discussion zimmerit ??

[john i am]

Hi guys I will be building a tiger tank soon 1/35 I was wondering if my attempt at zimmerit using air clay was convincing or not thanks for your opinions on this cheers John

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[Guest]

Looks OK there pattern wise, the colour is a little distracting I suppose.

When I did a German tank (panther) I attached the medium to the hull then applied the detailing, I found it easy this way.

There's several patterns for different tanks and versions if you want to be historically accurate, these can be found on the t'interweb.

 

[mossiepilot]

As Colin says the pattern is OK, but in all the images I've seen of real zimmerit it looks like its been applied with some sort of notched trowel, zimmerit - Google Search, not sure about this, but yours looks a little heavy. But you're a better man than me, I ain't even tried yet.

Tony.

 

[Guest]

Have you thought of using photo etch zimmerit panels?