discussion Next up for me is a little dio containing these

[Alan 45]

I enjoyed my last little dio so I decided to do another View attachment 87177

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A nice simple base with the tank going in the opposit direction the figures with them both sides of the tank View attachment 200200

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[Guest]

Will be watching this build with interest.

 

[Guest]

The Panzer IV is my favorite tank and the first one I build here as well

Sorry mate, I have to ask...

Over a bridge, on a snowed street, maybe on the green grass of a forest, hide in an old factory ....? Where?????

 

[Guest]

Will you be doing the zimmeritt Alan?

 

[Alan 45]

The Panzer IV is my favorite tank and the first one I build here as well Sorry mate, I have to ask...

Over a bridge, on a snowed street, maybe on the green grass of a forest, hide in an old factory ....? Where?????

I'm thinking a country road mate just a simple thing bit of grass , mud and the odd bush

 

[Alan 45]

Will you be doing the zimmeritt Alan?

Forgive my ignorance but who is zimmeritt ?

 

[Guest]

Forgive my ignorance but who is zimmeritt ?

The question is not WHO, is WHAT

Patrick will respond better than me that question Alan

 

[Alan 45]

The question is not WHO, is WHAT Patrick will respond better than me that question Alan

Oh is it a fish ?

 

[spanner570]

Alan I tried not to, I really did, but the temptation was too much!

Good luck with your own build.

Cheers,

Ron

PS. Zimmerit is Bob Dylan's real surname!!!!

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[monica]

nice picks Alan, will look forward to seeing this one,

 

[Alan 45]

Alan I tried not to, I really did, but the temptation was too much!Good luck with your own build.

Cheers,

Ron

PS. Zimmerit is Bob Dylan's real surname!!!!

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Thanks Ron mate glad to see you back mine won't look anywhere near as good as that in fact in comparison it will look pretty naff lol , I'm only using an A4 picture frame for space reasons

 

[spanner570]

Cheers Alan, we stay at home and keep our heads down during school hols...everywhere is far too busy!

Re. your base size, always remember......Small is sometimes beautiful.....At least that's what the wife sniggers!

Those Tamiya figures are very good......When he's finished, I would like your observations on the officer. See if you come up with the same thought as me!

 

[Alan 45]

Yeah no problem mate , at least these figures are better than the ones on my last dio shouldn't take me long on this one the tank is a little bit simpler than the tamiya version and the figures are nicely detailed so I can get a good deal of features to show

 

[Guest]

Ha-ha well if you & Ron have finished ...

Zimmeritt was a paste applied to German tanks to prevent magnetic mines being attached Alan. Wood shavings made up a fair amount of the formula, so in September 1944 they cancelled it due to fears of it catching fire.

Here's an example

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Not everyone bothers with it though!

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[Alan 45]

I always wondered what that was I've only seen it done on tigers and king tigers before thanks Patrick I wouldn't know how to do it so I'll just put some dead bushes on mine