17cm Sturmgeschütz auf E-100
Some early WIP-pictures of the project. I already added some flame-cut marks and surface texture on the mantlet. additional textures will definetly be added to thicker armoured panels
Construction is as good as complete... Tracks and side-skirts are installed and textured... I plan to do a little vignette for the vehicle which I roughly sketched out using some sytyrofoam-pieces. The commander is 3D-printed an will be joined by other crew-members
The current state of affairs: I placed a second crew-member on the tank and made some of the walls for the building from AK´s Carving Foam... the stuff isn´t bad, but comes with it´s own challenges. Window frames and the door will be printed and the space behind them covered in black paint. The sytrofoam block will remain behind the building and be cut to shape with the whole diorama using my hot-wire cutter... maybe I can get a nice cut and get away with just some putty on the sides instead of tedious framing. And I might do a name-plate to go on the front
Back on track with a new layout: After hgaving various cutting and fit issues, I decided to buy a Black Dog resin diorama set, that I found quite fitting for what I intended to do. It is nicely detailed, but a little too small for the big E-100, so I cut a block of styrofoam to which I glued the base. The extra space in the front was raised using a styrofoam offcut to roughly match the height of the base-plate.
The StuG E-100 is test-fitted to the new layout. Next step will be to integrate the baseplate with the rest of the vignette using acrylic textures and air drying clay
The final layout of the base minus a few wooden planks that I will add later on: I also still need to sand down some of the filler used on the sides. The two building sections are left seperate for easier painting
A detail shot to show some of the added details: Boxes and barrels are from the Black Dog base, gas bottles are 3D printed as are the Jerry cans. The ground texture has been modified using acrylic textures and plaster-rubble pieces. This also served to tie in the extended base with the original diorama base
Now it even has a frame for the base...
Demonsteating the final layout in it´s unpainted form
Now I have to start painting... The groundwork will be an interesting affair to paint
Some primed figures...
As they are made for 1/25 originally, the detail is quite extensive
First paint layer is done... Initially I though about painting it in a comparable fashion to the Maus II, but I have now decided to go for a "Splinter" type camo, grey gunbarrel and maybe a section of fender in primer red
The green is on and two of the side armour panels have been painted with Tamiya hull red to simulate primer.
Now with a three-tone camo. It looks better that way in my eyes... Onto some details then!
The building recieved somewhat of a zenital highlight in preparation for painting.
The main base colours are laid down: Red for the bricks, off-white for the wall-covers and grey for the concrete-parts. The window frames will be painted in a dark green and the roof also remains to be basecoated. Following onto that will be detail painting of individual bricks etc.
Basic paintjob and the mortar lines are done on the building/wall. Now, the base will recieve it´s light base colour (Tamiya Buff and maybe some grey), which will also be applied on the vehicle and building a little. Then, further detail-painting will be started (including the bits on the base). The roof tiles also still need thir basecolour
A little progress-picture: the figures (3D printed) are painted. Some highligts on smaller details may yet be necessesary
Following @John Hughes advice, I changed the direction of the vehicle to show more of the building. Additionally, this allowed me to experiment with an alternative orientation of the figures with both of them now being on top of the vehicle´s superstructure
Some oils and a pinwash on the vehicle... I also painted the windows black and put on a gloss coat to simulate the glass. I will likely put some dirt on them to integrate te look with the rest of the base
Some weathering + spare tracks attached. I tried to refine the windows a bit and also added some planks from plastic card, to integrate the vehicle into the scene more. However, some steps still have to be taken before fixing everything in place, as such as a dark wash on the spare tracks and the main track as well as some metal polishing
Komentáře
62 20 September 2022, 17:32
Simon NagorsnikYeah! Heavy stuff!
Like this what- if themes, hope to see an interesting camo here!
20 September 2022, 18:11
Simon NagorsnikModelcollect's papeg panzers are nice, but some them arr nonsensical.
Like this one:
WWII German E-75 (Modelcollect UA72144, 1:72)
Can attest to it, built it.
This thing wouldn't actually work...
20 September 2022, 18:15
Tom B.Some of those What-If subjects are indeed quite nonsensical. THis particular offering however, is one of the more sane and even has distinct roots in reality. Thus it might look more or less plausible when finished 👍
20 September 2022, 19:47
Simon NagorsnikHow do the OKB tracks fit?
Any problems or do you have any comments about the assembly?
28 September 2022, 21:10
Tom B.As always those tracks are nicely detailed, however this set had some "flash" to remove. For bending, I had to heat them up using a heat gun, although warm water might be more effective to retain temperature. The only real problem is joining up sections that had been cut to length and one has to be somewhat careful there. Luckily, these "odd" spots are on the upper track run and thus not really visible
29 September 2022, 09:57
Simon NagorsnikPassen die antriebsräder des kits zu den ketten oder braucht man welche von okb?
Dein projekt hat mir anstoss gegeben mit meinem e-100 einmal zu beginnen.
Wenn das nicht gewesen wäre hätte ich mich sowieso nicht entscheiden können was ich als nächtes mache😁
29 September 2022, 17:21
Tom B.Ein E-100 kann so falsch nicht sein! Die Triebräder passten bei mir super, da musste ich nichts ändern 👍
29 September 2022, 19:53
Tom B.Some update here: Unfortunately, I had a fail when cutting the base to shape a bit more 🙁 After trying to rebuild using different foam framed with thin wood and ran into issues again with warping of the wood. I will likely switch to making a basic frame from thicker wood (which doesn´t warp that hard) and fill in the interior with foam. Also, I think about incorporating one of the Black-Dog diorama bases as the building really matches the vision I have for the scene...
4 October 2022, 15:07
Tom B.Made the switch to the black dog resin building now! It changed the layout significantly, but is very detailed and should be fun to paint... thus I declare: I´m back on track
7 October 2022, 14:38
Tom B.Welcome in, then 👍
I have now reached the "stage of questions" during painting. I have applied the green stripes and hull red panels but I am thinking of two things:
a) Handpainting some soft hard-edge camo on the subturret and the mantlet via brush to make them look as if they have been colored by a different workshop
b) Maybe making the "Splinter-camo" into a three-tone one adding some brown spots
12 October 2022, 12:20
Tom B.They are on sale on CG-Trader by Artejaol. They come scaled for 1/25, so they require some scaling, but it is possible to print them smaller 👍
20 October 2022, 14:42
John HughesTry putting the vehicle facing the other way. It's blocking the view of the more interesting part of the building.
20 October 2022, 19:02
Tom B.@John Hughes That might be it! I found something off again while testfitting today... may be it is just the wrong way around... thanks for pointing that out 👍
20 October 2022, 19:50
Simon NagorsnikWoW! fantastic work so far!
With the dio base you have achieved something good.
A concordance for all '35.
The camo also fits perfectly with what-if.
22 October 2022, 11:46
Tom B.Finally got this project finished this evening 👍 I´ll have to see wether I can take some nice final photos tomorrow... Next thing will be another diorama for the "Novemberprojekt" from the German modelling podcast Abenteuer Modellbau which is themed 10x10cm...
6 November 2022, 18:05
MariusLooking really great indeed!
What a monster of a TD, I really wonder why was it even planed back then.
9 November 2022, 19:35
Simon NagorsnikYou have achieved an excellent composition here!
Background, environment and tank fits perfectly together.
The building looks awesome and you did a good job with the mortar.
Also like the weathering on the vehicle itself.
Great thing 👍👍👍
12 November 2022, 19:22
Tom B.Thank you for the kind comments 👍 This project will serve as somewhat of a template for a future project with a 5,5cm Flakpanzer Panther... Although I will do a little different groundwork there...
13 November 2022, 14:27
Spanjaardi was thinking that it was a really good dio, and then saw that it is 1/72, and not 1/35 as i thought initially, simply WOW!
2 December 2022, 10:24
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Building Modelcolects rendition of the illusive StuG E-100 often dubbed "Jagdpanzer E-100". I will upgrade the kit with OKB tracks and an Aber metal barrel. Different surface-textures will als be applied to give the "heavy metal"-look necessesary to express the size of this armoured behemoth.
Notes on the build so far:
- Where the hell should the exhaust go? The MC-kit seems to be based off the WoT model which also has no dedicated exhaust. However, in my mind at least, venting the hot exhaust up below the barrel would create heat-problems, so I added a side-facing exhaust made from Revell spare-parts from my spares-box.
- The ABER-barrel is designed for the a Trumpeter kit, thus I had to do some cutting and add a lot of superglue to have everything hopefully stay in place...
- I replaced the "blocks" representing the periscopes + cover with 3D-printed parts.
- The front-plate of the hull received some interlocking welds as they were missing in the kit.
- I took a Black-Dog base for the vignette, which I had to extend to fit the vehicle. Therefore, I cut out a correctly-sized block of sytrofoam and glued the resin base onto it, then built up the ground using different acrylic textures and plaster rocks
- Several 3D-printed items have been scattered around the base for additional detailing
