Elefant

Vorya hidaryan
Great start! I'm watching this.

Gábor Bélik
Me too. 🙂

Vorya hidaryan
Wow amazing paint job 👍 👍 👍 I'm Surprised with poor quality of the cannon but as always you fix the problem😉

Holger Kranich
Wow, cool looking model! The breakdown it totally different to my Tamiya one. Was the Zim good to handle?

George Bacon
Thanks vorya 🙂.

George Bacon
Holger, the zim worked okay, but a little filing was needed on some parts to make them fit well. I also heated the parts to take the temper out of the metal and make it more pliable (I think paint sticks better too, but you have to be careful not to melt the metal 🙁 ). I was mostly worried about how the zimmerit would look, because the photo-etch is so "perfect" in smoothness (I don't think real zimmerit was so uniform), but it's looking ok. Also, I think having super-thin cyanoacrylate glue makes things easier.

Kim Branders
I'n in.

Holger Kranich
Thanks for the info, George! I used the self sticking Tamiya Zim for my Elefant. It is way not so "uniform" like the pe´s but its not really crisp. It looks more "washed out"...

I like your result, its absolute convincing!🙂

Murad ÖZER
look how well the wash brought the details out! 👍

George Bacon
Holger, how did the self-stick zimmerit work? Any trouble with it sticking?

Holger Kranich
It sticks very good. It was just fiddely to make all the holes for the bolts when you only have a scalpell. I recommend a "punsh and die" set, if you have one. You have to work very accurate or it happens like it happened to me. The Zim peels off on some edges, i have to reglue it. I hope my info helps you, George!😢

Cheers!

Mike Kryza
👍 - I'm in...

H K
Looks great 👍

Christian Bruer
Very nice finish George. The paint work looks excellent.

Mike Kryza
Very well done - indeed. 👍

Fabian D.
Really nice George 👍
The Zimmerit looks fantastic, better than I thought PE could ever look.

George Bacon
Thanks Mates 🙂 Now I have to decide what to do next...

H K
After looking trough your stash, the Italeri Crusader gets my vote 🙂

George Bacon
H K, great minds think alike. I was thinking about the Mark III, but just can't quite get excited enough... 🙁

Aghis Barberopoulos
Very nice looking Elefant - for a freshly painted vehicle - but with gunnery practice evident in the muzzle...

George Bacon
Thanks Aghis. 🙂

Christian Meyerhoff
Very nice Elefant!

Martyn Fox
What a beast,like the camouflage.🙂

George Bacon
Thanks Christian and Martyn! 🙂

Ulf Petersen
Absolutely beautiful!👍 I wonder how you do such a smooth washing!

Brian Geiger
You're building at such a great pace George and your quality gets better & better. Superb looking Elefant

George Bacon
Thanks Brian! 🙂. I was really surprised how quickly this came together, even with all the photo-etch stuff.

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job!

George Bacon
Thanks Es-haq! 🙂

In the trenches
Very very nice, clear pictures too

Hunter Cummins
Hey george, will you ever try to do color modulation?? And wheres the metal effects on the tracks??😉

George Bacon
Thanks Michael! 🙂

George Bacon
Hunter, I have to perfect the basics before adding new stuff.😉. I think I might add "chipping" someday😠 After trying color modulation, I didn't think I got much "bang for my buck." It's definitely better on lighter colored models. My metal effects are always dulled by dust, but they're there! 🙂

Hunter Cummins
Well color modulation is supposed to be very light because filters, washes, dust, different effects with oild, and oil and gas effects as well as mud will really tone it down lol
but I think you have mastered the basics 🙂😉

Rui S
Very nice clean build, George 👍

George Bacon
Thanks Rui! 🙂