1:72 E-100 Ausf.B (Henschel Turret) (Paper Panzer)
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Someone else caught by the "E-100-fever" XD I always found this turret design (based on Michael Rinaldi´s work) to be quite intriguing 👍
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Thx friends!
@Tom: Yes, you infected me😆
I've had it in stock for some time now and I thought it is time now.
I liked the slimmer turret design which almost gives it a sporty look without the skirts 😉
However, I had to steal the gun barrel from an old 1/35 Churchill.
It comes pretty close to the original.
I milled the thread myself.
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Yes.
I had a pretty nasty mishap while airbrushing that could only be fixed with paint remover.
And that didn't do the OKB soft resin any good.
They practically disintegrated.
😭😭
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@Chan: Yes, I tried to work with this scheme.
In the upper areas and horizontal areas I worked brighter and tried to get darker downwards.
I used three steps:
1 Allover dark gray primer
2 Light gray for the larger areas
3 white for highlights
@Lukasz: Of course, you are welcome, but at the time it´s on hold until I have the new parts.
It will probably not continue until december....
@Michael: You hit the nail´s head- that sucks 🤬
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Too bad, I'm gonna follow even if you're up to starting a whole new kit 😉
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I take a seat! I see it's the time of continue. I hope I didn't miss anything !
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Welcome Zsolt, nice to know you on board again!
You haven't missed much yet😉
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Even if it is a german what if 46 tank, I cannot help myself than like it.
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So much thanks to all of you mates!!
I´m really glad about your comments 😁
@Lukas: On the first attempt I had a mishap while airbrushing and had to remove the paint again.
And that didn't do the tracks any good at all.
Things happen...
What you see now is the second pass.
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Thanks a lot Ralf!
For this here and for all your other comments and likes 😁
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The weathering, those small scratches and the overall chipped off paint with the very local colour variation are very impressive for 1:72.
One can say this is even 1:35 from a certain distance.
Btw, I didn't know there was an Ausf. B to the E-100 with this slender gun, I only knew the version with that massive gun muzzle, probably Ausf. A.
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Thank you very much for your nice comments Arthur and Marius!
@Marius: I think it was equipped with a smaller caliber, at least my new barrel fit very well to the one from the conversion set.
But, I don't know exactly, it's "what-if", so it doesn't make much difference to me 😁
Just liked the slightly more "sporty" style of it 😂
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I bought this kit (Modelcollect, UA72068) second hand and therefore a few parts of the contents were missing.
PE parts, a few other small parts and the tracks.
I got the small PE set from Voyager Model (PE72005) to replace them, but the rectangular grilles didn't quite fit - they were a bit too small.
Replaced the missing tracks with those from OKB Grigorov (S72250).
I wanted to give the whole thing a more "field-suitable" look and added tools from a Flyhawk supplement set for german tanks (FH72001).
Also add a container for the barrel cleaning device and is made of different left over parts.
Got me a "resin block;)" from Modell Trans Modellbau (MT72340) to replace the turret.
Here I replaced the commander's dome too (OKB Grigorov, S72442) and the barrel with an aluminum part.
I stole it from an old 1/35 Churchill and it fit almost perfectly in size and shape to the original part.
At the muzzle I milled an M3 thread because I wanted to represent it with the muzzle brake removed.
In addition i changed and improved some other details too.
The commander also comes from Model Trans Modellbau (MT72908) from a 1946 tank crew set.
After a big mishap happened to me at the first attempt while airbrushing, I was forced to use the Paint Remover.
However, it attacked the resin tracks and turned them into a jelly-like mass.
Before it could go any further, the entire chassis had to be removed, cleaned and reassembled.