Martin's King Tiger

[Martin Hofmann]

Hello Phil,
you are right, the edges doesn't look like this, but this is the start of the first part of Zimm. Have a look to the next photos - it's not finished now, but better than the last pictures?

[Martin Hofmann]

Here is the result of the hull with zimmerit.

[Phil Woollard]

Pretty good Martin, have you tried actually breaking or knocking areas away when it's nice and hard? It tends to leave a very nice pattern where the tool marks were.
It's looking good, I am doing the very same thing right now Regards Phil.

[Martin Hofmann]

Hello Phil,
i brake the Zimmerit away if it was fresh and soft.
Fine that you like it.
In the next photos i start with the mounting of the idler wheels and the swing arms.

[Martin Hofmann]

The swing arms are first mounted, now i start the adjustment of the correct angle at 35° and also the alignment of the steel track from the roadwheels to the idler wheel.
Slowly it looks like a king tiger again.

[Martin Hofmann]

now the swing arms are glued and fixed in after adjustment and now i start with the etch primer for the hull.
The road wheels are ready for mountingon the swing arms. But first painting the hull!!

[Martin Hofmann]

after the etch primer comes the primer and than the first colour: dunkelgelb.

[Martin Hofmann]

now comes the first road wheels and the final drive for mounting.

[Martin Hofmann]

After the first row is mounted and weathered for the first time, i start with the painting in winter white.

[Paul Wills]

Lovely work Martin, your weathering and Zim look spot on. are you using Milliput for the Zim?

Paul.

[Martin Hofmann]

Hi Paul,
yes i use Milliput white/red for the Zimmerit and the weldings.
Here comes the road wheels after weathering again after the white painting and then the outer wheels are ready for mount.

[Martin Hofmann]

After some time the outer wheels are also painted in brown and black and than in white with weathering.

[Martin Hofmann]

Long time ago with the last update, because i make more work at the Jagdpanther. But here are the next photos from the turret, before starting the electric parts.

[Martin Hofmann]

Here comes the next photos from the exhaust, the smokers which are thermic isolated from the ground plate and the hull with the first electric components.

[Martin Hofmann]

After the pipes for the smokers i mount the fake motor with his tanks and water pipes. Also the final drive is already mount - so i can position the e-motors.