Looking for E100 super tank UPDATED with finished pics!!!!!!!

J-Hulk

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February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, June 6, 2004 10:43 AM

The more, the merrier!

spector822002, the beauty of doing the E-100 as an operational vehicle is that it is purely speculative! The only historically accurate (or at least, verifiably so) model would be the turretless (and at first, running gear-less) hull sitting in or just outside the workshop after the Allies overran the factory. Those are the only pix I've ever seen of the beast, too.

There was no name designation for the E-100 as far as I know. Again, time for more speculation! "Sabre Tooth Tiger" Would be cool! What was the actual name for that prehistoric cat...Smilodon? Nah, that wouldn't work!
Super Tabby? Hmmm.... Wink [;)]

T-God, the colors I used were Tamiya enamel Medium Gray and Tamiya acrylic NATO Black. The weathering and whatnot kinda grayed out the whole thing in the end.

~Brian

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 5, 2004 8:32 PM

QUOTE: I'm here too, I just don't have anything good to offer....

Sorry Matt. I am looking forward to your info.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 5, 2004 6:02 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk

Three-way E-100 chat!

I'm here too, I just don't have anything good to offer....

If you are looking for a scheme, there is a real interesting winter whitewash on the sheet I am trying to send you! Black Eye [B)]

It is a sort of cross hatch pattern. I might have to go round to my girlfriend's house and use her scanner. Tongue [:P]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 5, 2004 1:11 PM

Well spector822002 the KT is already worked into the E's plans, I have 5 KT's altogether and this one was a freebee so no $$ lost and I have a double of it actually triple of it.(The ardennes KT.)

Claymore68 all ideas are welcome the more the marrier. Its when it come to paint it when the problem will unfold.

So a Luffwaffa patteren on a tank? huuuuuuuumumumm

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 5, 2004 1:03 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk

Three-way E-100 chat!
Almost like a past, present, and future group build. (I'm done, you're building, and Bill's gonna build next year!)

What do you think about a "Bismark" kind of camo? You know, sharp, disruptive angles of gray, black, and white. That's what I originally wanted to do with my E, but chickened out and went with the "Urban Ambush." (Which I like, too!)

Looking forward to seeing what you choose!

Dazzle camo on a tank, sounds cool...or maybe a splinter scheme...or WWI lozenge...
Am I helping or should I shut-up? Big Smile [:D]

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spector822002

Member since
December 2003
From: Southern Maine

Posted by spector822002 on Saturday, June 5, 2004 12:55 PM

JHulk: did they have a name designation for this tank ? IE panther , Tiger , Maus etc ? Mouse ? for the biggest tank yet , now thats funny , even Hitler had a sense of humor at times, ( though it seems not very often !) They were runnig out of the big cats names , perhaps the sabre tooth tiger !? Now that was one big mean a!@ Cat ! Cool [8D]

Just an idea Cool [8D]

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spector822002

Member since
December 2003
From: Southern Maine

Posted by spector822002 on Saturday, June 5, 2004 12:40 PM

I don't think I would sacrifice your KT kit for that E-100 thunder ,... you have to remember this was only a prototype tank , I don't even think any turrets were completed by wars end ! Most of the E-100 info is purley speculative , I have only seen pix of almost completed hulls . Do that KT justice and build it as well Cool [8D]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 5, 2004 12:17 PM

That sounds good but not sure I want to go that route. Man I just cant decide.So is your E in pnz. grey and light grey of some sort. Almost looks loike gunship grey and light ghost grey.

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J-Hulk

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February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Saturday, June 5, 2004 11:20 AM

Three-way E-100 chat!
Almost like a past, present, and future group build. (I'm done, you're building, and Bill's gonna build next year!)

What do you think about a "Bismark" kind of camo? You know, sharp, disruptive angles of gray, black, and white. That's what I originally wanted to do with my E, but chickened out and went with the "Urban Ambush." (Which I like, too!)

Looking forward to seeing what you choose!

~Brian

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 4, 2004 10:50 AM

Well I just got my hands on another turret today so I think I am gonna go with the panzer1 turret on this one, finished k
cutting out the driver hatch from both the E and KT, The E is a hair bigger for some reason I cut it perfect (it did measure the same as the KT) Got 2 of the 128 ordered today from aberand the PE 4 the Maus. Also found out they rereleased the Jagdtiger and E-100!!Swwweeeeet!!

Owell alittle putty will do the trick.I gotta decide on the paint scheme. I like the greys and the standard 3 tone in ambush. I dont have any pnz greytanks built up as of yetbut dont wanna copy yours thought it will look different. I will try to get some pics up of it soon. Looks likethis is turning out to be the E-100 chat room for the 2 of us.OOOPS and Bill

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J-Hulk

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February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, June 4, 2004 5:28 AM

Looking forward to the pix!
Hey, the Pzr I turret idea is not bad at all!

~Brian

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 3, 2004 2:41 PM

Funny what I did was put a jagdpanther barrel on the end of the kit barrel and boy it was long. Looked awesome but not quit a 128mm ya know. So I cut it down and anded the other half for the 75mm. looks like it will work, So far I am getting parts from A tamiya KT, Panther steel wheeled for the night vision, DML jagdpanther , and get this ...a F117 stealth bomber for the periscope lenses. Man thse dragon dml kits I love all the extras they have. I will post some pics soon the cam is being borrowed at the monent. Oh ya I put a Panzer 1 turret on top.....looked pretty cool but not gonna keep it there alittle unrealalistic.

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J-Hulk

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February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, June 3, 2004 10:13 AM

The 75mm barrel on my E is a Fine Molds brass barrel for the "Hetzer" tank destroyer.
I think it was Fine Molds...I chucked the package it came in!!

Jordi Rubio or Eduard probably have several types of 75mm barrels for sale.
The barrel I used is substantially longer than the kit barrel, but I liked it that way.

By the way, the 128mm barrel on my E is the plastic one from the Maus kit.
Initially, I had planned to use a metal barrel, but that would have required some precision, large-scale drilling of the Mori Artisan resin mantlet, which I didn't feel like doing at the time.
Aside from the lack of rifling in the tube, the Maus' 128mm barrel is fine!

~Brian

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 2, 2004 4:46 PM

Thought they looked familar, I got another jagd on order( but it is not for this monster)But seeing We have no used spure bin here Im out of luck there. One other thing ,What is the 75mm barrel ? The one it has is junk,I was thinking of useing brass rod or is there a aluminum one for it as well.

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J-Hulk

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February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Wednesday, June 2, 2004 5:01 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by thundergod
So what did ya use for the periscope cover?

The two hooded, round covers on the turret are antenna mounts from Dragon Jagdtiger kits. The two covers on the hull are from the Tamiya Tiger II kit, as are all the actual scopes under the covers.
The travel lock is also from the Dragon Jagdtiger kit.

By the way, I'm not rich enough to cannibalize parts like that from those expensive kits!
I am, however, lucky enough to have an LHS that has a big "used sprues bin," and it's always loaded with goodies like that! And at about 45 cents a sprue, the kitbashing is very economical!
Well, I did buy one Tamiya Tiger II (Henschel) to use as a hangar queen, but it's feeding two projects! (The completed E-100 and Bovington's Tiger II)

~Brian

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 2, 2004 1:18 AM

The article I have includes a two page colour spread on possible Panzers. Whilst it isn't all concerned with the E-100, you still may get something out of it. I have always wanted to build one of the pictures, so I hope I don't get too distracted when I dig it out for you.....

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 9:55 PM

Sure do Matt but they are spokein for. So far I have to many ideas one of the more crazy ones is to put 2 cupolas on the turret I set them side by side and it looked cool enuff but dont think it would of ever been.Plus what ever you can give me would be great.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 9:04 PM

Let your imagination run wild on this one Ron. It isn't as if there were actually any rolling around, and they didn't even get the turret on the prototype, if I remember rightly. Raid that King Tiger and have a bunch of fun. J-hulk's and others should give you plenty of inspiration to build your own vision. I had a brief article on what if German armour that might give you a few more ideas. I will dig it up. Have you got any spare night sights? I bet they would have used 'em.

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wipw

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January 2003
From: Utah - USA

Posted by wipw on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 8:56 PM

Wow, you are obviously going way over my head on this build. I'm afraid mine's going to be pretty much oob, with the exception of the mantlet and maybe a few PE and detail swaps from the kits you were talking about. But don't think I'll do much cutting and pasting!

Great Models site is www.greatmodels.com

Have a great day.

Bill ==========================================================

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 8:36 PM

Wow looking at Mr. Blackwells closer he did some major surgery,looks as if he took the whole driver hatch section out and replaced it with a KT's. Looks like one of my ardennes KT's are going to become scrap for this monster, it was a freebee so no Lose ...just dont like to kill a 50 kit, but it will not die in vein.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 5:36 PM

Whats the site to go to?

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wipw

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From: Utah - USA

Posted by wipw on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 4:20 PM

ARRG!!!! Great Models is out of them! And they supposidly just got a Dragon restock! Grumpy [|(]

The On Vehicle Set is #35185, is $4.40 at Great Models ($5.50 retail), and is in stock at G. M.

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wipw

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January 2003
From: Utah - USA

Posted by wipw on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 4:15 PM

I haven't started mine yet. I'm further behind than you can imagine!!! Thanks for the word on the figure set. I'll see if GM has it in stock! For a fire extinguisher, try the Tamiya Pz IV On Vehicle set. Lots of cool stuff in there that will work with more than just a IV, including one or two extinguishers. They aren't too expensive, if you can find them.

Thanks, again.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 1:57 PM

Ok Bill it is the achtung jabo panzer crew #6191 comes with a panther F coploa MG .Mg ring, mantel , jackmounts 4 figures and some PE for the headsets and some other PE that I have no clue.all for 7.00$.now I need a fire extinguisher and I think Im set to go.
Now if I can get my hand on another E so I can do a ausf B. Dragon needs to do a rerelease on this and the jagdtiger.

So what did ya use for the periscope cover?

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wipw

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January 2003
From: Utah - USA

Posted by wipw on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 12:36 PM

Danke

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 12:31 PM

Actually Bill the dragon kits have 2 sures of pioneer tools and a spure that is shared with the jagdtiger plus the heschel KT has an extrs cuploa. the figure set I will get back to ya on.

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wipw

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January 2003
From: Utah - USA

Posted by wipw on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 11:43 AM

Well, Brian, you da man when it comes to the E!! I'll be in my room for a while. Let me know when I can come out! lol Actually, I'm leaving for a conference in St Louis tomorrow morning and won't be back until late Saturday. Not too happy about the scheduling of the return flight! So I might as well be in my room as far as the forum goes!

Ron; Won't you then be short parts for your KT's?? And, please refresh my memory about which figure set it is that has the hatch in it. I'm probably going to place an order with Great Models today and would like to order that in with it. Thanks.

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J-Hulk

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February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 11:30 AM

Bill, you're grounded! (Heh heh!)

Yup, I used a Mori Mantlet on my E. Very nice piece o' resin.

My E-100 kit AND Maus kits both came with TWO sets of Maus decals! Go figure...I just used Eduard masks and airbrushed the simple numbers on my E.

Those Dragons kits are very nice. I'm thinking of making a Mini-E to go with my big E!

T-God, sounds like you've got the resources assembled! You can use all the tools from one of your Tiger II kits as well. Lots of goodies there!
Again, good luck, and keep us posted!

~Brian

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 11:05 AM

Thanks guys . I did some looking around the old parts box and actualy came across a few peices in the jagdtiger but alittle short then I thought well UI do have the 2new KT kits from dragon.........bam!! there was my stock pile of everything but a hatch for the cuploa, but dragon does have that figure set out that has one in it so off to the LHS. And thanks again there will be pics to folow.....did I mention this thing is HUGE!!! hehehe

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wipw

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January 2003
From: Utah - USA

Posted by wipw on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 10:08 AM

Nope, Brian, not yet. I hate to admit it, at least to you!!, but the E is way down on the to build list. Sorry, you'll have to ground me, I guess!

Ron;

The resin mantlet (which Brian used, I believe) can be had from Mission Models. I don't know of anyone else that has them, but there probably are some. MM is the Stateside importers. The Eduard PE has been available from Great Models, but I'm not sure it's in stock at the moment. (Sorry I got the turret/hull thing backwards.) JR barrels are carried by Great Models, Mission Models, Internet Models, and many more of the on-line compainies. Also, in my kit, I got decals for the Maus. I don't know that it matters much. Not sure what the markings were (or were supposed to be, is more appropriate). It's possible that DML just decided to put the Maus set in both kits as standard practice. Make sure you check out the new DML 1/144 E-100 and Maus kits! They are pretty cool.

Have a good day!

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