Zimmerit info

djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Zimmerit info

Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, December 5, 2003 5:56 AM

With so many involved in the Panther and Tiger Group Builds, I thought some may require info on Zimmerit. Nothing new, just stuff easily availanle on the net, but all the same quite informative...

http://www.panzerworld.net/Zimmerit.htm

http://www.activevr.com/afv/zimmerit.html

Domi

Reply

djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, December 5, 2003 6:02 AM

And here's an article describing how to make your own on large scale models. Really simple and so much cheaper than PE..!

http://firestorm1.topcities.com/how/zimmerit.htm

Reply

djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, December 5, 2003 6:05 AM

Another link to a page (in French, I'm sorry!) with pics of a couple different, maybe exotic' patterns!

http://www.smhq.org/articles/zim.html

Reply

Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Friday, December 5, 2003 6:08 PM

Thanks for the links, DJ. I could use the info on probably my Panther.

Reply

tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Friday, December 5, 2003 6:31 PM

Thanks much Domi for the links. I learned that zim was never intended for turrets. Can't understand the philosophy on that one! Would be wild to see that 251/D with zim. One question.......when it says Panther in generic terms, I asssume that ANY Panther will do. Finally, I had no idea Panther G's had so many different zims.

Eric

Reply

djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Saturday, December 6, 2003 10:50 AM

Eric, I assume so too... I have to admit that some of those patterns, I have never seen myself..! I'd like to see a pic of that SdKfz 251 with Zimm, though!
For the turrets, I can only think that whoever dreamed that thought that turrets were too high to reach... In a way, placing myself at the place of someone who had to stick mines onto tanks, the turret would have been the hardest place to reach alive!

Reply

lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Saturday, December 6, 2003 11:23 AM

Thanks DJ. That one page with the instructions for applying it to models makes it seem so simple that I may have to try it now. Doubt it will come out looking as good as that one in 3 easy steps though.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

Reply

djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Saturday, December 6, 2003 12:41 PM

The main thing to remember with Milliput (and other epoxy putties) is to work small sections of a tank at a time...! Don't try to cover the whole tank in one go.. by the time you reach halfway in the process of applying your zimmerit pattern, the Milliput will be too hard to give you any decent result! Good luck.

Reply

mark956

Member since
February 2003
From: USA

Posted by mark956 on Saturday, December 6, 2003 4:25 PM

I purchased already made Zimmerit for my Tamiya Panther A by Cavalier. I have not built the model yet, but the Zimmerit is very detailed.
mark956

Reply

tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Saturday, December 6, 2003 6:05 PM

Domi, I agree with you on placing a mine on a turret, especially a moving one, and a moving tank no less. Black Eye [B)]

Mark, I heard Cavalier makes some mean zim, any chance you could send a photo of what you have? Maybe, I could weasel out of puttying. Big Smile [:D]

Eric

Reply

mark956

Member since
February 2003
From: USA

Posted by mark956 on Saturday, December 6, 2003 7:04 PM

Tigerman, I would love to do that for you, but I do not have a digital camera. You can go to www.greatmodels.com They do have some pictures of the Cavalier Zimmerit. The set of Cavalier I got is for a Dragon/Italeri models. The Tamiya kit little bigger than the set, so I will have to add some putty to make Zimmerit to cover the exposed plastic. I really like the detail.
mark956

Reply

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 7, 2003 8:43 PM

Thanks for the great info everyone

Timbo

Reply
Edit

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 7, 2003 10:37 PM

Here's a picture of a 251 with zim. http://www.panzerdiesel.com/data/e/27sdkfz251d.html I knew I had seen it somewhere. (seems they don't allow direct linking)

Reply
Edit

mark956

Member since
February 2003
From: USA

Posted by mark956 on Sunday, December 7, 2003 11:08 PM

Very nice. Thanks for sharing the link with us Smith M.
mark956

Reply

tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Sunday, December 7, 2003 11:31 PM

Yah, thanks for the link Smith.

That's okay Mark, I will checkout Greatmodels.

Eric

Reply

djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Monday, December 8, 2003 1:32 AM

Wow! Thanks SmithM. Great website too! Thanks for sharing!

Reply

THE MAGAZINE

CONTACT US

RECENT ARTICLES

POPULAR TOPICS

RECENT REVIEWS

POPULAR TOPICS

RECENT REVIEWS

POPULAR TOPICS

RECENT VIDEOS

POPULAR TOPICS

RECENT THREADS

CATEGORIES

NEW PRODUCTS

OUR STORE

CURRENT ISSUE

SEARCH FINESCALE.COM