BlackMax12 Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 (edited) Received the ATAK zimmerit yesterday so here's the thing with some fancy coating. Not too hard to install but the Porsche turret with all of it's exotic curves is a little harder to apply the resin and have it bend where it's supposed to. There's some CA glue on that as the epoxy doesn't dry fast enough. I put some styrene spacers on the side skirt mounting pads as they don't protrude far enough to hold the skirts with the resin zimmerit sheet applied. Then I had such a devil of a time trying to get the left side skirt to stick to the resin zimmerit I decided there will be no fender or side skirt on the right side. Don't know why but epoxy and even CA did't want to hold that skirt in place and I don't have clamps big enough. I removed the spacers from the right side mounting pads and I'll say that skirt assembly got lost. I'll also ding up the zimmerit a little more on that side. That's a patented sprue gun elevation bracket holding up the barrel until I finish the turret interior and can mount the gun permanently. Edited September 8, 2018 by BlackMax12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Atak Zimmerit is they way to go 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Thanks Soeren Yes, I tried doing zimmerit with putty on this model but 1/16 do it yourself isn't easy to do in this scale. ATAK is the best as I've used it on another 1/16 King Tiger and it worked great. It has a coat of black primer tonight and may get some white pre-shading tomorrow before the 3 color camo. Take care, Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hoffmanly Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Looks like a real KT now, great work! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris B Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 The hull machine gun cover was a resin part with zimmerit or you make it yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeren Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 That is what you get with the Atak sets. Same goes for the mantlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Chris The hull mg blister, the mantlet and the rear turret hatch and hinges are all supplied in resin with zimmerit molded in place. That's a relief as it would be tricky to apply putty and make zimmerit on those surfaces. Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 It's all yellow today. Maybe some green and brown later tonight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Here it is in a basic 3 color camo scheme. Needs some fading as there is too much contrast, some chipping of zimmerit especially where the side skirt and fender are missing and some serious dirty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Almost complete. Still needs tracks painted and some weathering. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Lookin' good Lloyd. Tidy job. Are you going for light or heavy weathering? Rearguards, Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 Thanks Badder This was an early King Tiger so it's going to be fairly dirty. It's got some zimmerit falling off already so I'll add to that theme. I was going to leave the fender and side skirt off of the right side but it doesn't look right to my eye without the side skirts so I just lost a section and will leave it like that. Hope you are doing well, haven't heard from you in quite a while. Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris B Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I do not know that you planning any wash. If yes be careful with zimmerit. In smaller scale if there is dark wash inside the Zimmerit it does not look good. I'll keep my eye on the Tiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 Thanks for the tip Chris but too late now, it's moved to the RFI page. It's not too dirty but the zimmerit looks decent. Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonigsStreegan Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 That looks awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted December 6, 2018 Author Share Posted December 6, 2018 Thanks Konig I like my 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with the Henschel turret better, don't really like the Porsche style turret but I had to have both just because. Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hoffmanly Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Looks good as per usual, do you have any room left for all of those 1/16 models? How was the assembly of the Porsche Turret? Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMax12 Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 (edited) Hi Mark Things are getting a bit cramped with nine of the 1/16 scale models and the Panther G coming yet too. The Panther must be almost as big as the King Tiger so it won't fit inside my display cabinet either. The Porsche (Krupp) style turret was ok to assemble but it is a little smaller inside than the Henschel. The rear hatch is smaller and the mantlet is different but the actual mounting brackets for the main gun are further apart so it makes the gun easier to mount. The shape of the turret with the bulge on the left under the cupola makes it harder to install the ATAK zimmerit but that's pretty minor. It has just as much detail as the Henschel but it has a "swoopy" sort of look rather than the typical German angular shape and I'm not really a fan of that look. The turret is the only real difference between the two tanks but the two turrets are not switchable between hulls. I tried just for fun and the hulls are just a little different where the turret mounts so they won't fit properly. I don't know if it was ever done in real life but with a cutting torch the Henschel turret could be made to fit the hull that had the Porsche turret but the Henschel hull wouldn't support the Porsche turret properly. Typical, instead of concentrating on one or two AFVs and building thousands they had to have about 100 different kinds of vehicles running around with the logistics nightmare that caused. Can you imagine the results of say 60,000 Panther tanks rather than the 4-5,000 that were built. Forget about the King Tigers and Jagdtigers and all of that useless stuff and build something practical, cheaper and better than most opponents. Take care, Lloyd Edited December 7, 2018 by BlackMax12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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