did I spell it right?hmmmm..........oh well.....My Question is how do most of you make zimmeritte?Mainlycan you make zimmeritte out of houehold materials like clay,or plaster?

OLa Dasve

In the beginning I used mainly the tamyia putty in a tube But in my opinion the stuff dries tpoo fast so my zimmerit looked like S### What I`m now using is the Walllspackle that you can buy for "a fart and three Marbles" in the DIY shop. The wallspackle takes a while to dry and till that time you can work with it. Really great and cheap stuff to make zimmerit

Faust
A fart and three marbles???? *LMAO* Can I use that one.... Please?? #:-)

Hi,

Here at Armorama you have an article Zimmerit: History and How-to by Paul A Owen, that describe the types used and several techniques to aply it.


HTH

If you don't want to do it yourself, several companies offer PE or plastic alternatives that may save you time and headaches, the down side is they are a bit more expensive. I know Eduard and Cavalier both have offerings which are supposed to be pretty decent.

I am a strong supporter of Cavalier zimmerit, it is much better than PE zimmerit. You should get Cavalier zimmerit before anything else, seroiusly.

Andrew

I agree with Oberst, the pe Zimmerit is ok but the Cavalier stuff is much better, especially if you want to include battle damage. It also has a more "tactile" feel to it.The PE Zimmerit is not as good in that area. Also i find the generic sheets are better than the sheets that are desigend for a particular vehicle. With the generic sheets you can get two or more tanks out of one pack. So it is better value for money than the packs that are designed for one vehicle only!

Later
Hawkeye

I have also used plaster, or wall spackle for zimmerit. It works very well if you have a bit of patience. Also I have found that it sticks a lot better if you rough up the surface of the plastic a little with some fine sand paper. I also have used auotmotive spot or glazing putty although it does tend to dry a little fast at times.

Thats a good tip with the spackel. I never thought on that before. What do you use for the zimmerit design! Screwdriver or would tamiys own etched tool work with that?
Fancy writing another article Faust? This sounds interesting!

Would the spackle tend to stick to a PE texturing tool (Tamiya zimm tool)? And is it water soluble?
I've used Tamiya putty thinned with alchohol with better results than other puttys, but it does dry extremely fast. I've heard Zimm-it-rite is very good but have not tried it yet.

What? No one ever did the hot knife thing? I love it. If I have time I’ll post some pics of the Brummbar with the hot knife zimmerit. Cheers…

I tried the tamiya putty tech. and it absolutly sucked! I mean it turned out horrible. But I learned from it.

That was my first and hopefully last time doing that gig.

~Chip

I had success with using artificial wood filler, very similiar to spackle, maybe just a bit finer in texture.