custom 1/18 battle bulge tiger: Dif paint job

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:32 am

LMK what ya think

exether_mega · Post by **exether_mega** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:35 pm

Nice winter camo bu I think it's more for the Eastern front than for the Battle of the Bulge. Also, panzer grey was used from 1935 to april 1943. Then the standard color was desert yellow.

phil

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:38 pm

AH i meant eastern front

SGT. ODDBALL · Post by **SGT. ODDBALL** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 1:10 pm

nice. i like the detail on the "fenders"

Light.Inf.Scout · Post by **Light.Inf.Scout** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 1:15 pm

popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:44 pm

Looks great Brother!!

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:39 pm

Nice battle damage!

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:45 pm

thanks!

its almost done just needs a LITTLE more weathering.

Der Kommandant · Post by **Der Kommandant** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:50 am

That's a nice piece of work.

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:20 pm

yea, not many tigers I were in the Bulge, the 301st FK being the main ones with the V.Panzer Armee(Center Front) under von Mantauffel..and most of those were not white-washed IIRC, actually not many of the Panzer in the bulge were white-washed..most still had their camo schemes both in the 6.Panzer and 5.Panzer armies, but then at the start of the offensive it wasn't snowing..the snow didn't start til around the 24/25 IIRC..prior to that cold and mud were the ground conditions.

This is more 1942 on the Leningrad front scheme(but wrong) type of Tiger I..for the period you would have to backdate it to a early model(even prior to their deployment to Africa)

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:23 pm

i know but tilll the hun makes his jit it stay this way

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:44 pm

yea i could NOT find ANY real pics of eastern front tigers in the Grey white camo just a few models and they are the early tigers.

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:07 pm

after looking at it for awhile, at the time i did not know it was the wrong tiger version i just knew the camo was right, so i think i am going to repaint it into a correct eastern front tiger or battle of the bulge tiger.

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:15 pm

flyboy_fx wrote:yea i could NOT find ANY real pics of eastern front tigers in the Grey white camo just a few models and they are the early tigers.

finding pics of s.Pz.Abt. 502 in 1942/43 winter isn't easy, nor is finding them for Sept.1942 where the Tiger first saw action near Lake Lagoda(Leningrad front with Heersgruppe Nord)

Stug45 · Post by **Stug45** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:38 am

Great job flyboy_fx

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 9:30 am

panzertruppen · Post by **panzertruppen** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:14 pm

Great detail. Nice work!

Buddy · Post by **Buddy** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:24 am