Jagdpanther

H K
Oh, a Jagdpanther 🙂 Will you do the modifications of Abt. 654 ?

Fabian D.
Nice trick George. Looks great, have to remember that. The Dragon kit wich had this Zimmerit seems to be pretty hard to find for a reasonable price...

George Bacon
H K, what are the modifications of Abt. 654? 😄

H K
The unit mostly relocated the tools to the back of the tank. See here [img1]

George Bacon
Fabian D, yes the new Dragon kit #6494 has the small tile zimmerit (according to the pictures in the reviews). Alas, I 'm stuck with this older kit... 🙁 But, applying my own zimmerit is fun! 🙂 (Too bad the scribing is so tedious...)

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job!

George Bacon
Application of the zimmerit is done. Now to start building! 🙂

George Bacon
H K, thanks so much for the info! 👍

Brian Geiger
Is that the Atak zim? It takes time but looks great. I was planning on building that kit with the Cavalier large squares. I haven't seen any reference photos with large squares though.

Kim Branders
A big 👍 for the patience. Looking really good that zimmerit. Grtz

George Bacon
Thanks Brian an Kim! 🙂. Brian, the zimmerit is "scratch-built" from paper-thin styrene sheet which I scribe. The scribing is slow and tedious, but no worse (and maybe quicker) than cleaning-up individual track links.

Brian Geiger
You are insane George. Sorry I didn't read through you posts about the zimmerit earlier. I was in a hurry. I'm tempted to lecture you about spending time on such activities but I can't argue with the results. Does the styrene melt into the kit better than resin? It seems to really hug the vehicle, as it should. The damaged sections look fantastic. Now if you can only patent a "scribe-o-matic" you may be onto something.

George Bacon
Brian, not only does the styrene melt into the model nicely, it "roughs-up" and gets nice texturing. Added bonus! 🙂

Vorya hidaryan
Great idea about zimmerit 👍

Paulo Castro
What a clever approach to make this zimmerit pattern. What is the plastic sheet thickness you've used?

George Bacon
Thanks Paulo and vorya! 🙂. Paulo, I don't know the thickness for sure, (0.13 mm?) but it is the thinnest I could find, as thin or thinner than a plain piece of printer paper.

George Bacon
To do an early Jagdpanther in action, I think I almost have to go with Abt. 654. Thanks H K for the help!!! 👍

H K
You are welcome. s.pz.jg.abt. 559 also got some early Jagdpanthers; they didn`t modify theirs, so less work 🙂

william wise
thats a pretty ingenious solution for tiled zimmerit, its coming along really well

Kim Branders
Good camo pattern. Looking forword to the rest. 👍

Fabian D.
Looking forward to the wash.... You surprised us with the Zimmerit on on th Elefant, now you've build up expectations 😉

Bart Goesaert
very nice camo...

George Bacon
Thanks Mates! 🙂. I'm hoping a burnt umber wash will bring out the zimmerit and other details. Keeping fingers crossed...

Murad ÖZER
Waffles anyone? 😄 Looking über so far George! 👍

George Bacon
😄 Thanks Murad!

Mike Kryza
Top work so far... - I like the zimmerit and the making of... 👍

Bill Spargo
Love it, what a fantastic build, congratulations George

George Bacon
Thanks Mike. Thanks Bill. It ain't finished yet... 🙂

George Bacon
Got the decals on, but the Jagdpanther is on hold until I can get some good tracks. Fruils are on-order 🙂

Christian Bruer
Excellent work on the self made Zimmerit and painting and weathering as well! I can imagine it took a while to scribe and apply the styrene sheet. How thick is the flat styrene you have used?

George Bacon
Thanks Christian! 🙂 I'm pretty sure the plastic sheet is 0.13 mm (I'm not certain because I got rid of the packaging a long time ago). It was the thinnest I could find (Evergreen Styrene) and about as thick as a regular piece of printer paper. Scribbing was tedeous, but I didn't think it was any worse than cleaning-up individual track links... 🤔 You can also manipulate it to show "battle damage" and wear 🙂

George Bacon
Ok, back on the bench after waiting for some new Fruilmodel tracks. Now to finish this puppy!

Rui S
Great work, looking forward to the next photos...

M.Julian Marles
cool...likin' that zimm! 😉

George Bacon
Thanks Rui and M.Julian! 🙂

Gábor Bélik
I'm in 🙂

Rui S
It makes me understand why aftermarket is so important. Realy Nice work that scratch 👍

George Bacon
Thanks Rui 🙂

Mike K
You're a genius Mr. Bacon. May I ask what you used to scribe the zimmerit?

Gábor Bélik
That is a really awesome job! 🙂

George Bacon
Thanks Mike and Gabor! 🙂.
Mike, I used a scribing tool, which is just a point of steel in a handle. I don't think they cost much, and you can probably pick one up at the hobby shop or craft store. It's a tool I use a lot to create, fix, or deepen panel lines, so it's an important part in my tool box. 🙂

Mike K
Thanks for the info. Beautiful Jagdpanther.

H K
A masterpiece 👍

George Bacon
Thanks H K! 🙂