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i just want to make it as realistic as possible

YHR

You are off to a good start. Once you start reading about these things, you will find all kinds of stuff to do to them.

torpedochief

Looking good!

Now let us go one step further. Make you up a wash of raw umber and flow it into the detail. You will see things really pop out at you.

Have fun!!


Don

pattoncommander

1; get rid of the HL markings. (Check the books below for a guide) 2; get rid of the chains...not used on tanks, unless you want to kill someone on your crew. (smaller chains used occasionally to secure ditching logs in Russia, but no chains for towing).3; Paint the whole gun tube...Israel painted the muzzle brakes black but they never used tigers. 4; find the colors/camo you want and paint accordingly....use plenty of Dull Coat to kill the gloss. For the muffler shields...a bit of Rust-All is great. You can add some field damage to the shields.....they were always a bit dented from backing into something that didn't move. Tigers did not use a mantlet cover. Tow cables should be black with some grime and maybe a bit of rust. Good luck.

Panzer Colors I-II-III Squadron Signal
Tiger in Action Squadron Signal-

Spitvalve

Here's a great tutorial on vehicle weathering from this forum. The writer/artist is Strretsquid who you'll see posting here (currently has a thread on a King Tiger). Excellent techniques that are fun and cheap to start doing. Read it, do it, you'll be amazed at what you can do with a little (and I mean a little) practice.
[link]http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_7836114/mpage_1/key_painting%2Cweathering%2CDAK/tm.htm[/link]

Mike.