RE: Zimmerit?
Here is a picture of my Tiger. I used Tamiya putty and a comb. The putty is a solvent and softens the plastic and the comb scores the zimmeritt pattern. Most like their zimm to be more obvious or "stand-outish" than this though.
Welcome to the boards. Most guys here expect you to do a basic search before asking questions like this. Some topics have been covered ad nauseum.