This is UM’s 72nd scale late Hetzer finished in a heavily worn Winter whitewash camo. I was inspired to attempt this finish after seeing Mike Rinaldi’s outstanding 48th scale Hetzer in a similar scheme, also by Phil Stutscinskas and his novel hairspray weathering technique. There’s a small Winter scene with figures in progress, but as I was attempting to finish this for a model show next week, they’re unlikely to be finished by then.

Alex

Wow - 1/72 scale - Great job.

I missed the Hairspray technique can you point me in the direction of that thread/feature?

You should submit this for an On Display feature.

There's been a few discussions on the hairspray technique - a good one is here:

http://www.planetarmor.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3423

Thanks!

Alex

Amazing job for 1/72.

Very nice build. The whitewash looks very convincing.

Cheers

Mike

Outstanding job, very nice.

Nice detailing and the whitewash looks great (and at 1/72 - WOW).

Too bad about the show - I think you could have a winner !

NEO

outstanding and simply beautiful. i might try that hairspray technique.

That is really well done. Great paint job! How long did it take? Did you run into any problems with the kit construction along the way?

Hi - Thanks for your comments, the kit took a few months to build. There were no real problems and the parts all fit quite well, although lots of detail that I decided could be improved on which took most of the time.

Thanks!

Alex

Alex,

I remember that sometime ago you mentioned that your production rate is a little slow. Well, it sure is worth the wait for me and I'm sure for many to see some of your builds. Totally OUTSTANDING!!!

At first I thought it was a 35th scale build but your mention of the scale made me look very hard to see if it was indeed a 72nd scale build. And still it is very hard to believe? Very good pics. Keep up the excellent work. FIRST PLACE all the way!

-Eddy

Excellent job on this one! It looks much more detailed than 1/72!

Thanks for sharing

Thanks again guys - your comments are very encouraging indeed!!

Alex