OK guys, here it is: the DML 1/72 DML E-100!
Of course, because it was only an unfinished prototype, I was free to be as "hypothetical" as I wanted! I depicted it without the massive "schurzen" because I figured that, if the war had gdragged on a few more months and the E-100 had been deployed to defend a "fortress city" (Berlin?), it would have been close to impossible to negotiate the streets with the added width of those huge sideskirts. I could almost hear the TC cursing the impracticality of the Fuhrer's latest over-design! In any case, I figured the 120mm side armor (40mm MORE than the King Tiger!) would've been adequate to convince they crew that scrapping the big sideskirts would be worth the added mobility. here's the pics!
It's just a wee-bitty thing!
The figures are an old Hasegawa molding of early infantry so they have been modified with putty to give them late SS uniforms: i.e., putty on the legs to cover their jackboots...Note the dude laying next to the church corner with the "panzershreck"! The guy in the church is throwing a stick grenade,,,
The church ruin is from Baseline Hobbies out of MIneola NY; I'm not sure if it's still available. It was finished as per my photos from my recent European trip, finished in acrylics and weathered in pastels The wood is toothpicks, and assorted railroad rubble...
The E-100 was finished in a base coat of Polly Scale #414293 zinc chromate primer from their model railroad colors line, with diluted Tamiya Dk Yellow and lightened Pz Grey masked with silly putty...washed with a raw umber/ white oils, then MIG powders (European dust) used...tracks in craft store acrylics of various shades, and pastel rust shades...
Well, I know a lot of you guys aren't into the small scale stuff, but I hope ya enjoy the dio...comments, questions and criticism are always appreciated and welcomed! Now, on to that AFV Club M40 "Big Foot" !