Moni's King Tiger, Porsche Turret, Tamiya, 1/35

[monica]

well this is my one for Patrick,GB,
looking so forward to this ones,as it,s my most like build,s German/Russian Armour,
will be doing it in winter camo as well,like the cold as it gets hot hear,
just waiting on the zimmerit,so that will slow it down some what,

well I hope you like my pick,

[col68]

Looking forward to seeing this one Monica

[Guest]

Looking forward to seeing more of this one Moni

[monica]

Looking forward to seeing this one Monica

Looking forward to seeing more of this one Moni

ta,Colin,Patrick,I,m looking forward to it as well,
just went to the local,hardware ,but they were closed,most sundays there open till,1pm,
was going to get some wood filler for my zimmerit,

[monica]

well some work done on this today,the lower hull,wheels,fitted,
cannot real do a lot more until the zimmerit is done,
as it i,put on bits and bobs,I,will just brake them,or even worse loose some think,
so this is were she is standing at the moment,
hope you like todays progress on her,

[Guest]

Interesting!! And....in winter camo Defently I will be watching Moni

[monica]

ta Polux,very happy your liking this one so far,

[Guest]

So, am I right in thinking that the Zimmerit is not just moulded onto the surface? You have to make it with a mould and filler?

[papa 695]

Great start Monica

[col68]

So, am I right in thinking that the Zimmerit is not just moulded onto the surface? You have to make it with a mould and filler?

Some kits come with it moulded. Tamiya for some reason dont .
But there again they do sell separate zimmeritt sheets

[Guest]

Some kits come with it moulded. Tamiya for some reason dont .
But there again they do sell separate zimmeritt sheets

sheesh, sounds like a palaver!

[Guest]

So, am I right in thinking that the Zimmerit is not just moulded onto the surface? You have to make it with a mould and filler?

Moulding Zimmerit onto the surface of a model is a difficult process. Italeri tried it, but it looked too regular & therefore unrealistic.
Dragon have pretty much cornered the market in developing the technology to do it well. Their slide moulding process allows for very detailed, crisp detail.

[Guest]

Hey hey hey, where there's a KT, there will be a Stands as well! Most beautiful tanks, second only to the KTs with production turrets. ^_^

I wonder what your technique is for winter washes... You know mine was the MIG light gray dust pigment + water + white paint!

[Guest]

Hmmm having just thought about a Tiger B Porsche turret with a winter whitewash... The only one I can think of was Annalise.

Anneliese belonged to the 503. sPzAbt. and was one of the two Tiger II "Porsche" which survived to the summer 1944 France campaign. It was moved, with the rest of the unit, to Hungary in September 1944. The "famous" pictures of Anneliese show it during maintenance around Chistmas-New year 1944-45 in Hungary as a heavily withewashed vehicle.

In fact, most people now believe that Annalise was painted white at the factory & was quite literally completely white, as opposed to a field application that would have chipped and/or faded.

Worth thinking about for historical accuracy

[monica]

So, am I right in thinking that the Zimmerit is not just moulded onto the surface? You have to make it with a mould and filler?

Hi,John I see,that that question about the zimmerit,has been looked after,there is also a Dragon kit or 2 that has the zimm,molded in,to the surface,

Hey hey hey, where there's a KT, there will be a Stands as well! Most beautiful tanks, second only to the KTs with production turrets. ^_^
...so true I do real like the kings,the shape of them and how the tracks sit,just look great,

I wonder what your technique is for winter washes... You know mine was the MIG light gray dust pigment + water + white paint!

ta Ryan,if you have seen what Patrick said,I,m going for I think a full,white ,thats been sprayed on,

Great start Monica

ta Ian glad that your liking this one,