HETZER 28mm

Another  addition to my Late war Germans , a Hetzer in 28mm scale from Rubicon. This kit has been sitting in my store room for a long time, I finally put it together and painted it. I also  put together a quick painting tutorial. 

Completed vehicle

First step after putting the kit together was to add a primer and some fine pumice glued in place with PVA glue,( I usually put this on before priming but I forgot) around the lower portion of the vehicle. 

Painted the base coat with Vallejo model colour paints.

Added a thin layer of Agrax Earthshade wash.

Used the base coat again with a worn down brush and added it to the panels similar to previous method described in my previous posts on painting  Shermans and Late war German vehicles. ( this brush is a bit too worn out, better to use one that has more longer hair)

Added the green camo using VMC Reflective green.

Continued with more camo using VMC Mahogany Brown. 

Lighten both the base coat,green and brown camo by highlighting the middle portion of the base coat and camo by adding a bit of VMC Ivory to  lighten each of the base colours. 

Added the spots with VMC Middlestone and Mahogany using a fine point brush.

Paint all the metal parts with VMC Black Grey.

Applied a wash on the  tracks with a watered down wash of VMC Beige brown and highlighted in some areas with the Beige brown.

Painted the tanker,tools,MG,tracks and exhaust, highlighted some of the edges of the vehicle panels that are coated with the base coat with a mix of VMC Middlestone and Ivory.
Added streak marks with a thin wash of Agrax Earthshade.
Added some metal highlight on the tracks and tools.   

The tanker's head is a conversion of one of my Warlord games plastic Germans, I  modeled ear phones with Green stuff putty and glued him in place with his head just poking out of the hatch.

 Finally touches, painted the German emblem and added number decal.

Cheers John