Bowcat's 1/35 AFV Club Tiger 1

[Mr Bowcat]

Hi Guys,

I had three Tiger 1's in the stash that I got as part of a bulk deal, but had not built any of them. So I decided to pull this one out as a practice piece, mainly to have a go at home made Zimmerit, but also to try some other new (to me) techniques. Overall I'm fairly happy with it.

 

[spanner570]

Cracking build, Bob.
Nice to see you didn't forget Wittmann's pipe thingy on the tanks's back end. I nearly forgot to add this when I did mine....

Ron

 

[Deleted member 6559]

That's the way to do it! Lovely work Bob.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers gents.

Ron, I stuck it on, but have no idea what it's for. Looks like a snooker cue case.

 

[papa 695]

Cracking work Bob

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Ian.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Bob
That is a great result. The camo is nice. Zimm looks spot on to me. How did you do it? The 007 on the zimm - decal or painted? It certainly looks perfect.
Jim

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Thanks Jim,

The Zimmerit was done with knifing putty and a Tamiya rake, there's some in progress pics on the build thread (https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/afv-club-tiger-i.33518/).

The numbers were decals, they were in poor condition to begin with but plenty of Micro Set & Sol bashed them into submission.

 

[spanner570]

Cheers gents.

Ron, I stuck it on, but have no idea what it's for. Looks like a snooker cue case.

I've just remembered. I read somewhere it was a container for a spare antenna

 

[minitnkr]

A real eye-popper. PaulE

 

[Deleted member 7181]

Very nice Bob. Lovely stuff.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Bob
I have just realised that this is the end result of your build which I followed. I asked the same question about the zimm there I am sorry to have asked the same question again but just blame it on senility!! Also so much great stuff going on on the forum that its hard to keep up.
Thanks for answering again
Jim

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers gents.

Ron, that actually makes a lot of sense, this being the command vehicle.

Jim, no worries. I often have blonde moments myself.

 

[Si Benson]

Hi Bob,
Cracking result, the zimm came out really well and your painting and weathering looks brilliant
Nice one

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Si.

 

[stillp]

Very well done Bob. I particularly like the rusting and dents on the exhaust.
Pete

 

[scottie3158]

Bob,
That is a cracking result mate, very nicely finished.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers gents.

 

[Steve Jones]

Cracking result bearing in mind this was a practice piece. Looking forward to seeing the next Tiger attempt. Great stuff Bob

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Steve.