1/35 DIY RC KingTiger from Dragon models

[ylp020]

Here is a 1/35 Dragon Kingtiger.I put some RC parts in side to make it movable
it can go forward (stepless motor) backward left and right
the turret can turn and the cannon can move up and down.
I made the elastic suspension with steel wire.
and add some PE parts and a metal track for it.
Rebuilt the welding lines with A+B putty
Rebuilt the texture of the ammor with tamiya grey putty.
hope you like it
And here are two videos of test run
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjE5MTg5MDU2.html
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/dMVnquXaXCA/

 

[Wurger]

Very nice job on the model.

 

[Maximowitz]

Excellent work!

 

[Airframes]

Great stuff, and good photographs too.

 

[javlin]

Great stuff, and good photographs too.

I was thinking the same thing Terry.Some nice work thus far look forward to the rest of the build!Oh don't let that little boy Lucky13(Jan) see this he's been on a bit of armor thing of late Again nice work.Cheers

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Yeah, I think if Lucky sees this he is going to go APE $H!T BANANAS. And this is different how?
Excellent work and great photos Ylp020!

 

[seiseki]

Wow, very impressive!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Very nice build.

 

[ylp020]

Thanks guys , for the encouragement.
Here i have more pics.
BTW:What is Lucky13(Jan)'s story?

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Now I'm even more impressed.

 

[Wayne Little]

Pretty damn good isn't it!

 

[Airframes]

Beauty! It looks great in the 'ambush' scheme.
As for Jan - you'll get to know him! He's our tame Swede, living in Scotland, and has recently developed a 'thing' about tanks, but only if they can have a '13' in their call sign numbers!
He might be around later - after his nap and medication .......

 

[mikewint]

ylp, very nice work just on the model let alone the converting it to RC. I have 3 king tigers which I built (two with the different turrets and one Jagdtiger). Not that I would even know how to but I would never even consider converting it to RC. Now I have a nice 1/18 Tiger I..... Wish I had your skill

 

[ylp020]

Thank you guys. Greeting from East-Aisa.
And speaical thanks to Mr.Airframes for the info about Jan.I'm sure I will get alone well with Mr.Jan the "Lucky 13"(^^).
To Mr.Mikewint:I used nearly no custom made part, all of them are commercial ones available on the ebay or local e-shopping site. The only one is a central control unit made by a friend , cost only 15USD,available on the net as well.
So just gooooo with your RC plan. Nothing difficult.

 

[mikewint]

ylp020, thanks, but that's what extremely talented people people usually say about the fantastic things they do while the rest of us just drool and wish. I'm happy just to get the model together and have it look half-way decent

 

[ylp020]

ylp020, thanks, but that's what extremely talented people people usually say about the fantastic things they do while the rest of us just drool and wish. I'm happy just to get the model together and have it look half-way decent

No need to sigh. I've seen your M48. It shows you a goood basic skills.
You just need some courage to start weathering. Try it with WASH and Dry brush (or Dry shot?) first. Simple, easily correct and obvious effected.

 

[mikewint]

ylp020, there is another poster on this forum Wayne Little who does a fantastic job on him models. he has posted several PDFs on weathering techniques. he uses pastel chalks mostly. I'm giving some serious thought to trying his techniques on my nest model. If you go to "post your models" and "what is on the workbench" I have my 1/48 B-29 and my M1A1 abrams tank posted. I like the chalk idea because I can easily remove it if I don't like the result while washes would require a complete repaint.
1.93m used to be tall but nowadays in the USA it's close to average height.

 

[Lucky13]

Beautiful! This is what I've bought last few weeks, one isn't there......the Sherman Mk. IC Firefly 'Hybrid Hull', which I'm working.... Need to buy paint before moving...

 

[imalko]

Excellent work again. Amazing skill.

 

[mikewint]

ylp020, Here are my three konigstigers
1. Panzerkampfwagen Tiger VI Ausf. A Sd.Kfz 182 with the Krupp P-2 turret from schwere Panzer Abteil 503
2.Panzerkampfwagen Tiger VI Ausf. B with the improved Porsche turret from schwere Panzer Abteilung 501
3. Jagdpanzer VI Jagdtiger Ausf. B Sd.Kfz. 186 mounting the 128mm PaK 44 from schwere Panzer Abteilung 503