1/35 Meng Sd. Kfz. 182 King Tiger (Henschel) - My First Tank

[Stikpusher]

I love it how shops are stocking these newer brands of paints. I’ve tried both of those lines and like them both. I think that AK has a wider line for armor colors, but their paints are a bit more fiddly to work with compared to Mission Models.

[jkim]

Yeah, it's great! They didn't have any AK Real Color Luftwaffe colors but the shop guy said he could order them for me.

Pinning for future reference:

[speedgraflex]

The profiles are gorgeous, John. Where are those pages from? If I missed the earlier notation, apologies. I am catching up on your work.

[jkim]

The profiles are gorgeous, John. Where are those pages from? If I missed the earlier notation, apologies. I am catching up on your work.

They are from a book that was reviewed at Modeling News (which I love, by the way). I saw the review and the nice color profile of the three-tone ambush pattern and wanted to keep it handy as a reference. Below is the link to the book review...

https://www.themodellingnews.com/2018/0 ... tiger.html

[speedgraflex]

Thank you for the link, John! A fantastic resource!

[jkim]

Maybe the curse of the King Tiger has lifted. The tracking status changed today... US customs has been cleared! I wonder if the package entered on the West Coast or East Coast?

[Stikpusher]

Odds are West Coast. Long Beach/L.A. Harbor has the majority of US imports shipped in worldwide.

[jkim]

Odds are West Coast. Long Beach/L.A. Harbor has the majority of US imports shipped in worldwide.

Hope so... that'd make delivery to Carlsbad much faster!

[Stikpusher]

You would think that would be the case. Kinda foolish to send it any other route. Of course coming in this way means bottlenecks due to volume of shipping.

[jkim]

Gawd it’s never going to get here. Same status since Monday.