David grays gallery

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:51 pm

Great new photos of your late tiger1 on your gallery. David your model looks amazing .. I like the damage to the side fenders . It realy brings the model to life , when the tracks go on and the tiger looks so much bigger . You are at a good stage of the build now . I look forward to seeing her sitting down on the suspension ... Dale

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Tue May 06, 2008 12:54 am

I second Dale's comments.

Dave,

Looks amazing!

As always, thanks for sharing the photos.

Tim

David Gray · Post by **David Gray** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:14 pm

Hi Dale and Tim. thanks for your comments , i agree dale

the tank looks so much bigger with the tracks on, i,m quite

pleased with the results up to now. i,m just building the other

track then i can sit it on its suspenion. Then i need to decide

if i am going to camo the wheels.

Dave

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Tue May 06, 2008 11:49 pm

Hello David ... Here is a nice paint job for you to check out . If the camo was applyed in the field they would not have worried about painting the wheels I'm shore they did not have pressure cleaners back then . Dale

Kent Wiik · Post by **Kent Wiik** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:41 am

Yes David, your Tiger looks stunning!

DonÂ´t agree with Dale.
There are clear ww2 photo evidence of non schurtzen tanks, like the Tiger, had the wheels painted in colours like the rest of the tank.

In field applied.

SS101 on road march to Normandy.

As I know David will do SS101 #009 so here is a good one as reference:

More here:
http://missing-lynx.com/gallery/german/jbtlate.htm

Please note the builder has missed that #007 was a command Tiger...

Cheers
Kent

David Gray · Post by **David Gray** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:31 pm

Hi Dale and Kent ,thanks for your comments , the paint job on

the model looks realy good. I have just purchased

Tigers in combat 11 by Wolfgang Schneider, and in it is a

colour drawing of 009 with camo wheels so i will probably

go with camo on the wheels with some weathering. I will camo

them at the weekend and put a photo in the gallery and see what

you all think.

regards Dave

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:06 pm

Hi all

Funny, I had pulled that same series of pictures of 007 model for reference for my Normandy late Tiger as well.

I figured the builder knew something I didn't about that specific command tank.

David

I look forward to your pictures.

regards

Tim

Allan Richards · Post by **Allan Richards** » Wed May 07, 2008 10:26 pm

Dave,

A very nice model that will look superb in the selected colour scheme. A gentle touch with the camo on the wheels and some genuine mud will make it look the business. I went to a lot of trouble painting the tracks but if you run the model a bit the paint comes off the treads quite quickly so its not really worth painting these. The new tracks have a more realistic dull finish anyway.

Allan

David Gray · Post by **David Gray** » Thu May 08, 2008 7:42 pm

hi Allen, i agree , a gentle touch with the airbrush will look

better than heavy solid colours ,and i think i will leave the tracks

as they are

Dave

Mike Cooper · Post by **Mike Cooper** » Fri May 09, 2008 8:20 pm

Hi David,
I noticed on your gallery that you have applied additional bolts and tab washers to your wheel hubs, I was contemplating adding this missing feature and on seeing your photo's it shows that it is definitely worth the extra effort.

I'm getting to the stage now with my Late Tiger that I need to start applying weld seams and Zimmerit. I bought Mike Stannard's Zim tools and have practiced with various mediums to try and perfect the art of 'zimming'. Can you tell me what medium you use for your Zimmerit and what tool do you use as your application looks perfect from your photos.

Keep up the good work.

Best regards,
Mike Cooper

David Gray · Post by **David Gray** » Fri May 09, 2008 9:21 pm

Hi Mike thanks for your comments, i used Mike Stannards

zim tool 2 and plastic padding car body filler. A lot of peaople

dont like this and prefer to use milliput ,but i found this very

difficult to work with and could not get the result i was looking for

you get a much finer finish with the body filler and works very well

with the zim tools , and is much cheaper . try experimenting with

different mediums talked about on this forum and the archive forum

and see what works best for you

The wheels are definitely worth spending some time on , i used

B.A nuts and bolts for the hubs.

regards Dave

Tim McCarthy · Post by **Tim McCarthy** » Fri May 09, 2008 10:28 pm

G'day David
Great looking hull.
The plastic padding car body filler what brand is that?
Did you apply it over the base metal or etch primer?
Tim

David Gray · Post by **David Gray** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:10 pm

Hi Tim ,Plastic Padding is the brand, i suppose car filler is much
the same worldwide what ever brand

i applied the filler onto bare metal , rubbed downe first with 180 grit papper

Dave

Mike Cooper · Post by **Mike Cooper** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:45 pm

Hi David,

You mentioned that you used B.A nuts and bolts for the hubs. I've trawled the internet for small B.A. bolts and come up with nothing. Could you tell me the web address for the supplier you used and a link to someone who sells the taps for such small bolt holes.
What size B.A. bolts did you use on your hubs ?

Best regards,
Mike

David Gray · Post by **David Gray** » Sat May 31, 2008 8:27 pm

Hi Mike sorry its took so long to get back to you,

you can get the nuts, bolts and taps from eks supplies

i used 6BA nuts and bolts with one size smaller head [ 7BA]

and 9BA for the locking tabs , i also changed the outer wheel

bolts for M3x12 bolts and m3 nuts , if you need more detailed

info send me a pm

regards Dave

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