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G'day All.

Lacopo - thank you.

Phil & John - Thanks. Zimmerit not perfect but I have seen so many pictures of zimmerit now that there is no perfect one way, therefore it must be right Hinging the deck makes it easier to work on and means one less part lying around being possibly damaged or parts falling off being lost.

Nick - The painting of one's tank really brings it to life as was the case with your P4. My no zimmerit policy was for the P4 as it was all new to me. Then with the straight planes on the tiger I thought it would be easier to do, which it was. I still wont zimmerit the P4 as my ultimate goal is to have that as the brueckenlerger. Don't be afraid to zimmerit your P4, it's not really that scary, trust me

Cheers from warm sunny Oz.

Ray

Ray Brown wrote:Hinging the deck makes it easier to work on and means one less part lying around being possibly damaged or parts falling off being lost.

Good thinking! In addition: When the turret rotation motor is mounted, it sticks down quite a bit, making it still more difficult to find a suitable place to put the deck! It would rest on the motor's electrical terminals or stand on the side leaning against something. Unless you want to put it flat with details down... All ranging from a bad idea to still worse. Your solution works around all that - brilliant!

Cheers, from a slightly less warm and sunny Sweden,
/Chris

Hi ray my my is sam i live in chatswood sydney i would love to come ovet to view your tiger as i have planes of biulding one my self
drop me a line back when a time suits

Hi Ray I would like to thank you for allowing to come through on the weekend to view your tiger (she is looking great can not wait to see it finished).
You made me feel at ease and made me feel very welcome, there was no stone left unturned you showed me everything in your garage.In that one hour we were there i pick up so much knowledge from you, priceless.
thanks again

G'day Sam. Pleasure was all mine. A great hour or so. Any help I can give you're welcome. Just like the help this forum has given me, I will give others. Look forward to catching up again.

Cheers
Ray

G'day All. Just some update pictures from an amatuer modeller. Building from the box. Building, running, enjoying its purpose.

Cheers

Ray

G'Day Ray,
Nice work,your Tiger is coming on great,its nice to see the befor
and after pictures,keep em coming.
The Zimmerit looks great.
Cheers
Phil

Hi Ray

The build is looking great so far.
Keep up the good work and cheers for taking the time to post for us.

Just a question on your zimmerit. What compound are you using?
I tried a multi-purpose joint compound which looks similar to what you 'may' have used but I found it dried with a rough texture. Yours looks great in the photos, I'd like to try it out and compare to milliput.

Cheers
Jason

If your carers are doing the zimmerit they are doing a fine job.

G'day All. Thanks.

I used a tile adhesive powder & made it into a thick paste so it didn't run & used Mike Stannards zimmeritt tools.

Cheers

Ray

Looking good Raymond. How long the Zimm take?

G'day Bob. It didn't take long. About 1 hour on 1 side. 1/2 hr front. Being a paste it was applied with ice-cream stick and raked with zimm tool quite easily. There are some minor imperfections but overall the results good.

Ray

Even the real ones would have minor imperfections. Great job.

i would say "especially" the real ones. I believe they toshed that stuff on in the armoured workshops without much thought of how it looks

This tile adhesive sounds interesting.
Did it dry rock hard or can you still mark it if you
were to press into it with your finger nail?