1/16 FOV King Tiger CUSTOM Repaint

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GooglyDoogly
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1/16 FOV King Tiger CUSTOM Repaint

Post by GooglyDoogly » Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:25 pm

Okay, the FOV King Tiger's Ardennes color scheme is good, but those weird big clown dots on the yellow color were bothering me, like an itch I can't scratch. I couldn't help myself so I repainted the whole thing.

Camo scheme is based on several actual photographs of Tiger 204, plus Bison decals color plates, and Tamiya camo guide.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lhamto/album?.dir=186b

Next up is a repainted Panzer IV J, Italy 1943, repainted BoB Panther, and a custom M4A3 Sherman 75mm tank. I tore apart a BBI and 21st Shermans, then combined their parts together.
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Post by digger » Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:58 am

Very well done Googly. That is some impressive paint work. :D Keep it coming!
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Post by krieglok » Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:04 am

Very nice paint job. Did you use an airbrush? Up until they did their 1:32 panther, the FOV German schemes seemed "cloudy" or too weathered. Again, very nice work.

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Post by KAMIKAZE » Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:30 pm

Much better Googly. A little paint can make a huge difference. Nice work! 8)

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Post by GooglyDoogly » Mon Dec 05, 2005 12:47 pm

Thanks for the kind words. I myself couldn't believe what an improvement a repaint can do. Even the numerous holes on the surface are barely noticeable without the blackwash highlighting them.

Krieglock: I did use an airbrush. I used Tamiya paints and its so fun! I didn't have a instance of clogged airbrush. Plus, since it's alcohol based, I just used regular rubbing alcohol as thinner. Still learning with an airbrush though, trying to perfect weathering with it.
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Very nice!

Post by red69charger » Mon Dec 05, 2005 1:10 pm

Some great paintwork there.

I sold mine a few months back in part because of the paint scheme. I was unwilling to spend the time redoing it. I'm glad to see somebody did one of these right.
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Post by normandy » Mon Dec 05, 2005 4:09 pm

Great job!!! now that looks much better.
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Post by corpbob » Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:22 am

Now that is an impressive job of repainting.

FOV sometimes likes to put a light coat of a tan (I think) weathering paint. My 1/32 King Tiger had that overly-faded look, so I very lightly rubbed over it with a cotton swab and thinner to get most of it off. Looks 100% better now.
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Post by Zartan » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:39 pm

great job, I Like it!
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