I'm with you rs87, I'm an anti-zimmerit type of guy. I picked up the Italeri one without zimmerit and it is a decent build. I won the Tamiya Tiger I Late in a contest and I'll never build it because it's supposed to have zimmerit. It was such a nice kit that I went out and found the DAK Tamiya Tiger so I can build it without zimmerit.
BTW, I bought a set of Italeri add-on equipment that included sheets of zimmerit that you cut to shape. I was going to try this on a Panther, but the zimmerit is thicker than the armor plating! The set was cheap, like about $5 and was set #424.