Hetzer – Camouflage painting
This kit came with an handy mask used to paint a “lights and shadows” camouflage scheme, which made the coloring phase very simple.
The scheme proposed by the instructions is the so-called "Licht und Schatten Tarnung" ("light and shadows camouflage", also known as "ambush camouflage").
It consists in dark yellow ("Dunkelgelb"), olive green ("Olivgrün") and red brown ("Rotbraun") patches with solid rounded borders, overlapped with yellow and green small triangles. It's clearly visible in the following historical photo:
(Only for discussion purposes)
Painting
The painting, after an initial coat of primer, has been performed in several phases. Each phase consisted in coats of base color and lighter shades, trying to apply the latters in adjacent areas, thus giving an even look.
Final result
You can see the final result in the following photos.
