Hi Colin I have one of these built from a few years back and they are great kits Tamiya is still the market leader in quality. it went together really nicely no problems if I remember correctly, good luck and i'll be watching this build to see what you are going to do with it.
Quick update guys
I have decided that I'm going to build my king tiger without zimmeritt
So last night I cracked on with the running gear and the inside of the turret
Just a thought Colin, if you don't want to wrestle the Tamiya rubber band tracks into shape, there is an inexpensive option with Hobbyboss individual track links.
Hi guys
A quick update on my build I've assembled the lower hull,turret,gun and road wheels.I'm waiting for the maybach and some photo etch to arrive before I make a start on the upper hull
I've already primed the completed parts and applied a NATO black base coat
Latest update on my king tiger build everything is now base coats in tamiya dark yellow.
The maybach has finally arrived and is now assembled and painted and I've added a weld bead around the bow machine gun copula and a cable to the lamp Also I've added some battle scars to the front armour.
And now I've applied the first coat of xf-68 once its completely dry I'll apply another coat of both colours and darken the dark yellow with some xf-4 and go over the exposed base coat.
In the meantime I'll give the wheels a coat of Vallejo steel
A quick update on my king tiger build
All the camo has now had a 2nd coat and the random dot pattern has been applied
The road wheels are now completed and I have started on building the tracks.