Can any one give Me some help with 1/72 zimmerit specs? Line spacing,thickness,ect.Thanks,Jeff T.

Jeff;

Hi!

Real zimmerit was applied in coats that apparently ranged from under 1/2 US inch thick up to perhaps an inch, with most being probably in the 3/4 range... For a 1/72 zimm coat, you are talking realistically of a coat perhaps 0.01 thick (ten thou). So about as thick as two pieces of typical PE brass or just like a sheet of 0.01 styrene sheet.

Width and spacing of grooves of course depends on the original version you are tackling - there were different patterns and spacings - But what you need to have on hand is a guiding reference picture... It will suggest the appropriate size of grooves for your task.

I have done a 1/72 zimm (on an old Jagdtiger kit back in the 70's, using spackle) - actually turned out pretty easy to put on a coat using thinned spackle, and I used an Exacto blade to score the stuff working off of a picture that I had which was about scaled to the kit... Point is, having the pic (much easier with the computer!) and at about the same size as the build allows one to visually reconcile the work to the image.

Cheers!

Bob

Hey Bob,right back at ya Thanks for the info,that makes things a lot easier to figure out.I still don't know which method I'm going to use.but the sheet plastic seems to be about the most trouble free approach.Jeff T.