tiger tank zimmerit?

Hi, this should give you a good idea:
http://www.track-link.net/articles/15
This gives you a history and how do model zimmerit on pretty much every German tank. Good luck.

WOW! Great ! Thanks for the URL!

tamiya makes special tools to aid in the creation of the different textures there were. You can buy them at any online hobby shop

If your lazy like me, you can buy nice Cavalier or Atak resin or PE zimmerit. It does cost an arm though.

I started zimming Dragon's Panther A with Tamiya polyester putty and it is tricky. The more you do it, the better you get, but I have been frustrated with it. The nice thing is once it dries, you can beat it up and make it looked used. The resin and PE zimmerit you can't (stay away from Verlinden's Damaged Panther Zimmerit, however. Really nice but the pattern does not match any Panther I have ever seen.)

QUOTE: Originally posted by JWest21 I started zimming Dragon's Panther A with Tamiya polyester putty and it is tricky. The more you do it, the better you get, but I have been frustrated with it. The nice thing is once it dries, you can beat it up and make it looked used. The resin and PE zimmerit you can't (stay away from Verlinden's Damaged Panther Zimmerit, however. Really nice but the pattern does not match any Panther I have ever seen.)

Glad to hear you haven't forgotten about the diamond zim just yet Jwest!

That's a great link to a nice article, little bit of history and background as well as overview of the different methods/materials out there. Strangely enough, it never mentions PE zim, only Cavalier and resin replacements.

I just received my Cavalier zimmerit set (I ordered it for my Tiger I late production, following the suggestions of the kind people of that forum). It seems really good and realistic, and quite easy to apply. In the set are included: some zimm sheets of the same shape of the plain armour plates actually covered by the coating ,and also some pieces (like the gun shield) with the zimm design moulded on to replace some particular pieces of the original kit.

Regards,
Luciano

Stuka: I really recomend the Tamiya silicone putty for zimmerit and the tools from the same brand it really does what they say, I used those for my tiger and the look is so real It will take you time to get the way but you can do it, try on an older kit that you don't want and you will see the result...I'll probably put some zimmerit on my jagdtiger that i'm working right now and i'll post the pictures for you...

Keep on modeling

Gabriel Salazar

Here's a few "before and after on PE zimmerit", I find that the PE is acceptable, but, it takes some solid technique on the finish to make it realistic

This is Verlinden meant for the Tamiya kit:

Notice I had to putty and zim tool the gaps thta the set didn't cover, this included re-drilling the rear clevis holes:

And, the finished King....



Good luck on your tiger......Steve