JThurstan - Thanks a lot man! I was really feeling iffy about the zimmerit. But since I got some really good comments from you and The Doog and a few others I’m guessing that it turned out alright.
OT - (Question - are you related to Thurston Howell III ? I loved Jim Backus)
OK - here’s my final weathering effort on Guardian’s Duck. Not too exciting, but I think it looks a little more “lived in” than previously.
This duck is cooked and I’m on to finishing my KingTiger and Wiesel (Modern AFV Group Build).
Everyone - thank you very much for studying the photos and providing excellent commentary. FineScale Forum - Armor Division Rocks. And it’s because of you guys.
I can remember when that variant was strictly a scratch build - now DML makes a kit.
PE zimmerit? What a blast! The whole premade zimmerit thing is a trip, to me, in fact. Whats that stuff cost and where do you guys get all this neat AM stuff?
Yup, indie tracks continue to be my achilles heel (can a person have more than 1 achilles heel? if so, then I have several).
Your observation is dead-on Eric. I assembled the tracks in my usual awkward way, and as I neared completion of the overall model build they tended to keep breaking at different spots. The results are barely even mediocre. I would move to using good quality workable tracks, but I find the cost somewhat prohibitive. But I did get an indie refresher course from The Doog which resulted in me getting far better results on the KT.
Luckily, the Wiesel I’m building has good ol (and very tiny) rubber band tracks. Thank you for your kind and generous critique.
In addition to Eric’s comments about where to get PE zimm…you can usually find some on eBay as well.
The DML IV A-0 kit is really nice - it includes an aluminum barrel and a small sheet of PE. I’ve got that one in the stash (along with an Italeri IV L/70) and plan to build it next year.
Very, very nice Larry. I think it came out sweet as hell. If i could make a suggestion of something to add. What about some mud splashes up the backside (Oooh Err) Apparantly this can be done by mixing up your best mud coloured ‘gloop’ and flicking it on the back end with a stiff brush (Read somewhere) Practise on a bit of scrap card 1st.
I’ve been thinking about how to spice up my weathering a bit, and I like your idea. I’ll need to look up the recipe for mud and dirt and start practicing the flick technique. Last year, on my 2nd build ever, I tried applying some dirt and stuff to my Italeri Hetzer. I used a little bit too much of a heavy hand for the application, plus the dirt particles were not to scale. I think this sort of scared me off from trying it again. Thanks for the suggestion. If I have success I will post the pictures.
