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Hetzer command version
Grifter
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North Carolina, United States
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Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 07:09 AM UTC
Since sony apparently won't let me link directly to the photos, lemme try inserting from msn

This is Dragon's Hetzer command version, out of the box. I sprayed the base coat and hand painted the camo....I still have to do the yellow spots before finishing the camo.
AndersHeintz
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Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 07:18 AM UTC
Hola!

Here are the images





bison44
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Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 07:35 AM UTC
HOLY COW!!! That is amazing! Did you free hand that, or spend months masking?? That has to be one of the coolest camo patterns I have ever seen, sort of like the brit mickey mouse ear camo. SPILL THE BEANS!!! HOW DID YOU DO THAT? Or do you have special powers/a secret identity??
Delbert
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Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 07:43 AM UTC
that has got to be one of the most unique camo patterens i've seen yet.. it will most deffintly stand out in any crowd.. it looks great.
herberta
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Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 07:56 AM UTC
Hi Grifter.

Nice camo job. That's the ambush pattern from one of the Hetzers used on the Western Front, right?

Really well done.

Andy
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 08:08 AM UTC
Lokin' very good so far. I used some PE skirts on mine some years ago. If I were to do that again, I'd get some Grandt Line bolts to hold the attachements in place since they tended to becomes easily detached from the hull.

And the commander shows why they should stay low to the hull. #:-)
Grifter
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Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 10:30 AM UTC
thanks guys,
the camo pattern is right off the instruction sheet, supposedly an unknown unit from Germany (really?) in 1945. I reversed the yellow and green sections so mine would have more yellow. I painted the brown and green with a brush, freehand using polly scale acrylics. It's one of the very few times I followed the paint scheme in an instruction sheet, but then, the camo is one of the reasons I picked this version of the kit.
I noticed that I painted green camo on the engine grill block-off and probably shouldn't.... I'll have to fix that. Thanks anders for fixing the photo posting, I think I know what went wrong now.
63chevyvette
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Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 01:57 PM UTC
INTERESTING is all I have to say, but nice. Very good job. Post pics when its finished.
gunnerk19
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Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 01:59 PM UTC
WOW! wicked nice job! Somebody better tell that tank commander to keep his head down, or .... ooops, too late...
Selrach
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Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 04:31 PM UTC
great camo pattern. Differnt from most. Looks good

Looking forward to seeing more as you go along

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