I listend to your advice, and since no one has the new DML Tiger I Early around here I went to EBay and foud a Tamiya Tiger I Late for $10.00 ($18.00 with shipping ) [:D]
So besides individual link tracks (a BIG first for me) I was thinking of diving right in and doing Zimm as well. Like most first times… I am a little excited and very nerveous. Or is that very exicted and a little nerveous???
The Tamiya instructions are very clear as to where the Zimm goes, and I plan on practicing… and practicing… and practicing before I try on this model.
My dumb Zimm question (drum roll)
When do I Zimm… before major assembly? or aftter major assembly? From what I have heard, it seems most of you complete major assembly before anything, then sand, putty, sand, detail, putty, sand, detail, and paint. Or something like that. When in that order would I fit Zimm?
While I am asking dumb questions… is there any tool that is helpful?? I see that Tamiya makes a “Zimmerit Tool” but other directions I have seen suggest a thin screwdriver or simmilar metal implement.
Yolev,
Others will have better advice so don’t go by what I say. I haven’t done any putty zim yet. When I do get around to some zim work that I plan to do. I think I will zim the larger surfaces before assembly all except the edges. Then when I put it together I will go back and finish detail areas and the edge areas. Can’t help with tools. I will be doing 1/72 so I will probably make my own tools out of a straight edge razor. Hope this helps and you get some good replies to this.
Here is the Tamiya late Tiger with my hand applied zimmerit. You definitely will want to apply your zimmerit before assembly, and plan very carefully. Zim covers up holes that you need later to mount your tools etc. Here I used a product called Milli putty, a two part polyester putty that gives you plenty of working time. Once you have executed major assemblt, you will have to go back and apply putty to some areas and touch up others.
I used the Tamiya .05 and .07 tools on this project
LOL Steve
i have some intructions and diagrams plus a lil what not from some sites for getting certain effects on your builds, if you want i can post them, it would take me a day or two to post these all as there are a lot of techniqes ( most of them come from missing linx )
Yolev
Try using Cavalier Zimmerit. It comes in sevearl variants and for several different types of vehicles. There are several Tiger paterns in the line.
I did these with putty after compllete assembly using Tamiya’s .05 tool. It’s a Sturmtiger, so the zim is supposed to be old and worn. It was my first try and with a little play it was easy enough to do.
It is nice to know that that is out there. But at $17.00 plus shipping, I think I will try it by hand. (That is more then I paid for the model origainally.)
And $17.00 will buy a lot of polyester putty. So new quesitons. What should I use to practice on. I don’t have any old models laying around atm. Also if I screw it up… and decide to use the Cavalier Zimm… can I remove my mistakes??
I use a $3.00 tube of Squadron putty and a screw driver. You dont need to spend alot of cash for for after market Zimmerit and tools. Practice on a piece of scrap plastic.Its not as hard as pepole say,but it is a lot of work.
One other note with regard to applying your zimmerit! As this is your first time, just do small sections at a time, so that you do not feel rushed. You’ll be surprised at the progress you make, and it’s always easier to remove a small screwed up section then a large one. Ask me? LOL. Like Kernop suggested, practice on a piece of clean surface or an old model that has seen its better day. You’ll do OK. Semper Fi, mike
When I first got the putty I used it on a scrap piece of plexi. You ccould use it on anything really…CD case, plastic box, whatever. I used ApoxieSculpt, gives you a good hour to work with.
