Not sure Eric, I picked the special edition with the pontoons early this year and wanted one of the regular ones as well. I've got a pile of FineMolds Japanese armour as well that I really should do first.

Nice score Cliff. Are you planning on building that Ka-Mi anytime soon?

tigerman

I picked up the Tiger I zimmerit for the Dragon kit from Cavalier. It's nice looking and it was about the same price you have there Cliff for the KT. I also bought it from Spruebrothers.

Thanks guys!!!

I went ahead and ordered the set from Sprue Brothers. Thought I'd give the stuff a try and they have the Dragon IJA Ka-Mi on sale for over 50% off plus our club has it's show this summer and figured I'd grab something on sale to contribute to the raffle.

I picked up the Tiger I zimmerit for the Dragon kit from Cavalier. It's nice looking and it was about the same price you have there Cliff for the KT. I also bought it from Spruebrothers.

Yeap, gotta be.

No doubt it is the same kit with the zim added .

Shellback

$30 .............thats approaching 75 % of the cost of a new kit . I'm going to find the kit with Zim on and look at the reviews Eric . 

This is the DML w / Henschel turret .Looks really nice

Hmmmmm, my kits almost the same thing but with the Porsche turret and no zimmerit.

Gamera , thats a nice option also . Price isnt bad either . I could go that direction also . Looks like the kit in the pic is for the SturmTiger .

Hmmmm, I did look at this Cavalier set, much as I like do-it-yourself zimmerit this probably would be neater...

Thanks Eric.

$30 .............thats approaching 75 % of the cost of a new kit . I'm going to find the kit with Zim on and look at the reviews Eric . 

This is the DML w / Henschel turret .Looks really nice

I've used Cavalier twice so far and they are pretty sweet. Atak might be a bit better from some of the detail I've seen, but alas, they will push $30 and up in most cases, even ebay.

Thanks Eric . Ithink i have some screens already ......................someplace . I was looking at wBills Brummbar /forums/t/147104.aspx?PageIndex=2  build and he using Atak zim pannels on it that look mighty nice ............... i dont know which way i'll go on the zim or kit yet . This is the fun part though ........the research and planning .

Shellback

Gamera the kit i have with the Porsch turret Tamiya K.T. Its also sans zim . I picked up some Apoxie sculpt and the Tamiya zim tool , was thinking of trying my hand at doing the zim at one time . Not sure if i still want to . Some of the after market zim pannels look pretty good . 

Dragon makes the pre-molded zimmerit kit. Don't forget you'll need engine screens for the Tamiya kit as well.

Kit #6302 http://www.amazon.com/6302-Tiger-Porsche-Turret-Zimmerit/dp/B000ZV9AFU. (This is an example, not the place to buy it)

Gamera the kit i have with the Porsch turret is the Tamiya K.T. Its also sans zim . I picked up some Apoxie sculpt and the Tamiya zim tool , was thinking of trying my hand at doing the zim at one time . Not sure if i still want to . Some of the after market zim pannels look pretty good . 

tigerman

Cliff, the King Tiger would be the more appropriate choice in IMO. Think BIG cat.

I think it will look a little like this:

• Tiger I Early, Mid, Late
• King Tiger Porsche or Henschel
• Sturmtiger
• Jagdtiger
• Panther D, A, G Early/Late, F, II, Ersatz
• Jagdpanther
• Bergepanther, Bergetiger
• Leopard (modern)

Others?

Right, you said big cat not fast cat...

Funny my Royal Tiger is the Porsche version too, the older Dragon kit sans zimmerit. Figured I'd just do it myself with Squadron putty and a razor saw. I guess I could buy the pre-done stuff but I think making my own zimmert is kinda fun.

Who makes that kit ?

Shellback

Hmmmm ....................a couple of those are in there also  But i'm thinking maybe a King Tiger with Porsch turret .............in fact i may even break down and buy something new !

Then you might want to opt for the Porsche KT with pre-molded zimmerit.

Hmmmm .................... i'm thinking maybe a King Tiger with Porsch turret .............in fact i may even break down and buy something new !

Cliff, the King Tiger would be the more appropriate choice in IMO. Think BIG cat.

I think it will look a little like this:

• Tiger I Early, Mid, Late
• King Tiger Porsche or Henschel
• Sturmtiger
• Jagdtiger
• Panther D, A, G Early/Late, F, II, Ersatz
• Jagdpanther
• Bergepanther, Bergetiger
• Leopard (modern)

Others?

I'd be soooooooo tempted to throw in a M-18 Hellcat as the only non-German entry but I don't have one in the stash.

If you decide to go though with the Big Kitty GB Eric I do have a Royal Tiger that I've been itching to start on.....

Don't forget Panthers.

Gotcha ...............time to go thrash thru the stash. Several Tiges in there .

Cool, that will be the startup time.

Eric ..........yes . Thats a great time of year to start on a new model project for .

Carl, are you in for a September launch?

BIG CAT BUILD !!!!!! ............Just sayin ........

Thanks for the kind words Tony. I saw the Camo in the directions as well as a book. I was looking for something different. I tried to spray it, but gave up and brushed it on.

Anthony, nothing has been set up yet, so I'll wait until say August, to start putting details together.

tigerman

Thanks for the kind words. 

Yes it was a little spaced out since my Jagdtiger, but wifey set me up with a long honey-do list.

I'm thinking around September for another GB to kick off. Summer seems to be too busy for everyone. By the time September kicks around, people are slowing down, the weather is cooling off, and the kiddies are back in school.

Andy (Deafpanzer) keeps bringing up a Big Cats GB theme, so we'll probably see in August if there is enough interest in one, or perhaps something else. Stay tuned.

I would like to get in that "Big Cats Build" I have yet to do an early Tiger I,Ben's recent build helped me realize I need one of them !!

Nice Semovente Tigerman!

I like the green striped camo, haven't seen that before.

The Semovente is one of my favorite subjects, since it was a relatively successful construction (one of the few the Italians managed to put together) - with it's low profil and and effective gun. The size/gun caliber ratio between the Jagdtiger and the Semovente is quite interesting too.

/Tony aka Bultenibo