Finally Finished My FOV Tiger II

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:00 am

I have finally finished this old project of mine, because I just recently found the mudskirts. ^_^;;

I repainted my FOV Tiger 008, into SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Mobius’s Tiger 204, one of the six Tiger IIs that were trapped in La Gleize, during the Ardennes Offensive.

Light.Inf.Scout · Post by **Light.Inf.Scout** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:26 am

Wow...that's awesome

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:48 am

First rate job GD. Much better looking than the standard paint. You can really tell when someone takes their time.

Mark

Jagdpanther · Post by **Jagdpanther** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:37 am

Awesome job! Looks 100% better!

V2 MAN · Post by **V2 MAN** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:19 pm

Sweet

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:56 pm

Very nice!!!!

Studly · Post by **Studly** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:55 pm

hey GooglyDoogly Beautiful job Well Done

scope uk · Post by **scope uk** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:42 am

Great work!!!

HardenSteel · Post by **HardenSteel** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:25 pm

Great paint job & nice work.

HD

Post by **aferguson** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:20 am

ay, it's a beauty!

ChairmanMilo · Post by **ChairmanMilo** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:13 pm

Forgot to mention this earlier, but damn, GD, that's a fine lookin' KT!

uksubs · Post by **uksubs** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:19 am

Great looking King tiger
Thinks of doing the same to my 1/16 FOV

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:26 am

Well done , It looks good!

1958Zelda · Post by **1958Zelda** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:52 am

Super nice job,looks outstanding!

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:21 pm

Hey Googly super job. But you have touched on a gray area. These things were very expensive when they came out. They are very expensive now. This is a good job and more historicaly correct from the FOV issue. But have you incresed the price as a custom or have taken away? This has always been on my mind. These were made with the collector in mind thus the high price tag.
Anyway great job.

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:49 pm

pickelhaube wrote:Hey Googly super job. But you have touched on a gray area. These things were very expensive when they came out. They are very expensive now. This is a good job and more historicaly correct from the FOV issue. But have you incresed the price as a custom or have taken away? This has always been on my mind. These were made with the collector in mind thus the high price tag.
Anyway great job.

Honestly? I may have taken away from the value of this tank by repainting it.

But I love customizing stuff, and every time I looked at my Tiger 008, I get an itch to repaint it. That's why I finally caved in and repainted the thing.

RED · Post by **RED** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:15 pm

Looks good brother!!!---RED---

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:16 pm

I bet if you sold it on eBay you would get top dollar for it.
It’s a one of a kind!!!!!!!!

Yoxford · Post by **Yoxford** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:30 pm

VERY VERY NICE!

Say GD, what is up with the front fenders, and where are the goofy large hinges?

(I bought some WECOHE front fenders thinking of doing the dremel dance on my KT)

thehun · Post by **thehun** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:29 pm

Hey Googly, It's funny that me and pickelhaube were talking about this same kind of custom on a FOV tiger a few days ago and we talked about what it would do to the End value of this Type of collectable being as Expensive as they are, BUT after seeing yours "which by the way is very impressive" I honestly believe that any die hard collector would not think twice about it and would jump on it Immediately with no reservation if it were to become available, So in my opinion what you have done is made a already Great Tank even Greater by bringing it more closer to Historicaly correct collectable, so congratulation's on a very nice "Customized" Collectable.
TheHun
Aka TheWoofer

uksubs · Post by **uksubs** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:42 pm

thehun wrote:Hey Googly, It's funny that me and pickelhaube were talking about this same kind of custom on a FOV tiger a few days ago and we talked about what it would do to the End value of this Type of collectable being as Expensive as they are, BUT after seeing yours "which by the way is very impressive" I honestly believe that any die hard collector would not think twice about it and would jump on it Immediately with no reservation if it were to become available, So in my opinion what you have done is made a already Great Tank even Greater by bringing it more closer to Historicaly correct collectable, so congratulation's on a very nice "Customized" Collectable.
TheHun
Aka TheWoofer

I think your spot on

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:43 am

Yoxford: Thanks!! I cut off the front fenders because it was the first thing that bugged me about this model. So I replaced it with some spare 1/16 Tamiya King Tiger front fenders. Not a perfect fit, and I need to add braces in the bottom to make it sturdier, but it works. And the braces are not visible, unless you open the tank and flip the upper hull.

Thehun: Thanks for the compliments! The only reason I thought that this model would have lost value is because of the nature of how these tanks were marketed.

They were marketed as Individually-numbered, limited edition collectibles. That's why back then, people on Ebay wanted to get MIMB FOV tanks.

But I see your point. Many people love customized models, especially if they are historically accurate. Even I have salivated at some of the 1/18th custom pieces that you guys have produced in the past.

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