After much debate, I decided to just spray it dusty and call it complete. It was a lot of fun and a great learning experience. My first shot at camo, zimmerit and dry brushing (tracks only). Built OOB except for the screens.
Any and all comments extremely welcome.
And the reason why rifling would really add to this:
That looks great! Makes me want to break into mine that’s been sitting on the shelf. Is it Tamiya or Italeri? What did you use to pattern the Zimm? That is one of the nicest models I’ve seen. Just excellent.
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Thanks Shifter and Welcome to FSM.
It’s Tamiya’s kit, pretty nice one at that. interior and indies included. I used Tamiya’s zim tool .05 for the pattern. I intentionally broke it up because apparently these were build on old recovered chassis, so I wanted it to be worn and in the original paint compared to the new superstructure.
Way nicer than mine, plus you did your own zimmerit. She looks well worn. This is really your first camo? Drybrushing? I never would have thunk it. Great job.
Thanks Tigerman. I’ve only done a few builds since getting back into this stuff and when I get to this stage, I usually lost interest or start something else, so this was the first time I tried drybrushing. It was surprisingly easy, I just slid a cut down brush across the track face. I figured if I messed it up, I’d just respray some dust.
The camo has plenty of problems, alot of overspray and some speckles in the coat of Future from the copper paint I used on the tracks. That’s why I ultimately sprayed it with the flat earth, to mute the difficulties I had.
As far as the zim, I tried it on a piece of plexiglas first, then went ahead on the kit. I figured by going with a wornout one, I could mess it up and it wouldn’t be that bad. There’s plenty of spots I’ll do different next time. Plus putting it only on the lower hull like on a Sturm, I didn’t have to fuss with it a round the mantle and vision ports.
This was a build where I was going to try out a lot of junk I wanted to do.
All the junk you tryed came out beautiful Ausf. I’m very impressed. Thanks for giving us a look. Semper Fi, mike
Great sturmtiger!!! You sure cant tell that it was your first camo. Ir eally love the dust as do the tracks. Very nice build! thanks for sharing.
Great model. Looks quite real!
Awesome!
Just awesome.
Truly excellent. The zimmerit looks especially good. I hate to mention this, but there is one tiny problem. Since, you got all experimental with the posed suspension, you’ll really need to make a matching base. And here you thought that it was actually finished!
ausf… that’s great! gotta love those sturmtigers! really like the zim and camo and weathering!
Thanks guys!
Yeah, I have to come up with an equally dusty base that has something this is rolling over…
ausf, great job. The tracks look VERY convincing.
Just out of curiosity, what exactly is tamiya’s zimm tool? does it melt the plastic, or is it just a sculpting tool, and if so, which putty did you use?
So, what museum did you take those pix at??
That looks amazingly realistic!
And whoa, whoa, whoa…that’s your FIRST attempt at zimmerit???
Well, I don’t see how anyone could do any better!
Excellent work, Ausf.
Absolutely fantastic!!! I’d love to see some overall views, if you have them.
Looks awesome, I like the roadwheels in motion.
Zok, Tamiya’s zimm tool is a PE set of different sized trowels. Very handy little set up. I used ApoxieSculpt as the putty.
Brian, If you look at the zim, there’s plenty of uneven spots, making it damaged was a real easy way out for a first attempt.
Pmm736, The wide shots were too blurry, I’ll reshoot the whole thing when I put it on a base.
Ridleusmc, I like the way they came out too, I think I’ll be adding that to future builds.
Thanks guys, I appreciate the kind words.
Ausf, I think the uneven spots are precisely what makes it look so realistic! That and the damage you recreated.
As you know, real zimmerit wasn’t exactly “pretty!”
Great work.