Funny, there’s no kit reviews on the on-line store sites of Squadron or Great Models concerning this model. Very unusual for such a high-profile release…??? Could the zimm suck?
I wouldn’t go for it unless if the quality and accuracy of both the kit and the zim are assured.
From what I understand, review samples have only just been sent out by DML to their usual sources, so you should see “reviews” of them up in the next few days although the Thanksgiving Holiday may interfere somewhat depending.
The only online review that I’ve seen so far is from Mil-Mod but is essentially just an “in-box” evalaution vs. an indication of any accuracy or other issues. Still a start though if you’re looking to evaluate what’s included in the kit and what’s not.
http://www.militarymodelling.com/news/article/mps/uan/1353
I’m not a big fan of the DS tracks myself and it’s something that always puts me off in these new kits.
I’ve been waiting for this one, I’ve never tried the DS track, but I understand it is not too bad.
Sold! [8D]
Hummmm…not my world…must be a world in the Germaholic Universe [swg]
Rounds Complete!!
Ah Mike… I think that you would go for this because of that early MERDC Camo scheme. [B)] (ouch that hurt!)
only the “zaster” knows…
Got MINE today… the box is just a bulging out to me…
You have it? How does the zimm look? I read on armorama the the zimm is not correct. Can this be true?
I’ll admit it: I hate indy-tracks. The DS tracks for my Elefant saved me from the padded-room. They looked decent, alas, not as nice as the indies, but good enough. They glued down without much grief and held paint easily.
As long as they look good, and can be glued to sag, then they are a perfect alternative to alleviate the pain and time of assembling indy-tracks. MHO They also won’t fall apart when moving your model like another of mine did. [:(!]
Those DS tracks make me sick!
I HATE RUBBER BAND TRACKS!!! [yuck]
Looks like I’ll have to buy an extra set of indys!
Back to Manny’s original question: does the zimm suck?
LOL…I’m sure we will hear proof of how that is true!!![:O]
Rounds Complete!!
Here, check this:
IMO, the zimm on the turret is too “fine”…typically the pattern on the turret had larger and flatter ridges…in fact, most zimm tool-sets you can buy have different sized “saws” to replicate the different textures/patterns of zimm seen on a single vehicle…Tiger I’s probably had the most variation of zimm on a single vehicle of any german AFV…Looks like they stuck w/ one pattern across the whole thing…
Well my wife will never know the difference…
Hmmm…I’ve got way too many Tigers in the stash to plop down more duckets for this one, zimmed or not. Which reminds me that I still need to build the KT/Henschel w/zim that I bought last year!![:I]
This kit has the late war “field applied” zimmeret. They used a rake. [:-^] snork,snork, snork.
G.L.
OH NO!![:O] You had to mention “field applied” zim, didn’t you!!