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Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Reply #90 on: December 04, 2014, 04:36:41 PM »
Better don't ask me how many projects I start and never completed...

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Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Reply #91 on: December 04, 2014, 04:41:56 PM »
Ha! I know that number is large at my house!!!! I do know I must finish dad's Tiger and maybe now I will be inspired to do it.

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Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Reply #92 on: December 06, 2014, 11:32:49 AM »
Same for me, mates: lots of kits were begun...

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Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Reply #93 on: December 06, 2014, 02:01:51 PM »
Even in the last month I was going through some storage boxes and found several partially finished projects from the 1990s, mostly racing cars.....

Actually, the Mk IV that I just posted the photo of was a donor kit for a different project that I never really worked on. I intended to use the tracks and wheels from the Panzer on an Italeri 1/24 Opel Blitz truck to convert it into a Maultier halftrack. Nothing ever came of that project so the tank is now assembled! ;) I will even build the Blitz one day I reckon......
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Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Reply #94 on: December 18, 2014, 12:19:50 AM »
Now the Mk. IV has the same base colors as the Tiger and is ready for the next step, oil washes. Once the oils are applied I will be at the same stage as the other tank and will start with pastels on the IV. Hopefully my learning curve will be easy and I can then transfer my new knowledge to the Tiger.....
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Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Reply #95 on: December 21, 2014, 04:27:49 PM »
Your PV IV is beautiful...

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Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Reply #96 on: December 21, 2014, 04:58:02 PM »
Thanks, mate! It is really more of a "test subject" for weathering the big machine...... ;)

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Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Reply #97 on: December 21, 2014, 10:15:58 PM »
Looks nice !

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Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Reply #98 on: January 04, 2015, 04:47:52 PM »
Still experimenting, working with both oils and pastels to gain knowledge. I'm still not ready to transfer to the Tiger yet......
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Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Reply #99 on: January 04, 2015, 04:55:58 PM »
Can't see anything  :-think

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Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Reply #100 on: January 20, 2015, 07:43:20 PM »
Good work with oils, Scott. For pastels, don't hesitate to use pastels that are more contrasted. See my Mirage: I used sand pastel for the dark brown as an example...

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Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Reply #101 on: February 11, 2018, 09:34:58 PM »
Three years and a month later, the Mk. IV is done, ready for weathering. Second round of practice before I start to work on the Tiger.

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Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Reply #102 on: February 11, 2018, 09:46:08 PM »
Lets see it :))

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Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Reply #103 on: February 12, 2018, 01:28:49 AM »
Okay, pastels applied. Photos outside later.....

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Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Reply #104 on: February 12, 2018, 01:03:49 PM »
Nice work, Scott 😉