Esci Hetzer: with AB Figures Crew Figure

Hetzer Model
I think out of all the Esci kits that were releases I think the Hetzer could be my favourite. It is very well detailed all over with a I particularly like the remote machine gun and the bino's and with the link length tracks this kit was miles ahead of the rest for the collector. I liked the Hetzer so much I built a second soon after.

Painting and Detailing
I decided to to this one in the 3 tone camo scheme illustrated on a book I own and did this with the 3 main humbrol colours (33, 94, 86) I then gave the kit a subtle wash with burnt umber then dry brushed with gray, I also handpainted the numerals and looking back I should have used decals. A crew figure was added from the AB Figures winter panzer crew set, these are very nice figures for either the wargamer or the collector to man their vehicles.

Many thanks to Ian Hanratty from the Glasgow Model Club for taking the pictures

CONCLUSION
I really like this kit and had a lot of full doing both versions of it and it is great to see it being re-released by Italieri of Italy I would definately recommend it to fellow modellers.