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Saturday, 27 October 2012

Nearly ready...

... for the tablefront. The Su76i has progressed, and is now primed and ready for the paint job:


Actually, it looks quite cool in black.


A great colour for hiding a multitude of construction sins too.


Oddly, the Swiss Army painted their post-war Hetzers black. I wonder what the thinking was behind that? Lots of deep shadow in the mountain passes?

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11 comments:

  1. DaveM27 October 2012 at 19:42

    Really looks good. Great work !

    Cheers, Dave

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    1. AlFront28 October 2012 at 15:09

      Thanks, Dave! Looks remarkably 'Soviet' with the boxy fighting compartment. I doubt if there was much danger of Red Army friendly fire against them.

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  2. Nick Grant27 October 2012 at 22:43

    It does look cool. Dead clever, too.

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    1. AlFront28 October 2012 at 15:10

      Cheers, Nick. I've got the plasticard bit between the teeth now - not to mention the Eastern Front itch!

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  3. Paul27 October 2012 at 23:01

    Truly awesome work Stephen, it looks a treat. I would have thought the Swiss would have painted their armour a chocolate tone?

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    1. AlFront28 October 2012 at 15:10

      Yes! With little bits of nougat added to the more triangular bits.

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  4. tradgardmastare28 October 2012 at 00:10

    Nifty piece of work there.Interesting snippet re Army Red/White and their panzer noir colour scheme.If you find out more let me know...

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    1. AlFront28 October 2012 at 15:16

      Aha! Alan, the book you need is 'Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer', by Vladimir Francev and Charles Kliment (Prague, 2001). The Swiss bought some 250 Hetzers from the Czechs (mostly new build, but some that were part complete at the end of the war). These were delivered to the Swiss painted matt black overall - schatten schwarz. Later they were repainted a medium grey, then a light green. They remained in service until 1971-72, when they were replaced by Centurions.

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    2. tradgardmastare28 October 2012 at 23:20

      Thanks for extra info.
      i still can't seem to get a reply button on my blog-grrr it can be frustrating at times .

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  5. Conrad Kinch31 October 2012 at 03:24

    By the way, I got those reinforcements. I think they might be seeing service in the US army...

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    1. AlFront31 October 2012 at 05:42

      You rotter! Can't you tell by the cut of their jib that they aren't Yankees!!?

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