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1/72 scale Hetzer 'Chwat' finished photographs:

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  • Member since
    September 2007
  • From: Truro Nova Scotia, Canada
1/72 scale Hetzer 'Chwat' finished photographs:
Posted by SuppressionFire on Sunday, January 9, 2011 1:42 PM

Anyone who followed along in 'No AM GB' will agree it has been a long strange trip indeed. For the first time I scratch built a tank interior in 1/72 scale and tried oil paints as a wash on models. This was not for weathering but adjusting the base color to be more accurate. Final weathering will be done in gray weathering powder and of course a few more chips etc. once attached to the display base. (next project)

'Chwat' was a Hetzer captured by Polish fighters during the Warsaw Uprising. The vehicle was immobile and fixed by the new owners. The vehicle served well and was lost not to German anti tank measures but the collapse of the post office it fought by. One can only guess the post office was hit by a heavy mortar that shelled the city causing the collapse. 

The figure was modified from the Italeri kit to be sitting inside 'listening in' to the German radio traffic:

The jack block was added as per kit, Chwat does not show it or the remote MG 34 in reference pictures yet scratch built both as the tank is not even the correct version!

Eye level views are my second favorite only to outdoor eye view pictures:

Tanks for checking out Chwat! I will post WIP's of the base as I intend to model the barricade the Hetzer fought by as well a wall representing the post office

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y211/razordws/GB%20Badges/WMIIIGBsmall.jpg

 

 

  • Member since
    April 2005
  • From: Piscataway, NJ!
Posted by wing_nut on Sunday, January 9, 2011 4:09 PM

Nice.  The guy in the cut out looks great.

Marc  

  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Perth, Western Australia
Posted by madmike on Sunday, January 9, 2011 6:48 PM

Very interesting subject, thanks for sharing!

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei
  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Sunday, January 9, 2011 7:12 PM

That's great work, especially on something so small.

   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

 Eric 

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Texas
Posted by wbill76 on Monday, January 10, 2011 1:40 PM

Nice to see this one get finished! I remember when you first posted the cut-out pics and seeing the crew figure inside is a very nice touch indeed. Beer

  • Member since
    March 2010
  • From: Democratic Peoples Republic of Illinois
Posted by Hercmech on Monday, January 10, 2011 2:24 PM

Great detail for such a small scale..Thanks for sharing


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