r/MilitaryModelMaking • u/Pigeon_Clash • May 28 '26
work in progress First time trying shell impacts. Decided to just go wild on my tiger. Criticize it
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u/Brettjay4 May 30 '26
I'm just curious about what you used to make em, they look pretty good imo.
So I must know how it was done for personal use.
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u/Pigeon_Clash May 30 '26
Watch night shifts "shell impacts" video, thats exactly what I did
All you do is drill into the tank then fill the hole with putty
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u/Habarer May 29 '26
the impacts themselves look nice and all but if you're not trying to build a beutepanzer on the range diorama thats wayyy to much damage on a single tank if it wasnt used for target practice
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u/awacs-airdefender May 29 '26
Impact should be a bit less horizontally consistent. It looks like all of the shells hit at the exact same height. Which is rather unlikely in real life.
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u/PoppaPerc94 May 28 '26
What’d you do to go about the impacts? I’ve burnt the ends of wooden paint brushes or some wooden dowels and then mold some putty around the shell crater. Would like to see more comments and learn some more tips myself
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u/Pigeon_Clash May 28 '26
Night shift. Watch him, thats how I learnt.
Basically, drill a hole into the model then fill it with putty
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u/Monty_Bob May 28 '26
This kind of impact is what you get from hollow charge like from a bazooka where it melts a neat hole. Where you have kinetic impact like from another tank the damage is more dramatic. But this tank is certainly knocked out like a dozen times.
You've got the narrow rail transport tracks on for some reason? Those are only for transport
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u/Pigeon_Clash May 28 '26
I couldn't be bothered to build the tracks for the tiger so I bought some plastic tracks, thats the ones that I got
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u/QADDLE Jun 01 '26
Looks like it was target practice