]

Bootsey, not too modest mate, your builds always have been inspiring, wether with etch or without. They are great and that's what counts! And thanks bro ^^

Andy, ;D ;D ;D, well, can't paint her if at least the turret ain't finished yet, can I?

btw, the headlights are like that indeed. When in combat mode the crew removed them (hence Dragon provided the headlight bases with extra detail in this kit, in case you would want to depict it without.
The 501 pimped their Tigers and some of them had their headlights moved to the lower parts indeed. Later on it became a factory feature with just one headlight lowered in the center of the front plate indeedo

Steve, thanks a lot mate, appreciate it , and she won't be nude forever ;D

Cheers

[Mence]

As usual, very envious of your ability with PE Wouts, she looks superb even without paint!

[wing_nut]

Take a big whiff boys cuz that's the poo right there!

Where did you get the covered muzzle break? Sorry of asked already.

[Deleted]

Makes me think the last time i seen this much brass it was on a ship and it had to be shined with Brasso .

Wouts , my dopey momments come and go all day .........

Still lookin good man .

[fightnjoe]

even without paint that is pretty impressive.



joe

[bullardino]

Awesome job, Wouts.

[wouter]

thanks Prof, glad you like it...working with PE ain't too hard though...just practice, patience and...lots of swearing ;D

wing_nut, thanks mate, the muzzle cover is of the brand Tank Workshop and took me a while to find a shop where they had it in stock. Can't remember where though, it's been a couple of years. Think it was a Dutch online shop called militarymodelsandaccesoires...still buy some stuff there from time to time

jackwagon, I should have remembered that ;D

shellback, thanks mate, and keep those dopey moments coming, love them ;D

Joe and Luigi, many thanks fellas

well, finally a small update.

I decided to spray the interior of the turret Flat Black. Initially I wanted to give it a coat of off white and weather it, but since pretty much nothing of it will be seen I decided to drop that idea.

Now there's one thing which is a bit of a mistake on Dragons early style drum cupola's. If you don't sand down the sticking out bits (I seriously don't know how to call them, not even in my native language ;D) which slot in the turret roof, you'll end up with a gap between the roof and cupola, as seen on this photo of my first ever Tiger

I marked the bits to be sanded down with some arrows...they ain't very tight looking since I don't know how to do that in Photoshop Elements

After that I started with the turret roof. gave the loaders hatch some etch detail. And I drilled out the hinges so the hatch is workeable. Turret fan cover got some detail as well.


I also drilled two holes on each side of the roof, I'll be slotting the wiring for the smoke mines into it.


Well, that's all for now

Cheers

[406 Silverado]

Well Wout's what can I say mate, top notch PE work and always a pleasure to see this one...again.

[wouter]

thanks Rob, glad you like the hatch ;D

Cheers

[406 Silverado]

Sure do. All that tiny PE would drive me nuts. Besides that, I know I would break off parts as always...lol Easy way to make a good model then a wrecks...lost parts....lol

[wouter]

yeah, I can concur though ;D...you get used to it, but still, it remains frustrating from time to time. Swearing is part of the game. And I also wrecked an empty Tamiya Extra Thin bottle out of sheer frustration...It flew through the house as if it was an F15 ;D

oh well

talking about wrecks...with me cannibalising all the stuff, the old Afrika Kitty sits in a very poor state...makes my heart break...but as you mentioned, never throw that stuff away, make a wreck out of it ^^

Cheers

[modelfreak72]

Looking good woutmiester! Yes sir swearing is a big part of PE! I started Demag with a flak 30 and gunshield is all PE! It was fun but I still went back and checked the rest of my flak tracked thingies to make sure that was the only one. One was good for me at the moment! ;D

[eastrock]

update looks great, Woots

we have a Tiger overload here, I need to find time for my tiger

[bullardino]

LOL, looks like I'm the only one who has never built a tiggy and doesn't want to

Wouts the black interiors are a great idea, I like that

Are you competing with Andy for the more bling full tiggy?