| Captain Pete | 09 Mar 2024 4:17 p.m. PST |
A few weeks ago, I finally finished my 10 GHQ Tiger Is. I painted these up as 2nd Company of the 503rd Schwere Abteilung around the time of Kursk and beyond. I will use them whenever I need some Tigers for a game. This was a project that I started several years ago and took a bit too long to get done but I'm happy that they are done. Here are a few pictures.
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| BattlerBritain | 09 Mar 2024 4:32 p.m. PST |
Nicely done 👍 The turret numbers look good, impressed with the rings on the barrels and nice wash and weather effects. You should be proud of those. |
pmwalt  | 09 Mar 2024 4:36 p.m. PST |
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| Joe Legan | 09 Mar 2024 5:25 p.m. PST |
Nice. Those numbers are sweet. Joe |
| FlyXwire | 10 Mar 2024 5:46 a.m. PST |
Pete, always liked your Dunkel Gelb color – is it out of the bottle, or a custom-mix? |
| Raynman | 10 Mar 2024 6:32 a.m. PST |
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| Captain Pete | 11 Mar 2024 7:48 a.m. PST |
Thank you all very much. Joe – The tactical numbers and the crosses on the side of the tanks are by Flight Deck Decals. FlyXwire – For my Dunkelgelb, I use Humbrol #83 Dark Yellow with a bit of #34 White added to lighten it up a bit for scale. Humbrol is an enamel of course but I'm sure you can find a cross reference to another brand if you are using acrylics. |
| Choctaw | 11 Mar 2024 9:25 a.m. PST |
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| Fred Cartwright | 11 Mar 2024 2:49 p.m. PST |
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LeonAdler  | 11 Mar 2024 11:22 p.m. PST |
Handsome bunch of beasties.
L |
 Dye4minis | 11 Mar 2024 11:58 p.m. PST |
Captain Pete: Hunbrol also does acrylics in the squeeze bottles now. Airfix now distributes the line. My old Humbrol acrylics came in plastic tins and they dried up quickly. I am happy to see them in squeeze bottles like other brands. |
| FlyXwire | 12 Mar 2024 4:42 a.m. PST |
Pete and Tom, thanks for the info on Humbrols – and sure I've got a few of those dried up tins around here still – but now new acrylics!. |
| Captain Pete | 18 Mar 2024 7:54 a.m. PST |
Thanks very much again for all your very nice comments! I appreciate it. Tom, I have heard about the Humbrol acrylics. I have not used them yet. Currently, I have a good stock of the Humbrol enamels which I plan to use. I do appreciate the heads up though. I am currently working on some more Panzers for my Afrika Korps. I am filling in a few gaps most notably the Panzer II component but also some short barreled Panzer IVs as well. |
| DanLewisTN | 30 Dec 2024 3:22 a.m. PST |
A man after my own heart. I did my North Africa Tigers in a light olive. Can't say it's historical but they sure look cool. |
| Captain Pete | 31 Dec 2024 7:45 p.m. PST |
Thank you very much, Dan! Do you have any pictures of your North Africa, Tigers? I painted mine in Afrika Korps Sand aka RAL 8020. There is some controversy as to the actual color but I got my reference from one of the illustrations in Tigers in Combat Volume 1. Here is a picture.
I painted this one plus 4 others plus 4 Panzer IIINs several years ago. |
