Jagdtiger

By: Gottlieb, Fritz

Manufacturer(s): Italeri

Modifications: I only added white plastic and copper wire, and one arm of Preiser for a fig.

After-market parts: None

Description: I brushed and painted with Tamiya acrylics. weathering by acrylics too. The chain tracks were not so fine, therefor I covered by dirt. I used pigments.

Judge 1
Nice job with the building, but I don't realy understand this large amount of putty. If you want to make a cast-steel surface, you won't need so much putty. Next time pay more attention on the home made details, as more parts are overscale, or imprecise. The yellow is not so bad, but the red is not like german camo red, it looks like primer red, and the green looks also strange. I know that it's hard to reach a fine result with brush, you still should practice a bit, or buy an airbrush. The chips are well done, but the mud on the track is too much, and you put it only here and there. Try to make a smooth look on the dirty tracks, with less and darker mud. Figures are well done.
Judge 2
The build is mostly good with but, as the other judge pointed out, the scratch built items are a bit over scale and clumsily made, also the mesh screens on the circular vents on the engine deck are off centre. Spending more time getting these small details correct is always time well spent as the eye is naturally drawn to them and if they are slightly off they stand out. The base colours are good and the camo pattern is in scale and believable but again the hard edge pattern is a bit clumsy and this also stands out to the observing eye. This too can be solved by spending more time and touching up as you go. The decals have been well applied and blend with the final finish. Spending time getting the things I've pointed out right and you'll soon be moving onto the next level.
Judge 3
Great work! Good shots of in-build along with nice background neutral colors. Good weathering (try to apply a bit more mud to the side of the vehicle just above the tracks and on the rear lower hull). Also try to keep the mud in small patches evenly spread along the tracks as opposed to larger pieces that seem to be addded and isolated on their own. The grills seem oversized on the engine deck. Otherwise really nice! Good cam with an excellent figure that is well painted!