| Col Piron | 30 Sep 2019 3:00 p.m. PST |
BF's new plastic Panther Asuf A
From link |
| Lion in the Stars | 30 Sep 2019 5:30 p.m. PST |
I have seen a Zimmermit pattern like that before… |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 30 Sep 2019 6:16 p.m. PST |
Correct. The PzKpfw V Panthers' zimmerit were in a geometric square grid pattern whereas the PzKpfw VI Tigers' were in columned parallel horizontal lines.
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| Thresher01 | 30 Sep 2019 8:26 p.m. PST |
Definitely zim. They didn't have ERA back then. Good to see it included on the Panthers, since without it, they just look wrong to me. |
| wehrmacht | 01 Oct 2019 9:01 a.m. PST |
I think the OP was questioning the "look" of BF's representation of Zimmerit rather than suggesting that it might actually be explosive reactive armour… |
| Col Piron | 01 Oct 2019 11:51 a.m. PST |
Yep when compared to how it looked on the resin hulls/turrets , it seems way out of scale ? |
| Lion in the Stars | 01 Oct 2019 2:23 p.m. PST |
It probably is out of scale, as there is a limit in how small you can make details in injection-molded plastic. You can make smaller details with RTV molds for resin or metal. |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 01 Oct 2019 4:17 p.m. PST |
There are more than 20 squares across the front glacis of the Panther in the b&w picture, but only about 10 or so on the 15mm miniature. So yeah, they're about twice as large as they should be. |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 02 Oct 2019 9:25 a.m. PST |
Even so, it doesn't look too bad painted so not a deal breaker for me. In fact, I just ordered 10 (2 platoon boxes of 5 each).
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| Col Piron | 02 Oct 2019 9:56 a.m. PST |
So I wonder what BF did to that one , as someone posted these on their FB group ?
As you can see the zimmerit sticks out a lot more . Someone has said , "Maybe some Mr. Surfacer 500 in the grooves could mute it a bit" |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 02 Oct 2019 11:01 a.m. PST |
The ones above look wet like they've been sprayed with gloss or semi-gloss coat, which only accentuates the details. They're also too clean despite the foliage added. The one in the BF pic has a much duller sheen. I don't think it 's a pre-production model that's any different. It comes down to how you weather and coat it. Nothing dull coat and a bit more weathering can't fix, really. |
looks at an anti-aircraft platoon set.
