DML E100, corrected hull

WOW....Just stunning.... Probably your best yet Doog! I love the whole "battle weary" look, Especially the shell hit on the spare track links! and the fact that you even added the pins in the spare tracks! Outstanding! Can't wait to see what Hanz & Franz get into next!

Chris,

Ah nuts... now I want one of those too.  hey, since your s is so gorgeous...Can I have it?

Hmmm Yeah... I dodn't think so to be honest

to quote Moriarty "it's a piece of JUNK!, the fuel system leaks all over..."

but another beautiful job doog, Hans and Franz are not big on preventative maintaince are they

Very nice build Doog.  I especially like how you engaged everyone in thet "what if" of how it might be painted and what would be on it.  Great discussions!!  (and as usual your fine technique and high level of perfection, despite it's annoying regularity , is evident throughout).

   What do I think!? I think this is one of the coolest thing's I've seen in a while and maybe one of you'r best you DOOG!

Well, here it is--the corrected DML E-100. I finaly finished it, thanks to some good info and help from some of you guys who helped out with info on the IR set on the front hull. I had a difficult time deciding whether to paint it with a red tint or blue; with apologies to granddadjohn, I finally decided to go with Kykeon's photo which seemed to corroborate the other evidence from the PanzerMuseum at Munster. Thanks to all of you though for weighing in, as well as everyone else who helped me through this build!

Here's the shots---Tamiya Acrylics used (as usual), with oil washes and filters ( I did do a very mild "dot" method on this tank) and MIG powders for weathering. Sorry, dial up guys! 

Here you can see the added rear hull lips right above the rear idler wheel, missing from the kit, as it's designed to be displayed with the big sideskirts. I just couldn't see them wearing them in city fighting--it'd be like driving a house through the rubble? 

...as I said, the IR set gave me fits trying to decide the right color. I decided on a bluish-black tint which seemed to match photos. I figure most modelers would see the photos first before they might actually talk to someone who has worked with them, and that would be taken as the "standard"? I may be wrong, but I'm happy with the look......

I thought this might be what a shell hit on a spare track might look like?   

...all the tools I added to the rear deck...

...and the gray primer I chose for the gun..it's panzer gray with washes and filters of white, olive green, and white...

A size comparison, for those who asked,,,,"Out of the way, Sherm-doog!" LOL! (Sorry--the Hetzer is secured to it's base and couldn't come out to play! )

Hans and Franz, totally "pumped up" after trading the Field Kitchen cart for their new ride!

Well, let me know what you think? I know it's a bit "conceptual" but I figured that I had a fair degree of latitude in deciding what might plausibly be added to this "paper panzer"? 

Comments and questions always welcomed and appreciated!!                                                                               

Steve, your Smileys rock my world!

I'm almost done!! .....just had to get the color for the IR unit correct, and finish up the weathering! 

I should have pics later on Tuesday evening! (If I don't totally screw it up! )

Townsy11 wrote:

Are you still going to put tracks on it? Just wondering because the title says "finished" yet, no tracks?

I think he misfired... 

Are you still going to put tracks on it?

Just wondering because the title says "finished" yet, no tracks?

EDIT: just realised, sorry it says "camo finished" my bad.

acmodeler01 wrote:

I am in agreement with redleg: I too have never been a fan of the ambush schemes, but you made it look great. Very subtle shading, which will only be enhanced with weathering. Good job. One thing I did notice, the loader's hatch (right top of the turret) looks like the colors should be reversed: it looks like the camo was applied while the hatch was open. Maybe it is supposed to be that way, but it seemed odd to me.

I will have to rectify that!  

ANd I will take a photo next to the Hetzer, panzerguy!!! I'll bet it will be a fun photo!

Thanks for weighing in, guys!!

I am in agreement with redleg: I too have never been a fan of the ambush schemes, but you made it look great. Very subtle shading, which will only be enhanced with weathering. Good job.

One thing I did notice, the loader's hatch (right top of the turret) looks like the colors should be reversed: it looks like the camo was applied while the hatch was open. Maybe it is supposed to be that way, but it seemed odd to me.

  doog,OUTSTANDING! Can't wait to see this when you'r finished.Could you take a pic with you'r Hetzer next too it,love to see the size difference between the two. 

disastermaster wrote:

Well, I have to admit, if ever there was an alternate 3 color camouflage then this would be it. Just a beauty of a job. And you haven't finished it yet.   It's handsome and intimidating on such a huge hunkajunk. Kind of a "Hitler Special" paint job....   .....like being his slick mobile super-bunker for a heroic (notgonnahappen) escape party.

Thanks for the comment!  

YOu too Mike, and Tigerman!

 Well, I have to admit, if ever there was an alternate 3 color camouflage then this would be it. Just a beauty of a job.

And you haven't finished it yet. 

 It's handsome and intimidating on such a huge hunkajunk. Kind of a "Hitler Special" paint job....

  .....like being his slick mobile super-bunker for a heroic (notgonnahappen) escape party.

Personally never liked the polka dot camo but you pull it off well. Very nice. Thank god for silly putty  

Have fun with the tracks. (knitting for the armor modeler)

Rounds Complete!!

Thanks guys, for taking the time to comment; I appreciate the appreciation of the paint job, as well as the criticism!

I actually agree that there was something compelling about the two-yone scheme; even the basic primer red was pretty unique too. I guess I just couldn't "feel" the whole tank like that--maybe because it's so unique, and so BIG! I probably WILL do some late-model tank in overall primer red; maybe one of the other smaller E series?

I like the whole "land battleship" look of it, with all the gun barrels sticking out of it! I'll be working on some weathering the next few days and I'll have some more pics up by the weekend!  

Excellent, a well deserved thumds up. I love the use of primer red. I will say that I've seen the red go from a real gloss red to an almost brown. Using this red as a base colour for your camo makes an excellent balance.

Regards,

Terry.

Doog, that's just too cool.  I liked the basic primer, I was 'meh' with the grey striping but what you've got now is AWESOME.  I can't wait to see how you weather it down and finish it off- that camo design and coloration is a new benchmark IMO.

Hey guys!

OK, well, I got the paint finished--I've repaired the Primer Red and Panzer Gray, and added some Dark Yelow, and put some ambush spots on her--ain't she purrrrdy?

I am going to have to beat it up a bit to take some of the "pretty" away--looking back at the two-color I had going there, I'm a bit torn about what I like better, but I think the 3-color is a little more realistic..I hope. 

I have to be honest--the original pic of the Aberdeen Jagdtiget was an inspiration, which was in 3-color ambush. It's hard to find a true "original" photo of it, but I've seen one of it cleaned up and on the tank transporter before being repainted, and it's pretty "pretty" too. 

So here it is...

I've given the main gun barrel a wash of grey-green oil to tint it differently than the panzer gray camo. I've allso lightly drybrushed the sides and suspension before the washes start...now, onto the tracks and some basic weathering to start....Comments welcomed!!!

I bet Hanz and Franz  are pretty "pumped up" to be driving that beast!

Seriously though I understand your viewpoint on adding the extra "necessities" and I think it's a great Idea and definently makes this "paper panzer" all the more real!

Still waiting for those tracks