Straight from the box. Painted as the Halloville vehicle (pre-destruction). This vehicle appears in Panzer Colours, and the photo makes it clear that the "ambush" scheme was hand painted, so that's what I did. This is my first attempt at "ambush", what do you think?

well done

Here's a couple more pictures.

Nice!

What paints did you use? Process?

Thanks!

Thanks for the comments. Believe it or not, all my kits are painted with Humbrol enamel - I'm told it's hard to spray...

Steve,
Really good job! I am green with envy (and brown and yellow! With little spots )

Jesse

By hand? I'm very impressed! My ab has me spoiled. How did you add the dusty weathering?

The dusty weathering is simply overspray with Humbrol Matt 93. I start a long way away and build up to the required depth, then careful drybrush with Matt 93 with added white.

My mistake. I thought you painted everything, by hand.

Hello Steve,
Your Hetzer look very cool, it's my favorite AFV. I love the ambush camouflage.

Paweł

I really like these kits. You have a lot of patience if you can pull off a consistent ambush pattern by hand like that. It definitely gives you greater control over the application than using salt or other methods.

Is this Tamiya 1/48 or 1/35?

Steve, very nice and like the camo pattern. I have the kit in my plastic 'mountain' and you have given me some ideas for my build, when I get to it.

Again, well done.

Thanks Steve!

Nice Norton by the way. A friend of mine has a black/gold Commando JPS that I enjoy riding sedately once in a while. I ride a Bandit 1200 with lovely brakes that work

Thanks for the comments guys - about the kit & the Norton! Biggles this is 1/35, sorry I should have made that clear. To clarify the painting process, I preshaded and applied the Dunkelgelb base with an airbrush. The "ambush" scheme was then painted by hand over the preshaded base - I couldn't think of any other way to do it, seeing as I needed the hard edge to the top colours. After that was completed and dried, the transfers were applied using setting solution, then the dusting was done with the airbrush. Finally the tracks were dry brushed with a mixture of silver and black to produce the gunmetal effect.
Orangelion, FYI the Norton now has a polished alloy tank and clip on handlebars - it's probably going to a Norton Owners Club Café racer day tomorrow, weather permitting. The nice yellow fibreglass tank (original) was eaten by Ethanol in modern petrol.

Love the look of a polished aluminium (note spelling) fuel tank!

Hand painting the scallops is an excellent alternative to the masks available. They cost extra (as an aftermarket) and are fiddly to use (I have the Academy kit that comes with masks). I used to use Humbrol for hand-painting hard edge camo on 1/72 a/c...always went on smooth and covered well when applied over a flat base coat.