Hey guys,
Just wanted to let ya in on the commissioned build I'm doing for Helo Miniatures for their Hetzer panzer crew box art. It's shown here in a hard-edged camo scheme masked with silly putty. I was going to do that "ambush" scheme you see everywhere but we (the H.M. guy and I) decided against it for exactly that reason--it seems like its everywhere, so we wanted something different.
In the pics here I just got it together with the tracks and skirts, and laid a quick, preliminary light wash of raw umber on it, with a light drybrushing of tan/dust. Now the real fun begins of puttng down "layers" of weathering...In the overhead shot yuu can see into the hull where I drilled a hole to allow a threaded nut to go up into it and secure it to a car display case for shipping.
I found the Tamiya Hetzer a delightful build; a couple annoying sink marks, but pretty good kit. I really think it could have greatly benefitted with a rudimentary amount of PE, like DML's. What you see is 100% strictly OOB. The fit if the rear fenders was a little vague; be careful in lining them up correctly with their marks--i.e., read the directions first! ![Whistling [:-^]](/emoticons/icon_smile_whistling.gif)
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Well it ain't my DML Hetzer's rival yet , but its getting there! Lots of little details aren't painted at all yet--even the muffler is unpainted as of yet. The hatches are off as of yet; the rear one is off so that the figure can be inserted. Go ahead, let me have it!?...![Big Smile [:D]](/emoticons/icon_smile_big.gif)
