Hi Guys,

I've been thinking about this for the past few days and I need some suggestions/ideas. Do you think I should retain all the schuerzens or remove some? If I retain all the schuerzens the lower hull details would not be seen on the other hand if I remove some of them, my effort to scratch build them would seem to be for nothing (for some at least).

BTW, the only thing I did so far for the past few days were the tracks and some minor parts...

w/o skirts



with skirts


Thanks for the help

Cheers

Why choose? I assume they should be easily removable, so why not finish them (and the model) so it can be displayed with and without all or some of them. This would be an especially good option if you take multiple photos of your models. You can take some with various configurations and then pick your favorites if you want to post them.
This is what I have done with a 1/72 stug IV from Dragon. Just make sure you prime the contact points well so the paint strongly adheres.

Edited to add: BTW, nice zimmerit. Looks like you used two different materials. Out of curiosity, what are they?

Hello Arvin,

I agree with Steve that perhaps you should get it all done. There is a nice sag in the track, it would be a waste if you don't show it. What about displaying it with couple of Schurzen on the floor leaning against the vehicle while the crew having a closer look at the running gears. Alternatively, try reloading ammunition although I am not sure if they need to take the schurzen off during reloading.

Nice zimmerit. I only made zimmerit once and it was on a brummbar as well years ago. I remember the kit comes with 2 crews, one of them has a big ar**. At the end I messed up during painting because I used the wrong kind of thnner.

Is this going to be your MOM entry this month?

Personally I like the look without but unless it causes some kind of fatal flaw you might as well finish it all

jpzr: Oh...the yellow one is Elmer's wood putty and the gray is Tamiya Basic Putty. Thanks for the input guys.

The lower hull zimm was manually applied while the rest was done using the AFV Zimmerit roller tool ( Ilike it).

I guess you are right guys, since its removable, I might as well finish them all.

Thank you very much...

CHeers

Ah, my suspicions about the yellow stuff are confirmed. I thought it looked like the Elmer's stuff I picked up a couple of weeks ago. Haven't used it on a model, but played around with it and thought it might work well. Looks to be the case.

Hi Jpzr,

I'm an avid fan of the Elmer's wood puty. In fact most of my zimms are made from it. It's a bit tricky to use, but its very good for replicating zimms with damages. If you have any questions on how its used I'm willing to help the best I can...just PM me...

CHeers

Personally, I would like to have some of the skirts on and some of the skirts off. Maybe two or three skirts should be on each side.

Warthog also taught me how to use Elmers wood putty. it's quite nice to work with and I use that for zimmerit.

Angela