Audix99

Hi guys,

After repainting and some detail-works, I finally had time to take some pics of my newly acquired HL Pershing.

I used Testors spray in OD color to paint over the HL finish. Came out just fine.
(Putting masking tape over the roads wheels was a bit of pain, but overall an easy job)

Also repainted two commenders and .50-Cal. on the turret after moving the ammo box on .50-Cal to the forward of mount so it would be on correct location on the receiver.
Also repainted small parts, tools, boxes...

But I decided not to do weathering on it because I thought it looked fine even without weathering.

One mod I did was to fix the hull machine gun so the muzzle would light up.

HL Tiger I is 6-month old, and still 100% problem free and going strong.

So, here are the pics~!!

JerB

Nice pics my friend [8D], what did you use for the netting on the tiger?

Audix99

Hi JerB,

What I used for the netting on my Tiger was those red meshed bag that you get when you buy a bag of onions.
I just painted over it and used it on my Tiger, and on Pershing (rolled-up net in the back).

The material is little too stiff to be a natural-looking netting.
But it didn't cost me a dime, and worked out pretty well.

WhiteWolf McBride

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Netting:

At this time of the season, you often see the same kind of netting, if perhaps a bit finer, over the top of the mandarin orange boxes. I used to save the boxes too for making stuff, but for good use, you'll want to soak it in a tub, and then press it under weights to get it to dry flat. The warping is due to warm packing/cold shipping/warm store - humidity-warping!

Harquebus

And I thought you guys were just using plain old gauze bandages. When unfolded to a single layer, painted, and molded to a tank's exterior when damp is the best thing in my estimation.

-H

WhiteWolf McBride

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Guess I could do that...

Especially as I'll soon have bucketloads of either 2x2's or 4x4s. But for the price, a grocery store bag of cheesecloth used for straining jelly of the fruit skins is better stuff, and you get about 2 swuare metres of the stuff for about 3 dollars (cheaper if ya can get it at a dollar store.

A bit of cheap dollar-store fabric paint (latex) and dip said wad into the paint, wring out gently, and hang to dry (possibly over your turret) or simply cut to strips and roll it up around a thin piece of tubing, then slip the tubing out when rolled.

Once ya think about things, there are lots of possibilities.

zumzum5150

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I agree with you on the gauge method. Same technigue my cousin used on his pershing as pictured. He also used 3M spray glue to set the netting once the right look was achieved.