1/48 Tamiya Tiger I of 502

[moon puppy]

That kitty cat looks like it can move into anything in it's way. Are you painting at your desk also?

 

[MrT]

Very nice Tiger!!

Terry B)

 

[JSteinman]

Thanks guys. MP no painting at the office, too smelly.

 

[JSteinman]

Painting has begun. I tried something new here, I always like to push my boundaries, and primed with a 50/50 dilution of Mr. Surfacer 1200 with Tamiya lacquer thinner.

I liked it and shall do this from now on!

Next I applied a coat of Tamiya XF-63, Dark Grey.

It will get one more coat of this before some hairspray and white wash.
(some may wonder why I am stuck in a winter rut, the Tasca Pz II, the Tamiya Bug, and now this, all I can say is its FUN!)

 

[moon puppy]

And you do it so well! This winter you can switch to dessert schemes.

 

[JSteinman]

Hey that is a good idea!

 

[Pavel Zabák]

Nice build and paint.

Pavel

 

[JSteinman]

 

[JSteinman]

Basic paint scheme applied.

 

[shawngehling]

J,
Looks pretty nice so far...
Shawn

 

[JSteinman]

Thanks Shawn.

 

[moon puppy]

John, did this get the hairspray treatment? What did you use for mask?

 

[JSteinman]

moon puppy wrote:

John, did this get the hairspray treatment? What did you use for mask?

It did, but just a light coat, as the pics of this baby show a pretty uniform coverage, with not a lot of wear. I am also portraying it in Feb of 43, so again, not a lot of wear.

Masking was done with tape, cut to shape, sorry didn't take any photos.

 

[Kreighshoer]

that's already so beautiful looking!

 

[JSteinman]

Some very careful removal of the white wash

I have been very slowly activating the hairspray, just a little bit of water at a time so as not to expose too much grey. I have also started to paint the OVM - no where near done, but i wanted to show the in progress. Hope you like it!

 

[shawngehling]

J.
Looking great
Shawn

 

[Iron Mike]

The contrast is really striking, John!

 

[JSteinman]

More weathering fun. Here is where I am now.

Here how I got here from the previous post.

First Step, multiple pin washes with all of Migs colors.

Then oil stains

Artist pencil (dark grey) to add some more wear

Almost Everything used in the weathering so far (the dark grey pencil is missing)

Streaks 3 stages:

 

[Jeeves]

Haven't seen this sort of scheme before...course being a plane guy I guess it might be easy for me to miss it-- but I sure an enjoying this John! Please sir- can I have some more?

 

[JSteinman]

Jeeves wrote:

Haven't seen this sort of scheme before...course being a plane guy I guess it might be easy for me to miss it-- but I sure an enjoying this John! Please sir- can I have some more?

Only 4 or 5 tanks of the 502 during the winter of 42-43 wore this style camo, so no surprise you haven't seen it before! Thanks and there will be more...