King Tiger in the snow
 

Here are a few shots taken yesterday of my 1/8 King Tiger in the snow.

Earlier, I had trouble with snow freezing and disabling in the idlers.

I sprayed Armorall onto the idlers and drive sprokets, and let the tank cold soak outside at 5 degrees F.

After an hour, I ran it around with no problems at all. No apparent reduction in power with the two 12v batteries. Very little build up of snow on the track, although there was some.

Cheers...

RE: King Tiger in the snow
 

Amazing pictures.
That King tiger looks so real.

How did you achieve the white wash?

Cheers.

RE: King Tiger in the snow
 

Now that's "cool". [8D]

RE: King Tiger in the snow
 

WOW. Big scale armour is pretty awesome

RE: King Tiger in the snow
 

you could almost think those pictures were real!

RE: King Tiger in the snow
 

Thanks very much for your comments.

I used Minwax Whitewash Pickling Stain for the whitewash effect.

-- after a few experiments it seemed to give me just the right effect. Not so thick and heavy, but looks like real white wash.

It's oil based so it'll be interesting to see how removing it after winter works out. But, just like the real thing, I believe I'll clean it off the best I can with a scale brush (and paint thinner); dabbing and wiping with care at first to see what happens, then we'll see.

When applying the whitewash, I used a small brush, about 3/8 inch width. (I can see the German tankers using a foot-wide brush, sloping it on with little regard for detail. They might have been in a great rush to get it done, being hit by the winter of '44.)

I left some accessories on when applying -- tow cable on the left side, for example. But, I removed the extra tracks and shovel, as might have been done with the real thing.

After applying, I used a black spray paint to simulate the exhaust soot around the exhaust baffles, deck and rear.

Thanks again for your comments and I'll post new photos as I can. (Another 25 inches of fresh snow last night and today, the temps are supposed to dip to around -10F tonight. I'll spend most of the day plowing with my tractor, digging out as it were, to the county road, which itself will likely be snowed under until my neighbor rancher with his huge John Deere plow can open it -- snow walls of 10+ feet on either side of the road since last Thursday. We live at 8100 ft at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Range, so we expect this sort of thing...)

Cheers.....