Ive never tried to weather a model this big. In my younger years I built and weathered 1/35 models. I havent done this for aprox 15 years! I referred to the techniques of whom I considered the best ever military modeler of all time, Shepperd Paine....

Hope you like it...

Not Bad chaman, what did you use to rust it up? Most of it I really like, the front spare tracks, the exhaust cans the rain rust off the top of the turret! After I look at it for a while though; I thought, you know its weathered, but its perfect, no dings, bullet holes or dents, it must have just sat in the factory!

The Blitz

Not bad , you need to refer to photos for realistic weathering. Good try , I have done this cross over between smaller models and these larger ones and its not as simple as it seems however the techniques work the same. Funny thing is , your 1st go seems great until your second crack at it.

Looks very well done. As has been pointed out, it needs a little field damage and bullet pockmarks, as well as the mantlet reversed. Regarding Paine, he puts out some pretty good info on weathering and diorama how-tos, but in his book, he has the tracks on a Vietnam M-48A3 backwards and has a thing about painting track end connectors rusty. Lack of knowledge and attention to detail.

Nice looking Tiger.

Fair job there chaman.

They look miles better just weathered without any modifications than nice clean OOB.

How did you do your tracks to get that metallic sheen on them?

I airbrushed mine with a mix of Alclad II steel and aluminium.

German tracks never rust,they get muddy but never rust.

Miggers

Heck I've seen pictures of tanks in the field with the track pattern going "backwards". It's just a preference.

Better than an antenna on the engine deck of a Pershing! That's a lack of attention to detail.

Good job on the weathering chaman.

Thanks guys! This was just an exercise on general weathering. I can not claim to be an expert on the details of how these particular tanks rust or became dirty in the field. I just picture this one over different climates and went from there. I thought about denting the fenders and such but since this is my first tank i just leaved it like this. Who knows, maybe i will cut some fenders in the future! Maybe its crew never confronted heavy fire (kind of strange!) LOL! I just couldnt stand to look at it so clean.

I used basically acrylics for all the rusting and metalized effects. It has a couple of basic color washes and various layers of dry brushing with different colors. From earth, sand colors to greenish hues. No airbrushing was used. Regarding bullet holes i have seen this effect overused in several examples. This beast had quite a thick armor to be significantly marked by them under normal conditions. The parts more prone to dents and holes were the fenders and exhaust covers.

Regarding Paine is very well respected not only for his modeling skills but also for his attention to detail and historical accuracy but guess is a matter of opinon!

Panther, you probably refer to "alice:" the Marine M-26 in Korea. There's a specific reason for the grouser to face the direction they are....to allow the "self cleaning' design to discharge mud etc as the track rolls over the sprocket. Facing backwards defeats this design as well as reduces the gripping ability of the grouser. [X(]]The direction is not an option, it's regulation for the purpose of optimizing the track's design.[>:] In 25 years running tanks with every conceivable design, I have never seen a tank with tracks backwards. I often wonder what level of but chewing the TC and unit CO got for installing the track backwards on Alice.[:@]

Regards the antennae placement on MOST RC tanks, shame all over the maker for taking shortcuts and not looking at where the antenna should be..M-26, Tiger, Pz III, Sherman, T-34....all the same problem[:'(]....BUT a modeller with a little experience can relocate the antenna with very little problem, as with changing the many other idiocynracies of what Chinese makers think looks good. .


Still a nice looking Tiger.

1 less wire running up through the turret. With the Pershing its a very quick fix, all you need is a screw driver!

Very nice. I am still having a hard time getting that nice streaky look. I think what you have is a well aged tank that shows a lot of harsh weather.
Keep up the good work!
Brock

Wheres the antenna supposed to be in the Tiger?

Here you go: