Tamiya 1/25 Tiger I Update 2/11/16

[Guest]

This is really speaking along! Can I ask what the plastic pipe around your cutting mat is for? Yep, I am that nosey........

[tanktrack]

funny I was going to ask about the pipework as well but fenlander beat me to it , you have a very tidy work area , im loving the build .

[Guest]

You may ask, indeed. The pipe is part of my video camera stand for doing overhead shots for my YouTube channel. It is temporary since it was kind of a stop-gap measure until I can do something better. The pipe is PVC plumbing pipe.


As you can see, in order to get the work area to line up in the frame of the video, the base has to be twisted a bit and it drives me NUTS! I like stuff lined up properly: parallel and perpendicular. I am going to make another one that actually fits on the top of the sides of my work area so none of my desktop itself is taken up.

[Guest]

Painting of the base coat is now complete. As some of you may know, me and Vallejo have been on not-so-good terms as of late. However, by changing up my methods, we now get along grandly. I used the Vallejo Model Air Dunkelgelb. Went on with no problems at all. A kit of this size takes a lot of paint.






After I got the hull, turret, and small parts painted, I went to the wheels. Since I am not quite as steady as I used to be, I opted to avoid freehand painting of the rubber portion of the wheels. I thought about using a circle template used for drafting, but that would have taken forever. So, I decided to make my own masks. In the bottom of the photo below you can see a tannish, plastic device. This is a circle cutter. It is a Flex-i-File Super Cutting Compass. It is adjustable and has a titanium blade. I measured the outside diameter of the rim portion of the wheel, divided that in half and applied that measurement to the circle cutter. Then I laid out some strips of wide masking tape and cut my circles. After I had the appropriate amount of circles cut, I sprayed the wheels with the dunkelgelb. After that dried I carefully affixed the circles to the wheels.






Then I sprayed the rubber portion of the wheels. After the paint dried, I peeled the circles off, and Voila! spiffily painted Tiger wheels.






And here is the whole shootin' match, ready for camo.

[monica]

this is real coming along a treat,looking very nice,

[Guest]

A work step by step, very very "scientific", cheers

[Guest]

You may ask, indeed. The pipe is part of my video camera stand for doing overhead shots for my YouTube channel. It is temporary since it was kind of a stop-gap measure until I can do something better. The pipe is PVC plumbing pipe.
As you can see, in order to get the work area to line up in the frame of the video, the base has to be twisted a bit and it drives me NUTS! I like stuff lined up properly: parallel and perpendicular. I am going to make another one that actually fits on the top of the sides of my work area so none of my desktop itself is taken up.


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What a great idea, thanks Brett, great progress on the Tiger.

[flyjoe180]

Looks good Brett, nice job ion those wheels

[Guest]

The camouflage is up next. Here is a progress pic of the hull and turret.










For painting the camo on the wheels I used the same template method as before, but used the outer part of the tape instead of the circle. I cut them out and then cut them apart and apply them.






When removing the template from my cutting mat, a small bit of stretching can occur to the tape. To counter this I simply snip one side and wrap the template around the rim, overlapping the cut end a wee bit.






After that it was airbrush time.


In the next episode I will be discussing the track assembly and painting.

[grumpa]

Just caught up with this.....EXCELLENT!...................Jim

[Guest]

Thanks Jim.

[Guest]

Looking great, corking camo!

[Guest]

Thanks John. I haven't sprayed camo on a tank since the '80s, but figured if I can do it on a 1/48 scale aircraft, it shouldn't be too difficult on a 1/25 scale tank!

[monica]

The camouflage is up next. Here is a progress pic of the hull and turret.
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For painting the camo on the wheels I used the same template method as before, but used the outer part of the tape instead of the circle. I cut them out and then cut them apart and apply them.


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When removing the template from my cutting mat, a small bit of stretching can occur to the tape. To counter this I simply snip one side and wrap the template around the rim, overlapping the cut end a wee bit.


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After that it was airbrush time.


In the next episode I will be discussing the track assembly and painting.

what a great idea,but how do you cut out the holes so very neat,? plz


as it would save so much time,

[monica]

this is looking good,do like the dark green ,patten will have to do one like that as well,