Das Reich's Tiger I ''Tiki'' (1 Viewer)

[Panzer Meyer]

Nice job Mitch

 

[TomNT]

Yeah Mitch, i like!! Never seen a colour scheme like that on a tiger before (or any panzer for that matter), but your paint job looks awesome. {bravo}}

Tom

 

[Mitch]

Tom...

Its not a regular thing thats done. But, the germans used all sorts of strange colours like green and brown on grey which, is something I have not tried!!!!

At least they settled on a better base coat for the camo but, it is nice to do these earlier camo jobs once in a while
Mitch

QUOTE=TomNT;464926]Yeah Mitch, i like!! Never seen a colour scheme like that on a tiger before (or any panzer for that matter), but your paint job looks awesome. {bravo}}

Tom[/QUOTE]

 

[wayne556517]

It's a little known reason as to why German camo switched from grey to 3 colour camo. There was no camo reason - the Americans and Brits used plain olive or olive and black and the Russians used plain green. Apparently the Germans were painting everything grey - so much so that they ran out of grey paint and the director of camo, a Herr Wayne had to switch to base yellow for what was to be a temporary colour. But the stocks of grey paint never recovered and grey wasn't used on German or even Allied vehicles for the rest of they war. ^&grin^&grin

Terry

What do we know about this shady character Tezza..............................^&grin

 

[wwiibuff]

Great job on the repaint.

 

[craig1985taylor]

Super repaint mate {bravo}} your skills never cease to amaze me!

Craig

 

[DMNamiot]

Very well done! Got to love a Grey Tiger!

Dave

 

[Mitch]

Cheers guys.
Mitch

 

[Rob]

Excellent repaint Mitch, great work.

Rob

 

[Mitch]

Rob..

Cheers
Mitch

Excellent repaint Mitch, great work.

Rob

 

[amhuff1]

Excellent job.

 

[Mitch]

Thanks
Mitch

Excellent job.

 

[Mitch]

Guys...

I was asked if I had any pics of the tiger in development and, when it was just grey. so, here are a couple for the grey fans. Hatches were off at this point and, none of the detail tow ropes jacks etc had been hand painted. As always apologies for the poor photography
Mitch

 

[uksubs]

Look very nice Mitch

 

[wayne556517]

Guys...

I was asked if I had any pics of the tiger in development and, when it was just grey. so, here are a couple for the grey fans. Hatches were off at this point and, none of the detail tow ropes jacks etc had been hand painted. As always apologies for the poor photography
Mitch

Should of left it like that Mitch,what a beast hopefully we will have a GREY TIGER in the near future :wink2::wink2: can't say to much...........................{sm5}

 

[Mitch]

Wayne..

I am sure your right about the grey tigers. It did look nice pure grey but, Tiki is such a unique AFV it had to have the camo. I doubt that any manufacturer would ever make this as Wittmann never went near it!!!
Mitch

Should of left it like that Mitch,what a beast hopefully we will have a GREY TIGER in the near future :wink2::wink2: can't say to much...........................{sm5}

 

[Sentaapua]

Mictch,

I was out of the grid due to the carnival holidays here in Brazil, and just now caught up with the latest going on here, and let me say that by far, your Tiger is THE thread on the forum!!! Simply majestic!!
Congratulations again, on another fantastic repaint!! What talent you`ve got....!! {bravo}}

 

[Mitch]

Sentaapua...

That is very kind of you. Thanks
Mitch

Mictch,

I was out of the grid due to the carnival holidays here in Brazil, and just now caught up with the latest going on here, and let me say that by far, your Tiger is THE thread on the forum!!! Simply majestic!!
Congratulations again, on another fantastic repaint!! What talent you`ve got....!! {bravo}}

 

[King & Country]

Hi Guys,

Like all of you I very much enjoy Mitch’s skill at conversions and this latest Tiger “Tiki” is no exception… well done!

However, I firmly disagree with his comment that “I doubt that any manufacturer would ever make this as Wittmann never went near it!!!”

Of course I can’t speak for other tank manufacturers but as far as K&C is concerned we have produced over the years at least 10 different “Tigers” of which I think only 3 were Wittmann related. So, my friends the vault of “Tigers” is far from exhausted and I’m sure there’s room for the occasional surprise from time to time.

Best wishes and happy collecting,
Andy C.

 

[wayne556517]

Hi Guys,

Like all of you I very much enjoy Mitch’s skill at conversions and this latest Tiger “Tiki” is no exception… well done!

However, I firmly disagree with his comment that “I doubt that any manufacturer would ever make this as Wittmann never went near it!!!”

Of course I can’t speak for other tank manufacturers but as far as K&C is concerned we have produced over the years at least 10 different “Tigers” of which I think only 3 were Wittmann related. So, my friends the vault of “Tigers” is far from exhausted and I’m sure there’s room for the occasional surprise from time to time.

Best wishes and happy collecting,
Andy C.

Now that is great news you can never have enough TIGERS..............^&grin