TMG 12: Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer : Profile&Model.Guide

Tank Modeling Guide 12: Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer Profile & Modeling Guide

• B5 Format
• 136 Full-Color Pages
• Language: Japanese

Among the various combat weapons of the German military, the 'Hetzer' tank destroyer stood out as the most excellent combat vehicle with low production costs and maintained a certain level of offensive and defensive capabilities. Although there were constraints due to its base being a small vehicle, over 2,800 units were produced in about a year, allowing each infantry division to possess its own armored force. If it had appeared just one year earlier, the course of the later battles of the German military might have been different...
We will recreate this Hetzer with actual vehicle materials (development history, structure and evolution, detailed photos) and model examples (1/35 scale) in this magazine.

Profile Section

• Detailed explanations of its development history, structure and evolution will be provided with abundant information, including contemporary photographs, detailed photos of existing vehicles, and detailed illustrations.

● 1/35 Modeling Section

• Early Production Model (Single Color Paint) - Academy
• Early Production Model (3-color Camouflage) - Takom
• Mid-term Production Model (Light and Shadow Camouflage) - Tamiya
• Late Production Model (Winter Camouflage with Full Interior) - Takom
• Command Vehicle Type (Cloud Camouflage) - Dragon
• Star Type (BMM Company Camouflage) - Trumpeter

Detailed Explanation of Development History and Change

• Organization of Tank Destroyer Companies Equipped with German Light Tank Destroyer 38 "Hetzer": STEINER 62

Modeling Guide Section

• Hetzer Tank Destroyer Early Production Version, April 1944, BMM Manufacturing
• Saukopf Mantlet Armor Type
• Academy 1/35 Hetzer Early Type
• Hetzer Tank Destroyer Production Version Around July 1944
• Large-Area Blurred Camouflage Painting and Weathering
• Takom 1/35 38(t) Light Tank Destroyer Hetzer Early Type (Interior Excluded Limited Edition)
• Hetzer Tank Destroyer, BMM Production in August 1944
• Reproduction of Light and Shadow Camouflage with Masking
• Tamiya 1/35 German Tank Destroyer Hetzer Mid-Production Version
• Hetzer Tank Destroyer, January 1945 Production Version
• Reproduction with Winter Camouflage for January 1945 Production (Late Type)
• Takom 1/35 38(t) Light Tank Destroyer Hetzer Late Type with Full Interior
• Hetzer Tank Destroyer Command Vehicle Late Production Version
• Late Period Skoda 3-Color Camouflage Hand-Painted with Acrylic Paint
• Dragon 1/35 WW.II German Tank Destroyer Hetzer Command Tank
• Hetzer Tank Destroyer "Starr" June 1945, Skoda Manufacturing
• Paint Division Method with Pre-Cut Cloud-Shaped Masking Decals
• Trumpeter 1/35 German Tank Destroyer "Starr"