Is this from one of our members?

hotrodrock · Post by **hotrodrock** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:48 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-18-1-16-Ultimate- ... dZViewItem

Where can I find photos of the zimmerit that is on that tank, at least I assume that its zimmerit. I have looked and looked and can't find that pattern.

[CAT]CplSlade · Post by **[CAT]CplSlade** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:02 am

From the way he describes it, he sounds like the guy who has been doing all the customs that aren't quite as accurate as he makes them out to be.

And I can't find an example of that zim pattern either.

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:43 am

That is the notorious Luft expert. That is one crazy whacked zimmerit pattern. Tiles ? They did not put tiles on those tanks.

He aslo puts squiggly lines on almost all of his stuff. AND HE SELLS THEM.

He had a winter Shermy last week that did not sell.
HE HAD A PRICE OF $450 FOR IT.

CENT-ONE · Post by **CENT-ONE** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:06 am

pickelhaube wrote: That is one crazy whacked zimmerit pattern. Tiles ? They did not put tiles on those tanks.

but,but,but..... I thought you said to use tile mastic for the zimmerit detail!!! Obviously if you're using the mastic then you've got to lay some tile on top of it...

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:15 am

CENT-ONE wrote:
pickelhaube wrote: That is one crazy whacked zimmerit pattern. Tiles ? They did not put tiles on those tanks.
but,but,but..... I thought you said to use tile mastic for the zimmerit detail!!! Obviously if you're using the mastic then you've got to lay some tile on top of it...

YIKES !!!!!!!

Light.Inf.Scout · Post by **Light.Inf.Scout** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:20 am

I swear I saw a tile pattern before, but for the life of me I can't remember where.

immeww2 · Post by **immeww2** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:40 am

I thought that looked kinda strange for a zimmerit pattern. This guy builds nice customs however, even though some of them may not be historically accurate.

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:03 pm

immeww2 wrote:I thought that looked kinda strange for a zimmerit pattern. This guy builds nice customs however, even though some of them may not be historically accurate.

CENT-ONE · Post by **CENT-ONE** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:10 pm

Light.Inf.Scout wrote:I swear I saw a tile pattern before, but for the life of me I can't remember where.

it felt familiar to me too but I'm pretty sure it just reminds me of the way Explosive Reactive Armor looks on this T72

Killerf6 · Post by **Killerf6** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:22 pm

Not much of a tank commander. He parked his tank next to lit street lights. Not very wise in a war zone.

thehun · Post by **thehun** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:25 pm

Yep, She's a Doozie

Folkwulfe · Post by **Folkwulfe** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:48 pm

I have never seen nor heard of reactive armor fitted to German WW2 tanks before. The normal zimmeret pattern seen most often is a paste applied to the armor and given a rough texture to stop magnetic anti-tank bombs from sticking to the hull or turrent......or do I have that wrong???

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:00 pm

Pattern is authentic. The zimmerit job on that model is just horrible. Sloppy and overdone.

exether_mega · Post by **exether_mega** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:24 pm

Very expensive for two street lights !

phil

olifant · Post by **olifant** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:09 pm

Is it just me or does that Panzer commander have some big, Mickey Mouse-like hands?

exether_mega · Post by **exether_mega** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:18 pm

olifant wrote:Is it just me or does that Panzer commander have some big, Mickey Mouse-like hands?

- Dear panzer commander, why your hands are so big ?

- It'z vor better spanking ze yankees und tommies my child !

phil

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:40 pm

exether_mega wrote:
olifant wrote:Is it just me or does that Panzer commander have some big, Mickey Mouse-like hands?
- Dear panzer commander, why your hands are so big ?

- It'z vor better spanking ze yankees und tommies my child !

phil

Spanking the monkey ?

Ahhhhhhh... What did you say ?

Sorry guys I will stop.

SolidSnakeEyes · Post by **SolidSnakeEyes** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:06 pm

Zimmerit did come in a pattern like that -- and came in several variations in fact -- but, it wasn't really that, "tile-ish."

http://www.panzerworld.net/zimmerit

If you scroll down, you'll see a black and white thumbnail of Zimmerit patterns.

Rogue 01 · Post by **Rogue 01** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:30 pm

It looks like my bath room

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:13 pm

There's so many things wrong with this tank that's supposed to be made by an "expert" in WWII, it's not even funny.

Well, kinda funny. The way he did zimmerit was...inventive, but I have no idea why he would go through the trouble of cutting little square blocks and paste them one by one when there's easier methods to do zimmerit...and the result would look better.

Markings are all fictitional. The "monkey" he was referring to was the gnome emblem of the 8th Tiger Company called, the Springender Teufel. Only Tigers of that company carried this emblem.

The two bars-symbol is again, a tactical marking of the unit during the battle of Kursk. No Panther was ever given this symbol. And besides, it was placed on that tank upside-down.

And the tactical number S22 Is another fictitious number. S stands for schwere. As in Heavy. Only Tigers were marked with the S tactical numbers.

And I don't even want to know WHY this person would hang Teller mines on the side and rear of the turret of this Panther.

The reason why zimmerit was placed on German armor was because they don't want magnetic anti-tank mines be slapped on the sides of their tanks.

Hanging HUGE anti-tank mines on the vulnerable side armor kind of defeats the purpose of the zimmerit. I don't know. Maybe the tank commander was just retarded.

flyboy_fx · Post by **flyboy_fx** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:14 pm

GooglyDoogly wrote:
And I don't even want to know WHY this person would hang Teller mines on the side and rear of the turret of this Panther.

The reason why zimmerit was placed on German armor was because they don't want magnetic anti-tank mines be slapped on the sides of their tanks.

Hanging HUGE anti-tank mines on the vulnerable side armor kind of defeats the purpose of the zimmerit. I don't know. Maybe the tank commander was just retarded.

HE IS SOOOO GOOD HE'S MAKING IT A LITTLE MORE FAIR WITH THE MINE OR MICROSOFT WILL BAN HIS
ACCOUNT

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:34 am

I would like to know where he got the arch patterned cobblestone street section the tank is sitting on though, properly weathered it would be great for dioramas.

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:58 am

GooglyDoogly wrote:Pattern is authentic. The zimmerit job on that model is just horrible. Sloppy and overdone.

Agreed, He had the right idea, but didn't know how to apply it. The square tile look wasn't individual tiles, but the paste applied to the surface then divided into squares with a pattern tool.

Talk about tools......

hotrodrock · Post by **hotrodrock** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:30 am

I agree. After looking at it awhile, I think I know what he was trying to do, he just over did the cuts and made them to deep.

hworth18 · Post by **hworth18** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:07 am

hotrodrock wrote:I agree. After looking at it awhile, I think I know what he was trying to do, he just over did the cuts and made them to deep.

It looks to me like he cut individual tiles and applied them?