Freddies KingTiger

Fredrik Jorgensen · Post by **Fredrik Jorgensen** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:58 pm

Thnx Tim.
The KT is alive.!!!!!!
Test run did today...klinkaklonk all over the asphalt.
with 8 wheels missing

.....wife vaccumed the nuts !!!!!!
The last of the zimmerit will be applied and sanded down as im uncertain if the heigth of the grooves are good enough..need to check with Per.
Recoil damper....NOT muzzle break according to the Oracle

is almost finished and im pretty pleased as my Dremel has worked to hard and died on me. All hand work till paycheck arrives.

Exhausts!!!!!
Been measuring and looking at blueprints....they will be major overhauled. I cant have that sweet smoke from the smokers going thru a square piece

. Goin to try and get it as realistic as possible.

Some adjustments goin to be done to the deck as i said earlier but been sick so Stefan will do it later as he has a wounded knee aswell. Aswell as the front.

By the way anyone heve a site that sells them wonderfull letters and digits in plastic for the casts!!! We swedes would love to live in a wider variety of country.....atleast us tank builders............expensive and unreacheble!!!

Happy trails guys.
Fredrik

Kent Wiik · Post by **Kent Wiik** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:49 pm

Hi Freddie,

Good to hear we have a runner in Sweden

Yours must be the first 1:6th KT here that runs - well done!

Oracle or not...the English word is "Muzzle brake" and as this is an English spoken forum I think we shall stay with that.
In German it is "MÃ¼ndungsbremse" and in Swedish "Mynningsbroms / RekyldÃ¤mpare"

Regarding the plastic letters you have ModelljÃ¤rnvÃ¤gsspecialisten TÃ¥g och Hobby here in my hometown LuleÃ¥ who has (or can order them for you).
Please look here, just scroll down a bit:

http://minipansar.ecommunity.se/viewtopic.php?t=126

Guess your wife will be upset again...

Cheers
Kent

Adrian Harris · Post by **Adrian Harris** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:55 pm

> wife vaccumed the nuts !!!!!!

I know you said she was unhappy with you but that's a bit over the top

Adrian.

Fredrik Jorgensen · Post by **Fredrik Jorgensen** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:46 pm

Adrian she did it on purpose!!!
And Kent........ur one of the guys i admire

but ofc u know that.
Big thnx
fredrik

peter karlsson · Post by **peter karlsson** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:25 pm

hi fredde!!!

i must say that you are a very fast artist

i have sent you a PM

kind regards peter(peppe)

Fredrik Jorgensen · Post by **Fredrik Jorgensen** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:26 pm

Been working on the front gearbox guards, in the haste to get it up and running i totally forgot them hehe.

The plaster molds worked better than i expected.

This is what the looked after the plaster was removed.

This shows the supporting rod that i glued into a drilled hole.
Noe that i used a iron saw to cut small stripes in the aluminium to get the ceramic metal to stick better.

This is how they look on, still work to be done with the radius and the Kent Wiik treatment, but still way better.
Happy Trails.

Freddie

Fredrik Jorgensen · Post by **Fredrik Jorgensen** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:09 pm

Hi guys.
Thought id post some more pictures as the tracks came on and shes rolling.
Test run went aswesome nothing that went wrong with tracks etc.
Had fun for about 1h 20mins.
She looked abit funny without the turret and deck thou:)

Im really pleased with the armorguards did as Dale, cut of 3 mm of the tabs.

Im also happy with the welds as i think ive goten the hang of it

Thnx to Simons amazing welds.

While i was at it i did the cap nut holes wich should be there. Not easy as it was assembeled but i pulled it of.

So much work for this view:), one thing thou. the dirt colected by the tracks went smooth over it and ended up behind on the track.
The half one might get dirt and stuff right ontop of the gear box wich can cause problems but im not sure of that.

Here she is my pride and joy. Still lots to be done but, hey its a long winter ahead.

Finally all wheels are converted

. I did one thing on purpose on them.
I chipped the paint as they would looked worked on and repainted them.
and the result was really good.

Now i only have to zimmerit the rest of the hull and put on the detail parts.

Have fun in the cold guys.
Fredrik

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:01 am

Hi Freddie

Looks great! What paint are you using. That last picture of your wheels looks PERFECT base color.

Kind regards
Tim

Fredrik Jorgensen · Post by **Fredrik Jorgensen** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:41 am

Hi Tim, and thnx for the kind words.
I use Tamiya TS-3 spray cans to ground the model so to speak. Then i go over it all again with the airbrush and then i use the small tamiya cans with no:XF-60 mixed with approx 20% tamiya thinner. Or if you just open the jar and ad thinner up to the lid

. I do this as i think the spray can overdooze easely and its a bit to glossy.
With the airbrush you get the satin matte color i prefer.
I have cheated some on the camo aswell. sprayed some small dots here and there, just to figure out wich color matches the one im doing..

Trying to figure out how to ad the runner video in here or on youtube..hmm
Best regards
Fredrik

Fredrik Jorgensen · Post by **Fredrik Jorgensen** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:26 pm

I couldent hold my self..........i had to do the camopattern

.
Just the green applied atm, but the dark red one is coming aswell.

Enjoy!

The patches will uniform with eachother when the deck is finished.

Fredrik

Robert E Morey · Post by **Robert E Morey** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:04 pm

Freddie,
Oh yeah thats what I'm talking bout!

Looks excellent! The camo combined with the zimmerit is going to be very cool!

What a beast!

Easiest way I have found to post video is to make them Quicktime movies, and post them on YouTube. They seem to upload ok, and you get a link (URL) from Youtube similar to posting pictures in Photobucket. Someone else may have an easier method?

I hope to see the first run video.

Great job!
Bob

Fredrik Jorgensen · Post by **Fredrik Jorgensen** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:20 am

Couldent stop painting....wich i should and start zimmeriting the rest.
BUT ITS SO DAMN FUNNY TO DO IT!!!!!!!

This is how it turned out

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The inner wheels will also be done and as you see the Dark Red XF-64 Tamiya color will be overhauled again, and some parts of the green as the light in here tricks me, or i need my glasses on hehehe.
The green XF-67 Nato green is the closest i could come to the pictures ive seen.

Hope you all enjoy.
Freddie

Kent Wiik · Post by **Kent Wiik** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:24 pm

Outstanding Freddie!

And good choice of paint scheme, I think I would have chosen something similar if I had a KT kit.

Really enjoy following your build.

/Kent

Fredrik Jorgensen · Post by **Fredrik Jorgensen** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:00 pm

Thnx my master

.

I have now stopped painting as it looks silly with only one side done hehe.
I need to do the other sides so i finally can focus on my main target.

The deck and rear end of it.
hmm might take her out for anothe spinn

.

Freddie

Fredrik Jorgensen · Post by **Fredrik Jorgensen** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:40 am

Hi guys.
I finally have started to do the last of the zimmerit and will post pics when its done.
Been crappy with the flue and all but getting better.
and i have to hack the first coat of zimm i did away

.
Its to thick and the look on the turret i did is spot on, so the hull will be redone as i now know how to handle the 2component stuff i use.
But hey!!! you always learn something in the faults you make:).
The pannier side looks to smooth compared to the turret.

And ive been looking for another project aswell to my wifes dispair:)
A panther or jagdpanther is the next for me. In a near future:) hopefully.

So i will keep you posted
Freddie