Tiger I Initial Production - painting

Dave Flitton
It's wrong because you aren't doing it to MY model!!! 🙂

Christian Meyerhoff
Looks good! What colors do you use ? Will there be a winter camo?

Rafal Napierala
I'm using Vallejo acrylics. No, for now I stay with panzer grey. I'll try to do some color modulation (my first ;D)

Fabian D.
seems like you´ve never been away... great work so far 👍

james johnson
...Rafel, There really isn?t any right or wrong, it?s just whatever makes you satisfied?..your Tiger looks great; that Panzer Gray gives me fits trying to make it look like something???.
One thing you might want to think about is taking that wheel mask of yours and using it to highlight the hatch to the cupola with your lightest modulation shade?Just a thought, thanks for posting, looking forward to more pics!
👍

Hunter Cummins
Hey there ralf 🙂 I have been trying to find this damn kit everywhere and cant find it except on ebay dut to expencive

Hunter Cummins
And btw it looks amazing 😄

Rafal Napierala
Thank you, you are right James, I should think about highlighting the cupola, maybe I will do it with oils on that stage? I have to think.

Hunter, I started this kit in 2006 and just returned to hobby this year, so I think that I got it when it was released. 😄 But it is awesome! I will use the magic tracks from the box.

Need some advice, I just closer to the stage when I will put on the wheels and tracks, so here come my question. What color for the tracks?

Hunter Cummins
Rafal you are very lucky😄 and as for the tracks
Do a coat of flat black. Then very lightly spray two different tones of rust color. Then dry brushthe likks in a metal color. But ONLY the TOP of the track .then add your dirt in the track links and on the chasses and all of the other parts that would have mud and/or dust.
Hope this helps you out😄🙂
Please

H K
My ( lazy) way: Vallejo track primer, ak track wash, drybrush metal colour, pigments.

james johnson
yep H K, that's how I do them 😳

Hunter Cummins
Dang it you two😢 you make my way look bad 😛

Christian Meyerhoff
Very nice Cat so far! Keep going like this and the result will be excellent.

Rafal Napierala
Thank you Christian!

Well there is no other way that to try each of your methods on both tracks! ;D

Hunter Cummins
😄😄

Hunter Cummins
Tell me which is better in your opinion😉

H K
👍 😄

Rafal Napierala
Just a quick update. Take a look if you want. 🙂 Progress is terribly slooow... But I have currently no place to use airbrush, so I cannot carry on with the tracks.. 🙁

Martyn Fox
Very nice job so far🙂 I've built the same kit myself and tried the AK Panzer grey filter/wash set to see how it worked.

H K
Me like 😄

Barry Lloyd
Just hand paint the tracks with gunmetal/steel enamel, using a large brush, with the track stretched between your fingers, then a rust wash, followed by some dirt to suit the terrain.

Christian Meyerhoff
Very nice so far! If this one was mine I would tone down the Color of the exaust pipes. But that`s only my Point of view. Very nice cat!

Kim Branders
Nice Tiger you have, Nothing wrong to see. Keep up the goooood work.Grtz Kim

Rafal Napierala
Added few photos of almost finished beast! Pigments are missing., but for my first build I have to say that I'm happy how it comes out.. Hope you like it!😉

H K
Very nice 👍

Albi Hitz
Nice paint job on the Tiger ... 👍

Rafal Napierala
Thank you. I'm not as happy how tracks came out, but I'll try to fix it a little.

Murad ÖZER
Good job so far! 👍
as for the tracks, you could try rubbing an artist's graphite or a regular pencil on the track treads to replicate the shiny metal showing tru due to contact with the ground.