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Porcshe bovington King tiger history please

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:38 pm
by huntpe1
Hi, Was This tank ever used in the 300 colours and can you help with it history as I am looking in to a possable model of it. Tanks a lot Pete

Re: Porcshe bovington King tiger history please

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:25 pm
by mustclime


It was a prototype that was used for training....the metal in the turret is not armor hardness...

Re: Porcshe bovington King tiger history please

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:18 am
by streetfighterjeff
but at least it has no zim on. lol
jeff

Re: Porcshe bovington King tiger history please

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:32 am
by tisaksen
mustclime wrote:

It was a prototype that was used for training....the metal in the turret is not armor hardness...
Nice doc, thanks!

Re: Porcshe bovington King tiger history please

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:55 pm
by mustclime
streetfighterjeff wrote:but at least it has no zim on. lol
jeff
Don't fear the zimmerit!

Re: Porcshe bovington King tiger history please

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:01 pm
by streetfighterjeff
it's horrid and it scares me :D
jeff

Re: Porcshe bovington King tiger history please

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:01 pm
by huntpe1
Thanks for the input. Pete

Re: Porcshe bovington King tiger history please

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:24 pm
by caddyshack
it's horrid and it scares me :D
You don't have to fit zimmerit if you don't want it on your model. Some purests will say its a must. But its your model,in your modeling world any thing goes.
The main thing is to enjoy the hobbie.Don't get hung up on i must have it as all the pic's i have seen have this fitted. Its yours, and yours had this fitted its a simply as that.

Re: Porcshe bovington King tiger history please

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:00 pm
by huntpe1
You would have thorght that as they all most all had zimmerit HL would have moulded it in ! Some times you have to wonder don't you.

Re: Porcshe bovington King tiger history please

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:10 pm
by mustclime
Yup....no idea why they did not do it from the mold....I wanted to do the zimerit anyway. In some ways its easier than getting the correct rolled armor look with all the pitting and cracking. With the zimmerit, I just used green putty and a hacksaw blade. If I did not like my work, you just wipe it off and start over. For the roller armor look, I use a dremmel with a grinding stone set on slow....then I use some liquid glue and a brush....If you over do it, you have to sand the whole mess down and start over.