Zimmerit question(s)

[rickstef]

and rimshots heard all over the place

[willygoat]

Impressive Don! That was a quick turn around on that one :D

[Jim Nunn]

Originally Posted by CharlieC

The GPM Jagdpanther also has a textured sheet but my copy of the Brummbar doesn't. I haven't seen the GPM Tiger I, I don't know whether that has textured parts or not.

Regards,

Charlie

The copy of the GPM Brummbar I have did have the Zimmerit sheets. I was told that the GPM Wittmann Tiger did not have the textured sheets.

I agree with Charlie the 1/35 scale modelers seem to over do it. The “emboosed” paper looks great when finished. Don, Charlie Sorry about that I just couldn’t pass that up.

Jim Nunn

[CharlieC]

I wasn't aware that the British tested Zimmerit on Churchills but decided not to apply it to operational vehicles - that might make an interesting model. Unfortunately there's only the old Flymodel Churchill in 1/25.

There's an image of a zimmerited Churchill at http://www.ww2f.com/information-requ...tic-mines.html (scroll down a bit).

Regards,

Charlie

[modelperry]

Reading all these responses to my question is both informative and entertaining. Learning about the art of "emboosing" gave me a good (needed) laugh.:D

Thanks,

Greg

[John Griffin]

If you want to make your own to print out, the easiest way to add the texture would be in Photoshop- with an overlay layer using an 'emboss' or 'bevel' blending effect to give the illusion of depth via lit edges and cast shadows.

[CharlieC]

It pays to do some research on matching the zimmerit pattern to the vehicle - I've noticed the plastic people often have an encyclopedic knowledge of zimmerit and pick up if the wrong pattern is used. Different factories used quite different patterns of zimmerit application. There's a summary of the patterns and the vehicles the patterns applied to is here: Zimmerit.

Regards,

Charlie