Warlord Tiger II - part five

Having completed the camouflage, the tools and tow cables were then painted.

 

The tank was given a wash of Citadel Agrax Earhshade.

Just spotted that I had not done under the nose, nor the tow shackle extensions.

Citadel Nuln oil wash was used around the exhausts.

Warlord Tiger II - part four

So currently working on the camouflage.

As previously mentioned, the base colour is Citadel Zandri Dust.

The green pattern was painted with Vallejo Russian Uniform Green. The brown pattern is Citadel Mournfang Brown,

Zandri Dust is a lot more yellow by eye.

Here is the Tank Museum Tiger II with the production turret (the one with the prototype turret has no Zimmerit and no camouflage).

Warlord Tiger II - part three

The Tiger 2 has been undercoated, first with Citadel Chaos Black spray, then the body has been base coated with Citadel Zandri Dust. The tracks need to be tidied up with some track colour (Vallejo Black, Black Grey and either Burnt Cadmium or Hull Red mixed on a wet palette).

Tiger IIs at The Tank Museum

The Tank Museum two Tiger II tanks, one with the original turret and one with the production turret.

This is the production turret, with the flat front plate to the turret. Interestingly, this one has Zimmerit covering on the sides of the hull and the turret.

Detail on the skirt.

This is a Tiger II with the original turret design.

It was designed to fit both the Porsche design of the Tiger II and the successful Henschel design. The design had both production and ballistic issues.

This was a prototype, hence the lack of Zimmerit.

Warlord Tiger II - part two

This kit was a bit of a bind to assemble.

There are no real assistance in the assembly of the turret (well the one that was originally intended for the "Porsche" version). You have to balance the four sides and the top and the bottom.

The alignment wedges used to align the running gear with the hull do not slot together properly, the holes are slightly too small and require opening out. On the other hand the D shaped pegs on the periscopes allow 360 degree rotation and the gun barrels can rotate by about 10 degrees.

The exhaust options are limited, lacking the surrounds found on examples in use in Normandy.

The  zimmerit covering on the hull and turret sides sets the production date to pre-September 1944, when it was discontinued.

Now the weather just needs to improve enough for it to be undercoated.

Warlord Tiger II - part one

I bought the Warlord King Tiger (Tiger II or Koenig Tiger) kit at The Gameskeeper last year.

The kit comes in a standard Warlord box with three sprues.

 There are two complete turrets in the kit, but the finished model can only use one or the other.