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Thank you Markus much appreciated 🫡🫡🫡🫡

I get where your coming from. No one in time of war would jet wash their tank every week like they do while training🤣. I think in a diorama setting lots of mud and crud would look good but for a display cabinet setting a little less is better for me personally. If I was to use this in a diorama setting I would add more mud etc to blend it in more with the setting. Thanks for your comment even if it is 'CAPPED' 😆

I use the VMS range of CA, They do a CA for every need, XXX thin or slow drying or black etc. 1 Xthin and 1 thicker slow drying should be enough to do most things that you need CA for.

Thank you Maurizio

Yes I paint all these. You can find all the build and paint videos on my channel page.

Yeah they are missing the guide horn detail ☹️

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Thank you Chris 👍

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Hi Thomas, Thanks.. you are right, I was sure I had seen a photo of a Tiger without fenders and noted that the Zim stopped at the fender line but I must have been mistaken. I should have re-checked that detail 🙄 Oh well, I cant change it I'll just have tom press on.

Thanks...Its an empty case from a camera lens filter.

Thanks, My very 1st video attempt using the TH-cam music library

Thank you glad you enjoyed it

Thanks and the song is 'Shambles' by Jones Meadow. 🫡

@@afv-studio epidemic sounds has a very good library, seems like you found some real gems! (the other songs are also awesome!)

@@dabootvv This was like a top 10 from my previous builds. Next time I will have to spend some time searching out new music to add.

Glad you found it useful Trevor

Oh I think I know what you mean? You mean the Air Filters for the engine that were mounted outside on the rear on the early Tiger. 🤔

Thanks Les. Always keep those runners and never need to cut thin strips of brass. Thanks for watching and your comments are always welcome 🫡

Thanks for watching Adam.

Thanks for mentioning the music music Bas. Always good to hear feedback on that side of things. Glad you enjoyed it. 🫡

Thanks John 🫡

Thanks Ian... They are holding up well 🫡

Cheers Steve

Thanks Steve

Thanks v much. You should come and show it on my patreon and get some feedback from myself and others there 🫡

You kiss you mother with that mouth ? The LORD knows everything we say or think, do not talk yourself into the Holy fire to come.

Thanks Steve, and I really appreciate all the support I get to continue providing entertaining and informative videos here. Thank you very much 🫡 If you use the masking fluid make sure you leave to set overnight 👍

Thanks Kacper. I can tell you which 1 to get. You should get Dragons 'Whittmann's Last Tiger' I have in the box and the Zimmerit is really really good on it. Also Cyberhobby have it as a free postage kit so you can order just the 1 kit and they will post it free. Through them the kit is only £45 and as this is a China Limited version it comes with full crew and all the extras you expect from them. Check out the link... www.cyber-hobby.com/collections/dragon-free-shipping-items/products/1-35-wittmanns-last-tiger-tiger-i-late-production-2-in-1 Don't wait till Xmas though 🤣

Thanks Jim. I am more at home using Milliput as I have always used it before when I want to recreate Zim. The Tamiya was an experiment for me as I had seen others use it and wanted to see for myself. It may just be that I know milliput better and know how use water and rolling tools with it. The Tiger does have an array of wheels that are hard to keep track of 🤣 you may need a few more than 75 tracks the kit tracks say 94 and i was 3 short each side which might have been down to me and the way I push the tracks together when gluing. I would be interested to see how yours turns out. 🫡

@afv-studio I will keep you posted. If mine indeed needs 94 per side, I don't know if I have enough to cover both sides because they are the "mirrored" type. I'm going to do a count of mine right now. I 'll let you know

Thanks, painting has started 🫡

Great!

Thank you 👍Yes unfortunately the kit only provides one turret with moulded Zim. I felt that trying to remove it would have been a difficult job to do well, so I stuck with the Zim that was already there. I think it would have been a better look if I did that myself, but in a way there are limits to what I am able achieve from a box of parts. Thanks for watching.

Thanks...Out of the 2 Dragon wins for me. This kit had a lot more options you could choose from and there was a lot more detail photoetch like the exhaust mounts and spare track holders. They even provide for all the tool racks and the tool clamps etc, but I didn't use those as I struggle with those 3 part tool clamps 😆. The cool thing with the Meng is the air defence armour but dragon do a version of that as well? You do need to check whats in the box though with Dragon as they have many versions of the same kit. The 'premium' kits tend to have everything thrown in the box, and the 'smart kits' are more basic.

@@afv-studio Thank you very much 🫡. And regarding the details (welds, nuts, etc.), in which kit are they the best? I would like to make a Panther of Kampfgruppe Peiper in the Battle of the Bulge but I can't decide between the Meng, the Dragon and the Rye Field Model. I already have aftermarket tracks (so I'm not afraid of Meng tracks 🤣)

@@florianfeuillien4367 I would still give it to Dragon here as well. the moulding just look a bit sharper than the Meng. The meng welds were good but there were a lot of visible gaps where the main armour joins together which is the reason I replaced all the welds in that video. Also for what you want to build the Meng isn't really an option as its an early Panther G. LAH was completely destroyed at Falaise so all their Panthers during the Ardennes would have been fresh off the factory floor so a later version of the G would be a better fit. I cant speak for RFM as I have not built 1 yet.

@@afv-studio Thank you very much 😊

Cool, thank you

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Thanks for your comment, I agree with what you say here. Vehicles were made to do a job and field repair and mods would have been carried out using what was at hand so that the vehicle could be brought back into service quickly. Certainly modifications that were done to increase stowage would only have been carried out while a unit was being rested and only if engineers had the time to do it. On the other hand, painting a model is a process where you attempt to recreate highlight and shadow that due to scale would not be apparent on a model. I would hope that new modelers would enjoy the insight into the process used to create the finished model. There are many model makers on youtube that each have their own style and way of doing things, but underlying that, its basically the same process of painting/weathering that all do. I remember as a young model maker buying 'Model Monthly' as this was the only source of information for a budding model maker and staring in awe at the work the was featured and wishing I new how they did it. Indeed I remember seeing a Tiger tank with Zimmerit and thinking 'Wow' , there were no kits that came with Zim in those days or photoetch grills. In fact that made me try adding my own Zim for the 1st time. I think TH-cam has replaced the model magazine, and in a form that is able to give more insight into the process for new modellers.

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Thanks glad you enjoyed it 🫡

Yes it was masking fluid. Any latex based product should work ok for temporary fixing. Thanks for watching 👍

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