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The King is zimmed!! - Long Live the King!

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The King is zimmed!! - Long Live the King!
Posted by crockett on Sunday, September 12, 2004 7:03 PM
I searched high and low for a PE set for the DML King Tiger, but had no luck. So I "made " the Verlinden set for the Tamiya kit work. A little Tamiya putty and a zim tool did the trick. I had to re drill the rear clevis holes and the gunners sight port , but it all came out OK, I'm assembling track this week.




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Posted by yw18mc on Sunday, September 12, 2004 7:10 PM
It's great to be the King! You're doing a very nice job with the King Steve. Keep us posted your work is excellent. semper fi, mike
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 12, 2004 7:12 PM
looks great
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Posted by wbill76 on Sunday, September 12, 2004 7:20 PM
Excellent conversion job, the King would be pleased. Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by DanCooper on Sunday, September 12, 2004 7:26 PM
Hey that's not fair, you're building a King that looks way better than mine !
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=27095

Great job !!!

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Posted by Moses on Sunday, September 12, 2004 8:05 PM
Looks good. I have not done the DML King Tigers and may have to give one a shot in the future. Look forward to more pics.

Cheers

Mo
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 12, 2004 11:17 PM
Great work!!!! I had the same problem you did, I just chose to do a Late Henschel Tiger without zimm....
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Posted by fightnjoe on Sunday, September 12, 2004 11:59 PM
that looks great.


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Posted by tigerman on Monday, September 13, 2004 12:03 AM
Coming along nicely. Look forward to the camo scheme.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 13, 2004 2:25 PM
Nice job, can't wait to see the camo as well.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 13, 2004 5:03 PM
Well done
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Posted by gringe88 on Monday, September 13, 2004 8:04 PM
love it man!! keep postin it...
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Posted by kielers on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 3:47 AM
looks good. but I have two questions. I'm getting ready to do an Eastern Front King Tiger. From what I've read, they (King Tigers) most often didn't have zimmerit applied because of time constraints and speed in getting them into battle. What've you heard and read? Second question: Have you tried applying zimmerit with putty and a tool, if so how was it?

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Posted by crockett on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:02 AM
Steven,

Eastern front Tiger ll's deployed (Thuringen) in the summer and fall of 1944 should all have factory applied zimmerit (Henschel turm). Obviously, there may have been a few exceptions (tanks manufactured after mid September 44, when zim was discontinued). If you are interested in accuracy, I would definitely add zimmerit to the model. As to your second question, You can see some putty work and hand applied zim in my post, to adapt the PE set to the DML Tiger. I used Tamiya putty for this work, but, as a rule I usually use PE for most of my work. However, I am currently working on a Panther G to which I am applying Milliput extra thin putty and using the Tamiya zimmerit tools. Using techniques that I have learned through the FSM forum, this is coming out great, although it is time consuming. The technique is rolling the Milliput out into a sheet, using talcum, then applying it to the area on the model, trimming off excess, then apply the zim tool to create the pattern.

Steve
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Posted by kielers on Thursday, September 16, 2004 1:44 AM
Thanks for the info. I also like the PE zimmerit - easier to apply and looks good when done right. But would like to try putty zimmerit and your method sounds good. Good luck

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