Emergency Miniature Work - 15mm USMC Super Cobra
PzKpfw-VI Tiger I complete (War vs. Pile of Shame Continues)
The war against the pile of shame continues!
This is a 15mm Tiger I sent to me by Piers a while ago which I am finally getting to.
I went for a mid-war (Summer ’43) generalized scheme.
This is the tank built in this Sitrep Hobby Build video:
Primed in black. Base coat with airbrush, shooting yellow-gold acrylic. Then added Vallejo dark green and dark brown ver-r-r-ry carefully for the rest of the camo scheme, touch-up with brush / wet blending. Acrylic medium gray on tracks, followed by Vallejo black wash. Vallejo wash black / dark umber mix for pin-washing the rest of the tank.
Commander in acrylic "pavement" black (very very dark grey), with red-piped shoulder boards (panzerwaffe was technically a dark pink, but close enough), white cuffbands, officer insignia on cap, hint of Knight's Cross at neck.
15mm transfers from PSC. Made sure the number ended in "1" so this would be a platoon leader. Number 121 = 1st Kompanie, 2nd platoon leader).
Added radio antenna (dust broom bristle). Mounted just behind turret on the right hand side (per blueprints).
Achtung! Tiger! All my Soviet and British and American tank minis suddenly feel less comfortable.
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