Painting Ambush camouflage (Hinterhalt-Tarnung) - Panther G Late (Tamiya 1/35 scale model)

Hinterhalt-Tarnung (often called Ambush camouflage) was a late WW2 paint scheme used on German vehicles. In this video I build the Tamiya Panther G Late plastic model kit and paint it in this scheme. In a future video I will incorporate this Panther into a diorama - stay tuned for updates!
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[@panzer-meister]

Nice work as always. Tamiya's Panther G is relatively old but doesn't look oldish still now. Thank you for sharing and looking forward to the next step.
Greetings, NOB from Japan

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you :) Yes, it's a good kit for a fair price.

[@voodoonights1671]

Agreed, and it's a great mojo builder when you been struggling. Lost count of how many of these I have built - a few currently serve as paint mules 🙂

[@foreverplastickits138]

*Good idea the hand painted dots, very long but very easy to do!*

[@ModelNerd]

Very relaxing to paint, too!

[@user-lw7om1sg1m]

To help prevent issues with spray paints and varnishes when sparying in the garage or shed during cold periods try placing your paiints in a warm room or using a hair dryer until warm room temp is met pryor to use? Also to maintain warm room temp once spraying in a cold environment try keeping these paints in a syrene covered container to keep warm when in use.

[@ModelNerd]

Good tips, thanks

[@robbo1068]

Good one, MN.....great camo scheme and easily done. You are right in saying that the dots made a difference to the scheme (from this side of the screen). I know why those items were omitted but ain't saying!

[@ModelNerd]

Cheers Robbo :)

[@statoilbensin2190]

Great tips, also thought about making a dot cammo. Good work and thanks for tips.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks for watching - glad you found it helpful

[@Android-rz8mb]

Awesome job !!!!!

[@ModelNerd]

Glad you liked it!

[@lesthiele4921]

Greetings my friend the Panther turned out excellent, well done, what about eithef in the process of being assembled or being refurbished? Best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Les. Yes, being refurbished is along the right lines...

[@liamgray9805]

Great video - you’re gonna blow it up 🎉

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks! I'm not going to blow it up though, sorry :)

[@liamgray9805]

@@ModelNerd that’s good, would be a shame it looks fantastic

[@ScaleMilitaryModels]

Nice work!

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks! Yes, I was really pleased with the way it came out :)

[@steve1315]

Well jell of your skills sir.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Steve

[@runegustavsson9134]

I had Tamiya varnish that acted up in the same way on two of my models. Thought that I got a bad batch and got a new can of varnish. But same thing happened again. But I noticed that I had used the same (old) Tamiya paint on the two models, XF-58. Tested on another model that was painted with diffrent colour and the problem was gone. Don't ask me to explain it but I have my hobby room in my living area, so I don't think temperature was a factor.

[@ModelNerd]

Hmm, that is strange! Good to know I'm not the only one for whom paint sometimes decides to do its own random thing!

[@jamesbednar8625]

Have had something similar happen with Tamiya paints a few times when the paint would literally CRACK then start to peel for whatever reason once the paint dried. That happened way back in the 1990s when I was getting back into modeling. Still baffled as to what could have been the cause of that other than I did not know what I was doing - still do not know what I am doing!!!

[@hitime2405]

Not sure what you are planning with the MG ball mount but I hope you know they were welded on

[@ModelNerd]

Yep, it's all good :)

[@hitime2405]

@@ModelNerd good man, great video and looking forward to seeing what you have planned.

[@igorsevcov4081]

🤝👍

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks

[@steveankin2682]

Im guessing an M10 conversion - good start - Thanks for sharing

[@ModelNerd]

Good guess Steve! I think she'll look very nice next to the StuG / M7 :)

[@steveankin2682]

@@ModelNerd So do I.

[@nizalmuhammad9689]

What Name camo with dot?

[@ModelNerd]

Hinterhalt-Tarnung / ambush camo :)

[@thepub245]

Camouflage? It looks like it would stick out like a sore thumb in the European theatre! Still, I am sure the German panzerwaffe knew their business.

[@ModelNerd]

Apparently the Hinterhalt scheme was designed to help camouflage the vehicles in the dappled light of tree cover, as by that stage of the war Germany was largely retreating and trying to hide vehicles from air attack.

[@hansdijkstra5814]

think it ll be wrecked soon

[@ModelNerd]

Not going to wreck this one :)

[@stephenbridges2791]

I'm guessing blown out and/or guarded by British/US soldier.

[@ModelNerd]

Good guess Stephen, but not quite. It's definitely going to be in German hands still...

[@hollabackatcha2942]

Is this going in the diorama with the Stug, like they're getting ready to convert it into a M10 Panther?

[@ModelNerd]

@@hollabackatcha2942 Bingo!

[@ЮрійПристай-й4з]

Gee, Why is camo so ugly? Have you ever worked with airbrush?

[@ModelNerd]

I did use an airbrush, but I didn't get a chance to watch that tutorial video you uploaded first...