Quick and Dirty finish for my buddy's Marklin HO scale layout, as another flatcar load - probably representing battlefield salvage headed to the smelters or perhaps a museum piece being shuffled around. [This build went to the same recipient
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Found a NOS model that'd make an ideal stocking stuffer his wife can give him.
For those unfamiliar with the ROCO MINITANK series, they're dated and are more highly-detailed-toys than models requiring assembly. Don't think Scalemates has done the JagdTiger but this gives you the jist of the series.
https://www.scalemates.com/cs/kits/roco-minitanks-z-134-tiger-ii-h-koenigstiger--966673Pretty obvious how they manufactured the derivative.
I wanted a late-war look, but rusted.
Gave it a rattle can base coat of primer, then a gentle wafting of rattle can 'tan' with some flat grey dry-brushed over the roadwheels and tracks with a finger. Finally, a sprinkling of brown/green flecking.
I don't *do* Nazi tanks and had none of their markings in my pile of transfers (certainly not in that small a scale), so a trio of American stars (from a Hasegawa M3 Honey tank) went on to indicate it's captured status.
The funnest part was replacing it in it's original box, using the original copper staples. The folks at Langley would be so proud.
Not The Santa's Workshop You Were Expecting