My Tamiya Tigers

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 4:43 pm

This has been a couple of firsts for me. The first time I've ever used acrylics (Wow! They're so nice to use), the first time I used an airbrush, and the first time I ever used the wet brush technique.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lhamto/album?.dir=/944e

USCGSARdog · Post by **USCGSARdog** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:37 pm

WOW!

Nice job!!! Are you sure you haven't done this before??

What kind of airbrush set up are you using? What ever the set up, your Tiger looks superb.

-Rob

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:02 pm

Great job on those Kitties!!!!

CW4USARMY · Post by **CW4USARMY** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:12 pm

Man!< Those are excellent, especially for a first time! (I havent built up the nerve to try yet

Let us know your setup because it sure seems to work!

5ohsinker · Post by **5ohsinker** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:33 pm

very nice job! I just bought an airbrush and an old tamiya kit to practice on., hope I can do as good a job as you did when I get around to my first "real" model. What is the wetbrush technique?

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:48 pm

Thank you for the kind words. Yeah, it's kinda scary painting a $500 model. I've been practicing painting with XD armor for a while, and I finally got up the nerve to build my dream model, the 1/16 full option Tiger.

Actually these aren't my first model. My first model was the old Tamiya 1/35 Tiger kit. Then I stopped when I did such a horrible job on it. I vowed to not waste money of models I can't build and paint properly.

For the airbrush, I purchased a $5.00 cheap Chinese knock-off airbrush that has flooded E-bay (I used up all my fund on the models). It has a wide stroke, but the models were so big, it didn't matter much.

Wet brush technique is a way of highlighting the recess and cracks on your model. You take a big wide brush, a mix of 90/10 of thinner/paint, then brush the entire model liberally, letting the paint run inside the cracks and recess of the model. Websites like missing-lynx, and aircraft resorce center are great helps for amateur modellers like myself.

mburduck · Post by **mburduck** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:08 am

Zowee! Beautiful work.

I'm tempted to pay you to paint one for me (as I've gotten older and lazier)!!

Again, top-notch work.

Mike

mondaytanker · Post by **mondaytanker** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 12:50 pm

GooglyDoogly, Nice work. (better than my first try) Is the King Tiger full option? I too have a few Tamiyas. Stop over at Texas Armor Association. http://www.texasarmor.com/Texas_Armor_A ... index.html They are a good group of guys into R/C armor. Their web site opened in August. For grins you can check out some of my work under RC armor/Product reviews and Scratch Builder's corner. We are always looking for more members.

Patrick

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 11:34 am

Those are sweet looking armor, I especially like that mid-production Tiger I. I would like to do one, but zimmerit application is beyond me at this time.

Sadly, the King Tiger is the static version only. After purchasing the full option Tiger I, I learned my lesson. When I painted and wheathered the tracks, I couldn't make myself run the tank and ruin the paint job.

red69charger · Post by **red69charger** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 12:46 pm

Those turned out very well. I was surprised to hear it was your first set of tries with the airbrush. Looks like you've got a latent talent that's finally seeing the light of day.

I found the same thing with the RC stuff. I never ran it. I only buy static kits now (and their cheaper that way besides). I keep hoping Tamiya releases a static version of their M26 Pershing. I'm not ready to drop $450 for a shelf warmer I have to assemble and paint. Who knows, maybe bbi will come out with one.

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