Tiger weathering stage 1

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Fri May 23, 2008 1:45 am

This is the first stage of painting and weathering my tiger . In these photos you can see I have used Mr surfacer 500 on the side hull plates to give the rolled steel look. Also I have masked the turret numbers and sprayed them white . Dale

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Fri May 23, 2008 1:52 am

The number 3 was the first number of my tiger . Then later it was number 14
I have painted both numbers on now as in stage 3 of the paint job I will then be respraying the tiger in Dark yellow with patches of the gray still showing through ... These two numbers will still , be just visible through the paint work . After that the last number which will be 113 in white will then be paint over the bottom 3rd of the 14 . Dale

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Fri May 23, 2008 1:59 am

Before I do the dark yellow . I will added some shell hits and damage to the hull , plus some more Mr surfacer 500 the the front of the hull . Dale

Kent Wiik · Post by **Kent Wiik** » Fri May 23, 2008 9:23 am

Nice Dale!

Your Tiger are from a today very high level just getting better and better.
Looking forward to see the final result - will be amazing I think (I know!).

Just one thing - do you intend to skip the Mr Surfacer treatment on the turret? Tigers had the same surface structure there as well...

Sorry if I now spoiled your weekend my friend

Cheers
Kent

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Fri May 23, 2008 10:31 am

Well spoted Kent , The photo does not show it .. But my turret sides already have a pited rolled steel look to it . Thanks for showing me that photo That re - enforces what I have done . Dale

Adrian Harris · Post by **Adrian Harris** » Fri May 23, 2008 10:42 am

Those welds are worthy of a T34

(Kent's picture, not Dale's

)

Adrian.

chris fry · Post by **chris fry** » Fri May 23, 2008 4:09 pm

hello dale,

do you have any close up pictures of the surfacer treatment, cant quite see from the pictures the effect it has. and do you just brush the stuff on.

thanks, chris.

Kent Wiik · Post by **Kent Wiik** » Fri May 23, 2008 4:32 pm

Chris,

This might help:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/47211/me ... .+Surfacer

Cheers
Kent

chris fry · Post by **chris fry** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:35 pm

hello kent,

thanks for the info, very interesting reading, just need a few pics to see what the finish is like, have thought about sand/bead blasting the armour plates to try and replicate the cast look.

thanks, chris.

Kent Wiik · Post by **Kent Wiik** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:47 pm

Yes Chris,

In my opinion a non zimmerited 1:6th tank shall absolutely have a rough armour surface! Go for it!
It is nowadays standard in 1:35 so there is no excuse for us in 1:6th not to. And it isa about time to face it so this new hobby can take a step further.
Saying a tank-kit like this can be put together in 7 days is silly. That tank will sooner or later be rebuild, we have a lot of examples of that...a build like this take time to be a good one. At least that is my oppinion

The tank looks far too smooth (and a bit silly toyish) with its kit far to plane metal surface.
It must be taken care of and the model will look so much better - believe me!

But I am afraid sand blasting it will only make the surface even more smooth

Cheers
Kent

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Sat May 24, 2008 12:45 am

Hello Chris .. Here is a close up of the Mr surfacer 500 I will do a second coat later

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Sat May 24, 2008 12:47 am

Kent you will like this photo . This is my deck with the top coat of paint on over the Mr surfacer . As you can see It's very close to the real thing . And much better then smooth metal . Dale

Dale jordan · Post by **Dale jordan** » Sat May 24, 2008 12:49 am

And here is my turret texture .

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Sat May 24, 2008 1:02 am

Dale,

NICE

Those close-ups are great. Definitely looks like the real thing.

As always, thanks for posting the pictures of your work.

Tim

Kent Wiik · Post by **Kent Wiik** » Sat May 24, 2008 9:51 am

Wow Dale!

Second to Timâ€™s comment - that surface looks spot on.
I love it and shall try your method later.
Thanks for showing us the photos.

Cheers
Kent