king tiger

Jim Slothower · Post by **Jim Slothower** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:31 pm

Nick,

Welcome, here is a link to the facts page http://www.armortek.co.uk/html/FAQs.html
it might answer some of your questions. You will find most all the information you need but just reading through the forums, there is allot of knowledge here. I just got a late Tiger a couple months ago. Was led to believe they would never release this KT. Congrats on yours. Maybe I will be able to afford one down the road.

Jim

Jim Slothower · Post by **Jim Slothower** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:32 pm

Nick,

Welcome, here is a link to the facts page http://www.armortek.co.uk/html/FAQs.html
it might answer some of your questions. You will find most all the information you need but just reading through the forums, there is allot of knowledge here. I just got a late Tiger a couple months ago. Was led to believe they would never release this KT. Congrats on yours. Maybe I will be able to afford one down the road.

Jim

Allan Richards · Post by **Allan Richards** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:36 pm

Nick,

Welcome to the forum. There have been several threads on painting but to me there are two things to tackle, first the basic painting, priming, undercoat & top coat then there is the weathering and effects. As suggested in the FAQ's I use basic automotive paints. First you will need an etching pirmer, available from most automotive paint shops as an aerosol to etch to the aluminium and other non ferrous metals, then basic primer followed by top coat which I got mixed as a matt paint from an automotive paint shop. For the primer and top coat I used a compressor and spray gun. I bought the compressor and its tools for about Â£150 which included adaptors to use the airbrush. For weathering the limit is your abilities but for examples look at Dale Jordon's amazing Tiger in the Tiger 1 section.

Mark Champion · Post by **Mark Champion** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:01 am

Hi All
I to am a new Armortek owner, been visiting the site for years and decided it's time to get started. Just can wait for the KT to get here.

If anyone know of any good books for reference, so I can start my research on KT.

Thanks a bunch

Mark

willie leonard · Post by **willie leonard** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:44 am

Hey Mark and Nick, Welcome to the club.A couple of suggestions for referance material. Tanks in Detail #5 by Terry J. Gander, Tiger and King Tiger Tanks And Their Variants by Walter J. Spielberger or do as I did and just google around, thats how I found most of the referance material for my jadgpanther.

Mark Champion · Post by **Mark Champion** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:01 pm

Willie
Thanks for the welcome, and thanks for info. I'll start building my library, thinking on Operation Market Garden or the Estern front to build the KT.

Thanks again

Mark

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:25 pm

Nick and Mark

Welcome to the fun.

What can I say...I'm jealous of your King Tigers. Looks like a really super kit from Mark and Gill.

Enjoy the builds and please post your progress so lowly ones like me who do not have the King Tiger in our inventory can at least see what it's be like.

Kind regards

Tim

Mark Champion · Post by **Mark Champion** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:11 pm

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome, I plan on taking lots of pictures, so I'll defiantly keep it all interested up to date.

I do have some Pics from the Aberdeen Proving Ground that I visited about a month ago if anyone is interested I can post them. Got some pictures of the Jadgpanther, if youâ€™re interested Willie let me know

Thanks again all.

Mark

Allan Richards · Post by **Allan Richards** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:38 pm

Nick,

I have not done a Zimmerit job on my tank but it has been done succesfully by a number of people. I think that the two preferred materials are milliput or car body filler. I would say that milliput is the easier to use of the two as it gives much more working time. I have also heard of grip fill or No Nails being used. With either material it is a matter of smoothing a thin layer of material over an area then using a specially made comb like tool make the pattern. To ensure good adhesion I would thoroughly scratch up the base material with very course emery cloth.

Mark Champion · Post by **Mark Champion** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:28 pm

Nick
Let me try and add them

Mark

Mark Champion · Post by **Mark Champion** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:09 pm

Nick
Here you go

I have more but I need to upload them . If you want a bunch all at once send me your email and I'll zip them up and send them to you

Mark

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:15 pm

Mark

Awesome! If you don't mind, could you please copy me on the zipped files? I'll PM my address.

Thanks for sharing

Kind regards

Tim

Fredrik Jorgensen · Post by **Fredrik Jorgensen** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:24 am

Hi guys.
I am also new to the proud Armortek Owners.
Been drooling over theese models for a long time thou and have been saving up for the Tiger or the KT. So now when the KT was released i made my purchase before they are sold out

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As im from sweden im thinking of goin for a eastern front type, as there were a scandinavian panzerdivision Wiking. Have had some hard time digging up info on it, colors, zimmerit if used, division number etc.
I know there is some more swedes or anyone else in the forums who have some info about it i would love to recive info.

Im so looking forward to start the build that i cant w8 until the model is shipped. My wife aint that happy thou, but she has been down voted by 3 to one in the family. Damn lucky i have 2 panzer freaks for sons

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Best Regards to all of you.
Fredrik

Adrian Harris · Post by **Adrian Harris** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:35 am

Umm, unless I'm mising something

, those pictures are of Panthers...

Adrian.

Mark Champion · Post by **Mark Champion** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:25 pm

Adrian

I was just posting some Pic's from the Aberdeen Proving Groud for someone that requested them. Sorry If I should have posted them someplace else.

Mark