AK Interactive AK-157 1/35 German Camo Disc

Uschi van der Rosten is a new company from Germany that from its beginning has joined with AK Interactive to offer some original and necessary products for many modellers. The first reference is a system of adhesive masks and photoetched to produce the German Ambush camouflage, so popular towards the end of the Second World War. In concrete, this camouflage is based on a large variety of discs that form the perfect camouflage for central European forests. Until now, this style of camouflage has been nearly impossible to reproduce for many modellers, due to its difficulty, now however, thanks to this new system; it is easy to do in just a few minutes. The set is available in two scales, 1/48 and 1/35, so that the circles fit with the real size of each scale. Contains application instructions in colour. It is composed of three elements. First of all we have 3 soft-mask-bars of connected discs (3 different sizes) according to the ambush scheme (a.k.a disc pattern camo) as seen on late Panther G (R01 and others). Furthermore you find another soft-mask-bar attached, containing separated discs. These extra discs are consistent to the size and shape of the pattern on the other bars.

The single discs are very helpful in fiddly corners, edges and other tricky spots. All soft mask elements are self adhesive and come on a semi-transparent masking film. This is pretty handy for easy adjusting, placement and removal of the masks.

The soft masks are re-usable to a certain point. Handle them carefully and replace them on the carrier film after painting for long fun with the product. Also there is a PE stencil included. This stencil allows you a maximum repeated use of the set and is especially designed for flat areas of the model such as side skirts, for example. The pattern on the PE piece is entirely consistent with all the soft mask pieces included.

How-to:
Preparing the masks: Masks should not be stretched during the application process as they are flexible and this could cause deformation. Remove the whole mask if necessary, and then apply again. Once placed on the model, the mask surface should be adjusted to the surface of the model by tracing all the indentations with a pointed wooden stick.
Painting method: Try not to apply two coats of color at the edges of a mask. Instead, apply one color prior to painting the proper camouflage, and apply the other color after the mask is back on. Otherwise, the coating in the areas encased by the mask may be too thick, and after removing the mask the edges of the lighter color may become visible.