Let's Paint and Weather a German Tiger Tank Interior (RFM 1/35)
Hey folks! Today is the day we see how to paint and weather a Tiger interior. This one took a bit longer than previous videos but I hope it was worth the wait! Let me know in the comments section what you think. Should I go in more detail in future videos and break up the content into different compartments?
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Wonderful eye for detailing the interior. Your work is exemplary! Amazing results!
Thank you very much!
Awesome build!!! Thank You
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Really superb. Tastefully done, looks natural and eye catching.
Thank you so much!
Nice one mate. I think you got the right balance of wear, a bit of grime but not too much, looks good. 👌🏼 Too often modellers put too much dirt and rust on interiors, but tankers practically lived in their machines and generally tried to have the interiors as orderly and squared away as possible, I think you've nailed it. 👍🏾
I appreciate that! Thank you!
Great build, Man.
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Looks amazing so far, I'm looking forward to seeing the finished model!!
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Spectacular addons! The added metal textures are wonderful, and your attention to extra details really make this one pop! Great job! Looks like a crew could load up and rock n roll!
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Excellent work....
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That interior looks awesome. Great work!
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Outstanding work my friend...
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Great video. Just finished the early Tiger. No end of fit issues. Have this kit in stash . Will be a great reference video.
Thank you! Enjoy your build!
Looks real good 👍 Nice work sir !!!
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Great piece of work mate ❤😊
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Nice job… First time seeing your video, immediately Sub’d. My pep peeve, a beautiful weathering, and then have perfect clean decals. Sticks out like neon lights. I’ll be rewatching your video when I put mine together. I have a couple RFM kits, I think I may only buy this brand from now on. Cheers
Thank you! I agree on the decals as well. I think some modellers get exciting about weathering and forget to put decals on until the end. I know I've done it. This is my first RFM kit of many and I'm happy with it. Think I have all but two or three of their interior kits in my stash to get to. Very impressive so far tho! Good luck with your build!
@@relentlesstorm My favorite kits are the recovery type tanks. With the booms and the chains and cables, it make a very interesting kit visually. I think I now have 3 different Allied recovery tank kits in my stash. I think 2 Sherman variants and a M3 variant. Right now they are all packed away, so I’m kind of guesstimating right now. Also depending on where you live, the good quality kits for me are about 60 bucks. So I’ve been paying the extra, about 90 bucks and up,,,, for kits with interiors. For me it’s like getting ‘2’ kits in one. I’ve got a mini art M3 Lee with interior, a Sherman, and a Panther. Looking to eventually buy a Tiger variant. But,,,, now strange for me to say “I’m retired and on a pension” so I have to save all my nickels and dimes to buy the good kits. I’m hoping to start my own channel, and my first build, after getting back into to building after 45 plus years, will be a Willy’s jeep, because it’s an easy simple build, and you have to start somewhere. Your videos and the other on the channel are a good inspiration for others to get into building. I’m hoping this retired old fart might be able to have videos to joint this great group in order to inspire others to start building. Thanks for chatting, and looking forward to seeing more of your detailed builds. Cheers KJ
Good luck with the build! I'll look forward to seeing your channel! I have those same kits with interiors as well. I love learning about the tank design and how they functioned. The recovery vehicles are fascinating considering how they were usually retired tanks that were retrofitted with cranes and other engineering equipment. Very exciting!
Very nice. So many modlers just dont install much less detail the interior. Very nice.
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WOW spectacular. i have this one in my stash to do.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy the build!
👏👏 great work
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Génial !!! Quel réalisme !!!
Merci!
Beautiful build, usually I am not a Tiger model fan (saw so many passing by😉) But a detailed, well crafted interior (and exterior) makes it interesting for me again.
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!
Nice video!! Great results
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Gut gemacht! 😁
Danke!
Orally amazing
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Amazing
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Great job. I think it is a bid over weathered, but looks good.
Thanks. I appreciate the feedback. Weathering is very subjective and it is one of those things that can be difficult to balance between realism and something that is eye catching and fun to look at from an artistic standpoint. Another difficult aspect of weathering is that old photos don't have the resolution to see such fine details so it can be difficult to use references. I try not to over-weather and make a functioning tank look abandoned but again, it is all about balance.
Bit late, but for the fire extinguishers, I had some included on a 1/35th M36B1 model I built, and upon searching for reference photos I found that some were silver, olive drab, a lighter sort of tan colour like on the Tiger, and a few red ones. I'm not certain of the authenticity of all of these, but it seems as though the olive drab and tan colours were the most common
Thanks for the information. I had one reference photo in black and white that clearly showed a silver extinguisher as well. I chose the tan color for the extinguisher inside and outside as red would've stood out too much I think.
@@relentlesstorm Sometimes the black and white reference photos can be hard to tell. I think you made the right choice, especially as most of the red ones seemed to be more recent photos and not during the war. This is the first interior kit I've seen someone build and it looks great
master build😀😀
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Very nice build! Looks way better than mine, even though I'm fairly happy with mine. 🤪
Thank you! All that matters is that you're happy with your build. My personal goal is to improve my process on each build.
Hey man! currently printing the painting holdy thingy you have on cults, love the design and that i dont have to spend a fortune. I was considering also getting the wire bender, but was wondering what size the steps are, as they look quite fine in the images
Thanks for the support. The steps are in 0.4mm increments.
At 3:58 the narrator shows us a small part and suggests that it's "power distribution" for the radio. That part did not exist in Tigers. RFM created this kit by studying photos of "Tiger 131" in the UK. As far as I can tell, they did not visit the museum to look at the tank close up. And that's why they copied this little box, which is a modern controller for a fire suppressor system. It was added to Tiger 131 because of modern safety requirements. RFM have been told about this, the error came to light in 2005. They could easily erase that part from their instruction sheet. But they don't. That's why I keep flagging it.
Thanks for sharing. I recall a similar piece on the Panther tanks which is where my conclusion came from. I also had seen the same wiring installation done in guides put out by Ammo of MIG. I guess I'll have to do more research next time! Will say it has been tough to find authentic interior photos of a Tiger though!
@@relentlesstorm I wouldn't trust Mig for anything, to be honest. Concerning the radios: each module of the radio set (there were either two or three installed) had its own power supply, a smaller grey box. In most Panzers they are visible somewhere or other. But in a Tiger I they are under the floor panels.
@@daveybyrden3936 Thanks! To your point, I found another error in my mig book that historical photos corrected for me. I'll talk about it in the next video. Thanks again!
Beautiful work my friend. As for the rolled steel texture on the inside, I've been an armour modeler for decades and never has this crossed my mind. Food for thought. Thanks for the great vid mate.
Thank you! I appreciate it!
One colour the Germans used was french blue I’m currently using it in a 1/16 panther I’m building
Yes! That is the grey-blue color used on the interiors. Is it the Trumpeter 1/16 scale kit?
@@relentlesstorm yes it is
I thought the lower hulls in most German tanks was painted primer red.
They were primered in red then painted a base coat. Panthers were typically painted in the off-white. Tigers were painted a blue-grey color and the off-white. There was a small stretch of a few months where the Panthers were only primered in red and not coated in white. Check out my Panther build and you will see that.
No, at first they were painted a medium blue-grey colour in the lower half, and Ivory in the top half, and all pieces of working machinery in the Ivory part were painted black. I can't speak for the very small tanks, but this rule applies to the Panzer III and everything larger. Sometime in the early-to-middle of 1943 they began to stop using the blue-grey paint and they just left the lower part of the tank in its red primer. There was also a brief period there when they didn't use the Ivory paint, leaving almost everything red, but there were complaints, so they soon brought the Ivory back. As for the Tiger I : it seems like the engine compartment of Panzers were usually left in red primer regardless of the year. But the Tiger I got the blue-grey colour in there too.
@@daveybyrden3936 Thanks for the insight!
Are you making steel effect with putty and tool cleaner?
Yes. Tamia putty and thin cement/airbrush cleaner
Im building this tank at the moment, but there are some faults in the kit . Like the whole asmebly for the radio is missing and the piping and plumming for the engine in the manual. So i bought a book with Nice pictures to find al the parts lent in the sprues
That's incredible that you found a book with interior photos. It's very hard to find those details. Are you building this same kit by RFM?
@@relentlesstorm yes but its the mid production
Hello i have another question, how did you make those cooling hoses? There not in my kit . Did you make them from the spreus?
@@tiezel5656 The radiator hoses were in the kit. I shared all of my scratch built components.
Had no idea those big cats had gasoline V8s with dual 4 barrels, wow. Would have been way better off with diesel engines.
The Maybach engine is actually a V12 gasoline engine. Many German and American tanks were gas powered early in the war. Heck the US used radial engines in the Shermans and Stuarts to start.
During the war, diesel was actually difficult to find, it wasn’t a popular fuel at the time.