King Tiger 222 - 3/27 Really done this time, I swear

[deafpanzer]

Excellent work making those hooks!!! What did you use to create those? I have silly putty but what is the white substance you used? I am sure I will need it in case I loose small piece to vinyl monster...

[TRM]

Smart looking building Marc!! I'm with Andy on the hooks...what medium did you use? If you don't mind please??

[deafpanzer]

Marc, please answer Todd's answer... he will buy you a beer on our behalf.

[spud]

neat. are the new hooks just melted styrene ?

[Leon]

Mark nice work there my man

[bigjohn]

Feb 2, 2013 19:40:25 GMT -5 TRM said:

Smart looking building Marc!! I'm with Andy on the hooks...what medium did you use? If you don't mind please??

If I had to guess, It looks like Ace Brand casting resin

[Deleted]

Marc must be out of the building .....either that or building ?
Looking great marc !

[fightnjoe]

neat trick with the hooks.


looking good marc.




joe

[wing_nut]

Hey thanks guys.

Beer? Did you say beer? Not much I won't do for a beer. I would have told you anyway but... mmmmm beer... It's 2 part casting resin, Micro Mark CR300. Just a few drops of each in this case and about 20 minutes later... a new part.

Carl ... yup usually builidng or building. But that time I was sleeping. What I wish I was doing noy at nealry 3 am

[wouter]

Nice work again mate, and some great detailing., love how you resolved the carpet monster issue ^^

About the fuel vent lines, well, I didn't add them to my 213 as well, so It's not a bad thing if you leave it off. But it was there, did some research: the fuel vent lines (4 in total, but two of them were barely visible) were added as a feature from April '44 production and on. It seems that '222' is a November production KT so it was there. But again, I don't mind you leaving it off, and besides, it's what you like that's important, not others

Cheers

[Deleted]

Feb 3, 2013 2:35:38 GMT -5 wing_nut said:

Hey thanks guys.

Beer? Did you say beer? Not much I won't do for a beer. I would have told you anyway but... mmmmm beer... It's 2 part casting resin, Micro Mark CR300. Just a few drops of each in this case and about 20 minutes later... a new part.

Carl ... yup usually builidng or building. But that time I was sleeping. What I wish I was doing noy at nealry 3 am

LOL Marc ! Speaking of beer and sleeping (nap) i did both of those sat. after noon also .......

Good stuff on those cast parts . Tracks and hangars look great . You did the welds on the hangars , nice ! Whens the paint going on ?

Looks really top notch brotha !

[martyncrowther.]

Awesome work on the king tiger I really want to build one now.

Martyn

[bullardino]

Outstanding

[wbill76]

Nice quick solution on those hooks Marc! I think your bench gremlin has a cousin at my bench...same thing happens to me from time to time.

[wing_nut]

Thanks guys.

Small update since most of yesterday one hand was holding a beer or a bourbon.

Wouter... ya talked me into it




Got the exhausts ready for mounting.

[Deleted]

Always enjoy a KT build and this is a great one, loads of tips and ideas here.

[Deleted]

...............and now you convinced me to add the vent pipe Marc

Now splitter in your exhaust pipe ? Strange , i wonder when DML left that out of the pipe ? My old DML Jagd has it , i know , so what. Nice attention to details . Bourbon and beer aye ?............nice recovery then brother ,that would do me in for a week !

[wing_nut]

Out in the woods
Or in the city
It's all the same to me
When I'm drivin' free, the world's my
Home
When I'm mobile

Hee, hoo!
beep beep!


Carl, the splitter is there but lost when I drilled out the pipes.


The tedious chore of the tracks is completed.

[deafpanzer]

Loving it... can't wait to see more of this! Dig the vent pipe... its Wouter's fault!

[bbd468]

Marc...this is a beautiful build my friend. The rolled steel look you've captured looks spot on. Cant wait to see some colorations!

Gary

[johnt]

Hi Marc, a really impressive build mate! Lots of cool tips along the way too, thanks!

Cheers
JT

[TRM]

OOooo, feel some paint coming soon!! Looking sweet all standing there!! Thanks for the heads up on the resin, the hooks looked grand!

[wouter]

this looks superb!!!! Really an awesme KT mate, makes me want to do another one...and I still got an initial one which needs to be finished

Cheers

[wing_nut]

Thanks guys.

Yes Andy, it's Wouter's fault no doubt. But I am easily swayed

Yes... I can almost smell the fumes of paint already. But in fact still lots of the little fiddly bits to do 1st.

Tell me about it Wout. I have committed to "222" in my head and won't change but I really do like the look of the KT without and fenders at all and the next one will be sans fenders. Glad I did the vents... they look cool. The PE sheet actually has that detail there.. The 2 at the front of the engine deck would mostly be under the back of the turret though. And they show the pipes, all 4, being short, just coming to the edge of the hull side. I want to start the other kitty right away. But before I burn myself out from do 4 big cats in a row I am going to back to my roots and do a... dare I say aloud... airplane.

[wing_nut]

Update part 2. For whatever reason I absolutely could not get a good looking solder joint on PE. Tried Tix flux as suggested by Tony and WOW. I’ve heard about solder getting sucked into the joists before just never saw it. Got the fenders done with only minor clean up. Instead of trying to get the fenders to stay on only attached at the mounting plates I filled the back with strips of plastic flush with the top folded edge and secured with CA. Scraped away the Bondo and I was able to get a really strong bond.

[bbd468]

Fenders look nice Marc...great soldering job! Tix flux is tha stuff aye? Gotta get some.

Gary

[bullardino]

Stunning Marc

[Leon]

Mark she is coming along very nicely.Like the fender work.

[Deleted]

Sure is looking great Marc . Waitin to see the paint !

[deafpanzer]

WOW! One of best soldering jobs I have ever seen. Its one of my new year resolutions to learn about soldering.