(1a) I think so.
(1b) That’s a casting number, and it should be there.
(1c) You could heat 'em and bend 'em, sand 'em really thin and bend 'em, or exchange them for PE and bend 'em.
(2) Chek out the railroad section in the hobby shops. Oh, you said “realistic”…
(3) Sure! I think Tamiya has some tool sets in 1/35, and I’m sure tons of manufacturers do, too.
As for question on. The Hetzer would have been over-matched by the Soviet
armour that was pouring into berlin.
A hetzer up against a JS-II would have been a real quick way to die.
But, the concept for a Berlin camo pattern does sound interesting.
Issah, keep in mind that the most numerous armored vehicle the Germans had at war’s end was the Stug III, there were plenty of Hetzers floating around too.