Zimmerit
 

doing a King Tiger for one of the Can-Am Brothers
adding Zimmerit to it using Milliput works good took a bit to get this far i have a fractured hand and arthritis in my hands so a few breaks were necessary
i hope he likes it when i'm done going to do an extra special job on the details and weathering
man this stuff is heat resisting 130 degrees C that's 266 degree Fahrenheit.... hope it don't get that hot.....lol

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Looks great so far. Try some alcohol for the hands.....taken internally of course.

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that's most of my problem Bob i don't drink ...lol

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great job airbrushler,  what are you using to get the lines? I use old dental picks my dentist but my zim is quite as consistent as yours.

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Thanks Freaky Dude
i'm using a piece of styrene taped to a popsicle stick

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High-tech! :D<div>
</div><div>What thickness and width? It's spot on.</div>

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Hi<div>
</div><div>Nice work as usual from you Airbrusher.</div><div>
</div><div>You have my sympathies re the Arthritis! Snap! The Scottish weather here doesn't help either! Lol!</div><div>
</div><div>Stu</div>

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not sure on the thickness on this styrene it's about 1/32 thick and 1/4 wide

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Ah Scotland there's one place i want to go to one day
Thanks Stu, ya my hands aren't what they use to be use to built model cars when i was a kid some of those parts were pretty small and they were 1/24 scale most of the tank mosels are 1/35 i don't think i can handle those parts i'll stick with fooling around with these 1/16 .....lol

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started paint

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milliput i think is the best way to do zimmerit. it just looks more realistic to me. attached is the milliput zimm i did on my Tiger I.

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Nice Tiger Manchu9inf can't wait to see it with some paint on it

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Who makes the steel wheels you used on your Tiger I?

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Great looking Zimmerit Airbrushler!!!!! I used a gear on a wire handle I made to do this with Milliput.....

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Very nice Airbrusher. Love it. Great job.
Greg

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A #16 exacto blade works well too but the popsicle stick costs a whole lot lesshttp://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f...wink_smile.gif. Nice work airbrushler.


Mike EOT

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I thought you cleaned off the stove. Zimmerit looks good anyway.

Herman

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this is my late (June '44) Tiger with zimm. it came out pretty decent, i think. The late wheels i bought from ETO, i don't know if they have them in stock anymore, i bought them in like '08. maybe Wecohe might have them, but not sure.

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Nice Tiger manchu9inf zimmerit looks great ya i like the late wheels just makes it a bit different i have a WSN tiger still stock no zim with the early wheels not sure what i will do with it yet just fooled around with the paint so far

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thanks, i agree, i like the late style road wheels myself too. I still have a set that I will use on my next late Tiger I project. I am thinking of a late Tiger with 3rd SS markings in Poland in '44/45.
I am deploying again soon, so no new tank projects for a while. And when i get back, i might PCS again, so I am not sure when the next tank will get started.
Also on the zimm, i roll out the milli put like a pie crust to get it thin, then i apply it to the side of the tank and use a flathead screwdriver to indent the milliput. i do usually lay out like a 3 inch long section and do a little bit at a time. I think it looks more realistic than appling the milliput straight to the tank and then scribing it.

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here is the link to my late Tiger:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_89...tm.htm#8939693