Well Here she is folks! I'm calling this one finished! Enjoy the pics, and all comments welcome!

Paul I did the homemade zimm on this kitty

it was a bit of a pain in the a$$ so I figured I would buy the kit for this 1 which I just ordered cause I dropped the tube of glue in the box and this kitty put itself together


lots of thing are just dry fit but on hold until the zimm arrives

Nice zimmerit job there Sal, I always prefer homemade over AM
zimmerit, it gives the kit a personnel note

Well here's some more of the Hessian Hell










I might add another round of white tassels, but I am not sure at the moment
Wait until tomorrow, then everything might look different.







Paul

very tedious Paul,but worth the effort.

Thanks Anthony , and yes it is a tedious job . There
are about 210 strips on there now and yes I did think
maybe once or twice that I am crazy doing this



Paul

i have begun scratch building the breech guard, made the escape hatch open partially. all of it has been made out of plasticard, PE scraps and paperclips. i plan to use the kit's external MG for in the turret. I'm not sure if i should build a casing collector under the breech guard.

Lonewolf a very nice to your Leopard , The figures are
a great addition and look cool too . Wish I had them for my Leo now


Tommy a very nice start there, and a cool choice of materials you show us


Here's the last round of Hessian Hell:












After a quick count there is now ca. 320 strips of "hessian" on there now, and as far as I'm concerned that enough!!!

More on the "dirty side" tomorrow.











Paul

Nice job Paul !!
Great look on that Leo !!

The Leo's on this Campaign are terrific.

Thanks John, much appreciated


Hi there,
I gave the Leopard a wash with some diluted Tamiya XF 19 and some of my "dirty wash" mix to get the starkness
off of the white strips and to help blend the rest in too.

I then added some homemade dirt to the netting and sprayed this with a dirt coloured mix, the exhaust
stains are also sprayed on with a mix of Revell 08 black and 09 anthracite. The only scratches are on the jerrycan,
the muzzle of the 105mm and the skeet rail of the AAMG.

Here's the final pics :silent: I hope you liked my build. I will now sit in silence to digest the comments and criticism that may come along .





































Thanks for watching.




Paul

Hey Paul! What No crew? Great job on it anyway!! LOL
Thanks John!!

Just decided to check in and see how everyone's builds are going.
Must say I am blown away by the quality of workmanship happening in this campaign. When I finally get on top of my other builds I may do Wittmann's 007 Tiger for something to do.

Keep up the awesome builds!

As you can see this one is coming to the conclusion,Just a few more details and the paratroopers need to be added,Built totally OOB.Painted with mostly Tamiya,weathered with AK and Mig Products.

I wonder if the cam nets would melt in real life if they were draped over the exhaust?

Hello Graeme, the actual exhaust pipes are inside the vehicle, it's only the vents that are situated on the side of the hull.
These do warm up but not hot enough to melt the camnet, and the exhaust itself also pushes the net away from the vent as well.


Paul

Paul great Finnish there that cam net looks real cool

Anthony your KT is looking real good as well

My AM Zimm for my KT has arrived and I have started to apply it. I will explain it a bit more with some photos soon

Ok so I'm not a big Am person i usually only build OOB and only use AM if it comes with a kit that i bought 2nd hand. So for my KT i saw that Tamiya made this AM Zimm kit to go with my kit

Its a plastics sheet and Tamiya calls a sticker You cut it out and peel it off the backing and then stick it on to the appropriate area

it is also very thin and I would think that I will have to go real light on the paint process in order for it to show up

As you can see it covers all areas but i should have waited to apply it to the rear hull before adding the other parts

My overall opinion of this AM Zimm was that it was easy to work with and its easier to get it into the smaller areas that homemade zimm wouldn't get to. But I do question how it will look painted. I would not buy this item again but it would be good for a beginner who dont want to take that step of homemade zimm or go for the extra $$$ for a Cavalier Zimmerit

My build is completed with upper hull dry fit so its off to the paint shop

Thanks Sal for your review of the Tamiya Zim. I have often thought about giving it a try and maybe I will one day but for now it's on the back burner.
Tom

nice job on the zimm Sal

Been a while since I posted any progress. Base coat:



I decided to attempt a winter whitewash. I don't have an airbrush and I didn't want to do a hard edge camo or just solid dark yellow. I used AK chipping fluid, which works pretty well even though I had some trouble brushing it on instead of airbrushing. The stuff beads up and really, really doesn't want to coat evenly. Naturally something I used because I don't have an airbrush turned out to be a pain to use because I don't have an airbrush. I really need to buy one at some point.

Also, finally worked up the nerve to get the tracks on. I'm still not a fan of the rubber band type track, but it looks ok. I painted them off the tank- base coat black, some rusty washes and drybrushed with steel. Hopefully the superglue holds. They'll get some touchup paint and some more weathering too.

Progress so far on My RT
Not sure if I should add the third color or stick with these two

Would Love to hear opinions

@Paul: Nice Leopard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well after waiting for a LONG TIME my grill PE´s, I received yesterday and resume working.... ;-)

Sal that is a very nice zimmerit application Looking forward to seeing some paint.

Anthony your camo is turning out real cool there


Miniflea that is a good job there considering you haven't used
an airbrush Just one notre mind, you have missed the side of the turret stowage bin

J Poitras nice to see two tone camo on a KT for a change . As for adding a third colour, well it depends on which unit your KT belongs to really

Jose thankyou my friend , nice to hear from you again after such a long time.
Nice progress on your Sturmtiger there








Paul

Paul:
oh bother, which units used only 2 tone--damn now you've gone beyond my level of research