I just got this kit, perfrect timing. The three deck pieces for the "KING" late was a bit fiddley, center piece was warped, but you're correct the detail is good. Nice job on the Destroyer. Congrats!
Turned out a great build. Recently done a King Tiger. Still trying to pluck up the courage to weather it. As for accuracy in the colour, does it matter. If you're happy with it that's all that matters. People who are quick to judge you on acuracy have got nothing better to do and really need to get a life. Look forward to the next. 👍🏻
For the tank's track jig, there were tiny nubs on the other side of it that connected to the side of the track pieces however, you had to tape some parts of the track to the jig or else it would fall as you glued the tank tracks together.
Awesome job on this one. Thanks for showing the mixups that can be done with the older and newer pieces. I too would do the same as you and put the wrong piece in, but hey, lesson learnt. Looks awesome. 👍
Great video, nice job. Good paint scheme, paint it the way you like. I have just finished the assembly of this model. I had the same issue with the front of the casemate , rather then cutting off the bottom, I sanded both the upper hull and the front a little at a time until I got just the right fit. It was still tough to do. Another issue I had was, I broke off 4 of the spare track brackets with my 10 thumbs. I used the leftover brass from the photo etch fret to make new ones. One last note, before I started the construction, I went through the instructions and used an orange highlighter to X out the early version side of the instructions.
Fantastic Jagdtiger , excelent red camouflge stripes on yellow base color . Complex project , I like it very much the assembling and the weathering proces . 👍
Track's in box are only early types too! I've got a set thrown in my box from when bought it last year I've just dug it out my stash tonight! The track's on the latest were same as the King tiger's
You might want to check out various historical and modern camouflage schemes. Lots of those with straight lines. Even a dead straight line can be effective in breaking up the outline of a vehicle. And while there may not be lots of straight lines in nature, tanks don't always fight in nature.
I like the camo. I like how you didn’t over do the weathering with massive chipping, rust, mud, and so on I like how you build out of the kit no aftermarket tracks, PE or a metal barrel. I’m wondering why you didn’t continue the camo on the barrel? I’m currently building tamiya’s Jagdtiger so. Any information about what was and what was not done could be helpful. I also very much like the pictures in the start of your video ! Thank you for posting
Thanks Erich. I left the barrel grey because I wanted to suggest it was a new replacement barrel. I believe barrels were painted in a grey heat resistant paint at the factory.
dear Model Nerd: what is your philosophy on your builds vis a vis the condition of the model? by that i mean some modelers build the kit with all of the components and elements in place and then paint and weather but they don’t presume the model has seen action or have damage from use or combat. others like me present the opposite: a tank or tank destroyer which has been used and has the tools and equipment sometimes missing or placed in a different location etc.. I’m always interested in modeler’s approaches to their work
Takom has the best quality next to Tamiya. The fit of the parts and the clarity of the instructions are so welcome after dealing with some of these other model companies. *cough*Revell*cough*
Definitely! Tamiya (old SU-85) and Takom (Mark I tank) were the first two kits I built when I got back into the hobby. Takom have a great balance between detail, quality fit, and not have a zillion parts to build something like a single headlight (ahem...Dragon).
@@ModelNerd You think Dragon has lots of parts, take a swing at Miniart (even without the interior. About 30 parts to build a machine gun, and 10 for a single suspension arm if you include what look like brakes)
I think that's a great build. Shame that there were some issues with some of it (front superstructure/tracks) but overall, it does look like a Jagdtiger. Takom instructions also leave a lot to be desired. Nice paint job - maybe not 100% accurate, but who cares? It still looks great; nice and subtle weathering too. Great vid thanks for sharing.
Thanks mate, I think you're right. Yeah, I'm happy with the final result. The Tank Museum in Bovington have a Panther with a yellow and white over primer red scheme, which is enough for me :)
Great job and lots of good detail and painting. I think the exhaust stacks should be weathered too, from the hot gases ? I noticed this from visiting the excellent tank museum we have here in Bovington, Dorset, UK
Good job. I'm going to say that the fit issues were a direct result of the pieces being molded that large. When they are that large, a certain amount of shrinkage and warping will be the result. As, obviously; you found out first hand. Nevertheless, it turned out quite well.
I have to agree a good build and I like the final camo. Those built up tracks are not as easy as they look to get together. As a challenge I can strongly recommend the Zvezda 1/35 T 90 as a build. Its the opposite of the blitz builds and very detailed. The turret is a kit in its own right but unlike a lot of kits you are not fitting parts and making detail you won't see in the final model
Cheers Allan. I do like the full interior kits, but it's always a challenge to think about how they can be configured for viewing. For the King Tiger I left the turret separate - still got a 'KT maintenance' diorama in the pipeline (somewhere!).
The Zvezda kit is not a full interior kit, it just has really good external detail. I have made the RFM Jagdpanther full interior kit and it was a mega build. To display more of the interior on that I dremelled large cutouts in the hull as if the tank was presented in a museum for exhibition. Even with this it was still a challenge to display as much of the interior as possible.
Really nice job! I really enjoyed this video. One thing i noticed, keep in mind I’m not completely sure but I think the red is to red for the red primer if that makes sense. I think it would be a dull red brown with more red than brown not like this stark bright red. Also do you have a figure painting video? I just bought the takom chieftain mk5 and that’ll be a treat to build. Keep it up 👍
Yes, I had a similar thought. The colour I have used is AK RAL 8012 Rotbraun, which is the correct RAL code for the German primer. But I was also surprised that it looks so bright. Strangely, if I Google "AK 8012 Rotbraun" the colour samples are much darker and one of the bottles looks totally different. So I'm not sure what's going on there. I don't have a figure painting video at the moment because I'm really not very good at figures, but I just bought the AC Models Lancaster crew so that needs to change :)
Haha, no - it was just a fluke (a bit like my modelling results maybe!). You won't be so impressed with my language skills when I start to build the Trumpeter BR52, I'm sure :)
The two halves are needed earlier on to align the suspension arms (which is odd because the fit is so good there is no wiggle room). So maybe they are trying to reuse the jig? But if they made each side slightly wider, they would fit the tracks individually without being combined.
@@ModelNerd yeah, I bet those are reusable from arms alignment jigs to track assembly jig, that's the reason they have that connector points which are used to connect two halves of the jig in one jig for tracks assembly.
Great job. What color did you use for red stripes. I usually use tamyia. Any help would be great. Also would u use the same camo on Tiger 2? I am about to build one.
Thanks. The red is AK Interactive RAL 8012. The yellow is Tamiya (Dark Yellow 2). I like to use sites like Tanks Encyclopedia for camo ideas but ultimately if I like it, I use it :) If you reckon it would look good on a KT, definitely paint it that way.
Sorry to hear that mate. I had issues with the front piece but overall not terrible. I've built a few Takom kits and found them very decent on the while.
@@ModelNerd I'm just saying if you broke up the angles a little bit better instead of making them go all the way across the top of the surface you would have had a better effect I know this because I like that pattern the candy cane pattern not so much
Model Nerd I am boycotting anything made in China. I have bought kits from China before and they are very nice kits. But I cannot support the CCP. When you buy a kit made in China, part of that money you pay goes directly to the CCP’s military industrial complex.The CCP is total evil, an evil we haven’t seen since Hitler’s 1930s.
