Hataka Hobby have sent us details of their latest military vehicles paint set. The six acrylic colours are designed for late-war Wehrmacht AFVs.

HTK-AS36 "1945 WW2 German AFV | panel lighting set"

This is the next set in a series of Hataka Hobby products designed for achieving realistic effects of wear and tear on AFV models via different painting and weathering techniques.

Last months of WW2 brought a variety of German panzer camouflages - a result of paints shortages (and their decreasing quality), "recycling" of parts from damaged vehicles and use of pieces straight from the assembly line. The most commonly used colours included: Dunkelgelb aus 1944 (RAL7028), Resedagrün (RAL6011) and Rotbraun (RAL8012).

In order to achieve a realistic panel lighting effect on 1945 German vehicles start with airbrushing an overall base coat of HTK-A178 1945 Dunkelgelb Base and then apply HTK-A179 1945 Dunkelgelb Flash for fading (lighting) effect. Using the same technique apply camouflage patterns of greens: HTK-A180 1945 Resedagrün Base / HTK-A181 1945 Resedagrün Flash and browns: HTK-A182 1945 Rotbraun Base / HTK-A183 1945 Rotbraun Flash.

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