TIGER I camouflaged with plants - Part 2 - 1/35 TRUMPETER - Tank Model - [ Painting - weathering ] 

The German army preferred plant camouflage.
I remember reading about it in a document somewhere.
Indeed, it is true that there are still many photographs of German tanks disguised as plants during World War II.
But as you can imagine, it must have been very hard work.
Plants are living things, so they wither and lose their leaves over time, so they don't act as camouflage.
The tank crew must have had great difficulty keeping it in good condition as a camouflage.
The Tiger I (mid-term production type) modeled this time is boldly decorated with plant camouflage.
Mid-production Tiger tank. Its performance as a tank was excellent, but at that time the war situation was gradually turning cloudless.
It may have been a situation where I had to work on camouflage more than necessary.
At the ending, the tiger tank advances to the rhythm of the melancholy waltz in triple time.
War is always stupid and ugly, but music, which is art, is sad but eternally beautiful.
What is the marching commander thinking now...?
Well then, here's a completed video of the Trumpeter Tiger I (mid-term model).
Please take your time and enjoy it until the end.
ドイツ軍は植物を使った偽装が好きだった。
・・・っと言う文献をいつかどこかで読んだ記憶がああります。
なるほど、確かにその様な事例の大戦中のドイツ軍戦車の写真を今でも多く目にします。
しかし実際はかなり大変な作業だたことでしょう、容易に想像ができます。
なんたって植物は生物ですから、時間が経てば萎れて枝の葉は落ち偽装の役目を果たしません。
偽装として良いコンディションを保つ為に戦車兵たちは、多いに苦労したことでしょう。
今回のタイガー I にはそんな植物による偽装を大胆に施しました。
中期生産型のタイガー戦車。戦車としての性能は優秀ですが、当時戦況は徐々に雲行きが怪しくなり始める頃。
思わず偽装にも必要以上に力を注ぎ、手を掛けざるおえない状況にあったのかも知れません。
エンディングでは、哀愁漂う悲しげなワルツの三拍子のリズムに合わせ進軍するタイガー戦車。
戦争はいつの世も愚かで醜く虚しいが、芸術である音楽は悲しくも永遠に美しい。
今、コマンダーの脳裏にうかぶものは一体何か・・・・・・・
さて、それではトランペッター製 タイガーI（中期型）の完成動画。
じっくりと最後まで存分にお楽しみください。
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