discussion Bowcat's King Tiger with Henschel turret, Meng 1/35

[Steve Brodie]

Steve, it does. The wheels toe in, I'm planning on adding some weight to force the suspension arms to flex up. It's a shame as the fit of the rest of the parts is fantastic.

Isnt that strange, you would have thought they would have spotted that on test kits before putting it into production. Some people removed the locating lugs and glued the arms on by sight and glued the wheels on. shouldnt have to though. Still gonna get me one of these kits though for £30 its a steal

 

[Mr Bowcat]

I did have a plan of putting a spacer inside the hull to kick out the top of the part that the suspension arms fit into, but it wasn't really practical.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Got the top hull finished, which took an age. So many small parts.

Not to impressed with the PE forming tool, ended up rolling the edges with a toothpick.

Finished off by priming and pre-shading.

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[Mr Bowcat]

Finally got primary construction finished tonight, just a few bits to be added. This build has taken longer than i expected, mainly due to the large parts count, but the kit has gone together beautifully.

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[col68]

Looking good Bob

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Did I say I had a "few" bits to add?!

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[Mr Bowcat]

I had a rare day off today so finished off the wheels with a bit of a pin wash and painting the edges steel. I also got some powder on the hull for mud, this is going to have some wet mud added when dry.

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[Snowman]

Lets get muddy!!

Looking great!

 

[Guest]

Looking good Bob, keep up the good work

 

[col68]

Coming along nicely Bob

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Wheels and tracks now on, ready to be masked up so I can get on with painting the camo. Definitely starting to look more tank like.

I'm quite impressed with the wet mud, it's decidedly grey in the pot but has dried a nice muddy brown and is quite gritty.

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[Mr Bowcat]

Today I have mostly been painting.

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Time for a beer.

 

[Guest]

Great work, very nice camo pattern, keep up the good work

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Pete. I'm not sure if it's 100% accurate, but I'm happy with it, especially as it was freehand.

 

[Guest]

Really is coming along a treat Bob, keep up the good work mate

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Had a bit of a nightmare with this. I realised that i hadn't glued one of the side skirts on in the right place, it was a few mm too high at the back.

I've managed to get it off and stuck back properly, but now have a thin strip of unpainted plastic to paint.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

The tank is pretty much finished, so today I painted the figures. Still not particularly brilliant, but they are better than my previous attempts at figures so hopefully I am improving.

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[Mr Bowcat]

It's done!!!!

Completed build thread here http://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/bowcats-meng-king-tiger-1-35.28354/