I got me a hot knife… pyrograver for you folks accross the pond… I tried it out making zimmerit on sat and was impressed at how well it worked. It takes some practive and a big set of brass to start melting a perfectly good kit. I’ll get pics up asap. I got the thing at Wal-mart for 20bucks Its a wood burning kit but it comes with an exacto mount…
IT IS EXTREMELY TIME CONSUMING!!! but works very well…
peace
Been thinking of trying that.
Thanks for the heads up, I was wondering where to get one, that was about #157 on my list of things to do. Now I know, cool.
I’d be afraid to put a hole through the plastic. LOL Looking forward to your work.
What kind of kit did you brave??
Ahhhhh, Itt’s nice to meet someone who shares my insanity!!![:D][^] The first tank I built after not modeling for 20 yrs or so was a 1/35 Tiger 1, it had to have zimmeret (on to our insanity[bow] ) so I mounted a needle in a bamboo chop stick and heated it on the stove burner. Oh, keep the chop stick moist. Did two tanks that way. [banghead] I’ll either buy the zimmeret or use epoxey/putty/goo stuff thanks. [:D]
G.L.
Sounds like you were trying to get the tanks to confess…
Bill, I am still and will continue to practice before I butcher a good kit. Like I said before you have to be very slow and deliberate with the strokes to keep them more or less uniform. I am gonna experiment with a pointed tip rather than a blade next. I think that will be easier…(you have to keep the blade at an angle to get the wide groves rather than cuts)… I think a round point will make more sense… we’ll see…
LOL GOOD ONE AUSF
Here is my first go around… It turned out ok but I still need to practice a lot… It will be some time before I attack anything but an old kit with it…
I don’t think I was at quite enough of an angle. I did try out the pointed tip and it worked well, but the tip is shorter and gets too hot. I am still working with my dimmer plug I built for the dremel to regulate the heat… seems to work but I ran out of time to play with it…
More patience, and guts, than I!! More power to you!
You can also find the same kit at micheals craft store plus you can also buy other tips for it there. Ive only used mine for wood burning so far. The one thing I would complain about is hot and uncomfortable to hold over extended periods of use, I ended up wearing a light leather glove because I was making XMAS presents with it and had to finish.
As Bill said More guts more power to ya, cause me I would demolish it and get mad[:(!] then cry.boo hoooo
The pics look pretty darn good for your first efforts. With a bit of practice I don’t think you’ll have any problems at all. Let us know how it all works out.
Robert
Hang in there Kenneth !!! The results will be most pleasing.
Here’s a pic of my Tamiya Panther G done in much the same way.
Ohhh horror… the sky is falling… Robert built a Panther…
Truly… A superb job with the zimmerit. I will continue to practice because I believe in it. I have no plans for a zim’d tank in the near future so I have some time to practice. Thanks for the inspiration Shermanfreak.
Robert,
i guess you were not worried if disaster struck?
[:D][:p]
nice work!
i did not realize there was more than one sausage wagon in your collection!