Hetzer (15mm)

[Fitz]

Continuing with my plan of painting all the stuff I printed ages ago and then forgot about -- this time it's a 15mm (1:100) Hetzer, or to be pedantic, a PzJg38(t).

 I don't recall who designed the 3d model originally, nor how much fiddling around with it I did. There's an error with the track guides, which should be running either side of the road wheels and not down the centre of the track links, as they are here -- I think that's probably my mistake.

I quite like the Hetzer. It's a very compact little bug-like thing. Apparently the ergonomics and survivability of the thing were appalling though, so I'm glad I never had to fight in one.

[HerbertTarkel]

That?s just a little bit fabulous 

[Hoagie]

It's a neat little thing! I vaguely remember the Hetzer being a real Quick Battle MVP in the old Combat Mission PC games for it's low point and the sloped armour being possibly a bit too good.

[Soundchaser]

Nice paint job. If you could "guess" (I say this in that way, since there's the dry time, etc) the time you took going from start to end, so: 1) off sprue 2) build 3) paint (etc.) to 4) finished? I am trying to gauge my work these days (my Team Yankee 15mm tanks run me about 2 hours start to finish, per model... it is very handy that Battlefront has a single sprue [usually] for a specified model).

[fred]

That is a lovely deepness to the colours on this model, especially the camo colours.

[Fitz]

Nice paint job. If you could "guess" (I say this in that way, since there's the dry time, etc) the time you took going from start to end, so: 1) off sprue 2) build 3) paint (etc.) to 4) finished? I am trying to gauge my work these days (my Team Yankee 15mm tanks run me about 2 hours start to finish, per model... it is very handy that Battlefront has a single sprue [usually] for a specified model).

It took about 3.5 hours to print, maybe quarter of an hour to clean up and cure. Roughly a couple of hours for the painting, though that stretches out because it's a stop-start affair. I very seldom do production-line painting, so I don't really know how that would affect things.

[bluewillow]

Nice work on that

[CapnJim]

That Hetzer sure looks good!