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Detailing the Matorro King Tiger - 6/26/2008 6:40:36 PM   
googlydoogly


 

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From: sandy, OR, USA
Status: offline 		Since I'm gonna repaint this kitty anyway, why not add little details on it as well?

Replaced the loader's hatch with a spare Tamiya part, since the King Tiger arrived to me with a broken hatch. Added little details on the loader's hatch, including replacing the molded handle with metal ones.


Added little details, weld seams, and texturing on the commander's cupola.



Added the sighting device, and I moved the crane holes to show an earlier-produced turret.


Opened up the ends of the rear hatch hinge covers, just like the real thing.


Replaced the overly simplified poison gas detector mounts with more accurate metal cast pieces.


Added an additional gas detector mount on the the mantlet, which was missing on the Matorro and tamiya King Tiger.


Drilled a hole for the co-axial machine gun.


Replaced the chunky stock plastic track hangers with detailed metal pieces. My KT was missing one of the track hangers, and promptly emailed Mato Toys about it. They promised to send me one, but so far, nada. So I decided to replace them all with metal pieces.


And replaced the stock barrel. It was oversized due to the BB-gun feature, and a *tad* short.
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RE: Detailing the Matorro King Tiger - 6/26/2008 7:18:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Looking good, please explain your weld bead procedure.
Replacing barrel with metal ones always makes such a difference.

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RE: Detailing the Matorro King Tiger - 6/26/2008 7:35:32 PM   
hdbeast


 

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Status: offline 		Looks great, googlydoogly

Your probably going to finish your KT before I will. I just can't find the time right now to get back to work on it.

Gary

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RE: Detailing the Matorro King Tiger - 6/26/2008 9:20:07 PM   
blitzkrieg65



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Status: offline 		Wow,

Looking great, nice weld lines looks very realistic Did you replace the front end tow bracket holder with metal ones also, it looks like you did??

And what is going on the inside of this beast?

The Blitz

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RE: Detailing the Matorro King Tiger - 6/27/2008 7:34:49 PM   
googlydoogly


 

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From: sandy, OR, USA
Status: offline 		Smittyrob: Thanks! I simply used milliput for the welds. I rolled the putty like dough, then score it with the back of my exacto blade.

hdbeast: That's too bad man. I understand though. Real world stuff always takes first priority. Hopefully, you'll have some free time soon to enjoy your beauties.

Blitz: Actually, I cheated. I used the chassis of my old Tamiya King Tiger. I was planning on changing the Matorro's gearboxes since they inferior to HL or Tamiya, but I decided to use my Tamiya tank instead. Simply because of the fact that the Matorro suspensions are too low. It would take way too much mod to make them accurate. I know a lot of folks here would be able to fix that, but that's beyond my capacity. Plus I like quick fixes. And my old Tamiya had the wonderful Impact suspension upgrade. It would be a shame to waste that awesome suspension.

Here's a pic of my old Tamiya tank. I always loved zimmerit-covered German tanks, so I used the zimmerit stickers that Tamiya provided, but they do not look good at ALL.

So basically, it's a Matorro/Tamiya Hybrid, with Tamiya lower chassis and RC components, with Matorro exterior. So far, it looks like a wonderful combo.

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RE: Detailing the Matorro King Tiger - 6/27/2008 7:58:48 PM   
googlydoogly


 

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Status: offline 		Here's more progress pics. These are the spare track links from...Schumo...I think.


Added extra details around the driver and radio operator's hatches. And I also used the periscopes on the Wecohe PE set.


I replaced the Bosch headlight with metal ones from Schumo, and added details to it with Wecohe PE parts.


Replaced this part with Tamiya kit part, and re-applied zimmerit with putty.


Rear hull details, With working C towhook holders, metal armored pots, and chains for the crank holder. One of the exhaust broke while I was working on that area.

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RE: Detailing the Matorro King Tiger - 6/27/2008 8:42:00 PM   
ManMachine



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From: Sandviken, SWEDEN
Status: offline 		googlydoogly: I just love details and you have done a good job! I'm going to use milliput for some details myselfe, it's good stuff! Looking forward to see it all painted and ready.

Keep going with the details, good luck /Gabe

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RE: Detailing the Matorro King Tiger - 6/28/2008 12:48:34 PM   
ostketten



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From: , MD, USA
Status: online 		Awesome work GD, it's gonna be a beauty for sure.

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RE: Detailing the Matorro King Tiger - 6/30/2008 1:20:17 PM   
googlydoogly


 

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From: sandy, OR, USA
Status: offline 		Thanks! Spent the weekend working on this tank, and I got so into it, I forgot to take pics.

Base coat of dunkelgelb finished.


Various tool clamps (all working), tow cable holders (with working hinges), etc.





Engine deck details.


Muzzle break with locking nut.


Rear hull detail.


Now, I'm just deciding how the three-tone camo should look like. I know I want to do a s.pz.abt. 503 King Tiger around Budapest. A Kurt Knispel King Tiger would be awesome, but there isn't any picture of it, and noone even knows which King Tiger he had.

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RE: Detailing the Matorro King Tiger - 7/3/2008 12:41:16 AM   
googlydoogly


 

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Status: offline 		Camo done!


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RE: Detailing the Matorro King Tiger - 7/3/2008 1:01:30 AM   
hdbeast


 

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Status: offline 		What a difference, you did a beautiful camo job.


Gary

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RE: Detailing the Matorro King Tiger - 7/3/2008 1:03:59 AM   
ostketten



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Status: online 		Outstanding job googly.

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RE: Detailing the Matorro King Tiger - 7/3/2008 2:31:31 AM   
chilipiper



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Status: offline 		Awesome... simply awesome!

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RE: Detailing the Matorro King Tiger - 7/3/2008 10:35:52 AM   
ManMachine



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Status: offline 		Extreme makeover, what a difference! Looks fantastic, most exellent job indeed. It realy turned out as nice as I suspected. And the paintjob is nice aswell. Airbrush, yes?



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