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Posted: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 11:19 AM UTC

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The good thing is that it is impossible to make it unauthentic as it is pure speculation to start with


True to a high degree. I think we can eliminate the red and white candy stripped schemes.

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Posted: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 01:47 PM UTC

I have joined ---late as usual ........pity it wasn't last year then I could have had 'Nellie 'in


Now to find another "Off the Wall Beastie "

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Posted: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 07:18 PM UTC
Wow Steve. That is truly a beastie of proportions! Is it based on your imagination or did someone really plan something like that in the 1920'ties?

I have started on my E10 tank destroyer. It is a well detailed, yet simple kit. I can understand how this AFV was designed for simplicity. Simple suspension with a simple box hull and no turret. All straight lines and what looks like easy manufacturing.

More to follow as this one progresses...





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Posted: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 05:09 AM UTC
Good start Jesper,

I too would be interested to learn a little about 'Nellie' if you have any info Steve?

Cheers,

James
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Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 08:42 AM UTC
I have the transmission/gearbox and engine completed on the Geschutzwagen. They went together really well. No problems, aside from minimal flash, knockout pin marks and mold parting marks so far. It appears these assemblies are going to reappear in the future in other kits. The sprues are produced so they can be dropped into future releases. Perhaps we will see a Trumpeter KT soon?

Because of the gloomy weather, I was unable to shoot any photos. The weather may allow me to shoot some in the morning.
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Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 09:10 AM UTC
I have come up with ribbon but I can not get it to upload for some reason.


Anybody want to help me figure out why it will not upload to the campign post.
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Posted: Friday, January 11, 2008 - 01:41 AM UTC
The ribbon needs to be 50 x 20 pixels and less than 3 kb. Then it needs to be a gif file and have a special name which the upload page gives you. If all this is in order then I do not know what could be wrong.

I have made some progress on my E-10. Now I only need to add the sideskirts and then start the painting. I am planning on a hard edged camouflage pattern but I have not decided yet. More to follow.







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Posted: Friday, January 11, 2008 - 09:46 PM UTC
Here is a small update on my E-10. I have now mounted the sideskirts and added some limited battle damage to the skirts. Notice how low the profile is of the this little tankhunter. It would have been a real pain to detect for tank commanders if it went into hiding.

Next is the base coat and then camouflage painting can begin.







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Posted: Monday, January 14, 2008 - 10:11 AM UTC
mine will be a "paper tiger" : VK 4502 (p) Hinton
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Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 03:52 PM UTC
I'll be starting trumpeter's E-25 shortly...
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Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 07:09 PM UTC
A small update on my E-10. I have added an overall coat of dark yellow and some light mud on the lower hull and suspension. The mud is a paint, sand, pastels, static grass mix.

Next is the camouflage painting - more to follow





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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 12:38 AM UTC
Wow Jesper, you really are flying through this one!
It looks great so far I must say.

Hoping to begin my project pretty soon........

James
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 01:27 AM UTC

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Wow Jesper, you really are flying through this one!
It looks great so far I must say.
James


Thanks, James

It is a pretty easy build OOB - especially since there is no turret or interior.

I think I will paint the camouflage tonight. I have changed my mind from the hard edged pattern and is going for an airbrushed pattern - either green or green/dark brown.

More to follow
CaptainA
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 10:02 AM UTC
I have made quite a bit of progress on my Geschutzwagen. I actually took some pictures also. I will load them up later.

Jesper, I am happy to hear you will be foregoing the red and white candystripe scheme.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 10:01 PM UTC

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Jesper, I am happy to hear you will be foregoing the red and white candystripe scheme.


Yes, I went for the crazy mottling scheme instead Although I might go for a candy stripe scheme if I make a second entry for this campaign.

I decided not to add any brown to the camouflage as I am pretty satisfied with how it looks now with just green mottling.
Maybe not a real "late war" scheme as it should probably have been hard edged. On the other hand who knows how the camouflage would look at the end of 1945 with the war still raging...





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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 10:03 PM UTC

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I have made quite a bit of progress on my Geschutzwagen. I actually took some pictures also. I will load them up later.

Jesper, I am happy to hear you will be foregoing the red and white candystripe scheme.


Can't wait to see some of these Geschutzwagen pics, that is a real monster of an AFV!

As for camouflage schemes, it would be nice to see some octopus schemes on some of these late 1945/46 builds.

James
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Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 02:26 AM UTC

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As for camouflage schemes, it would be nice to see some octopus schemes on some of these late 1945/46 builds.

James


Does anybody have pictures of the octopus scheme? Then I can do this scheme on my second entry.

I plan on doing an Ostwind next, although it might not qualify for the "max. 12 examples build" campaign limit as around 40 was build. I guess it does not matter if it is my second entry and it goes into a diorama with the E-10 I am currently building.
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Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 08:16 AM UTC

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As for camouflage schemes, it would be nice to see some octopus schemes on some of these late 1945/46 builds.
James


I never considered that.
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Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 08:18 AM UTC
I started a build log on the Geschutzwagen. It is under Forums/Campaigns/Big Gun.

Pictures there.
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Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 12:00 PM UTC

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As for camouflage schemes, it would be nice to see some octopus schemes on some of these late 1945/46 builds.

James


Does anybody have pictures of the octopus scheme? Then I can do this scheme on my second entry.

I plan on doing an Ostwind next, although it might not qualify for the "max. 12 examples build" campaign limit as around 40 was build. I guess it does not matter if it is my second entry and it goes into a diorama with the E-10 I am currently building.


Here ya go Jesper...
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Posted: Friday, January 18, 2008 - 07:33 AM UTC
That scheme would really be interesting on the Geschutzwagen.
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Posted: Friday, January 18, 2008 - 10:11 AM UTC
Wow, that camo looks cool! Thanks a lot, Mark.

I will definently use this camo on something!

Thanks for sharing
Tigerbait
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Posted: Saturday, January 19, 2008 - 03:24 AM UTC
Hey guys, I need a little help... I seem to remember seeing a build of an E25 that said something about the suspension being wrong in the instructions???? was I halucinating from glue fumes??? LOL thanks in advance


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Posted: Monday, January 21, 2008 - 06:30 AM UTC
I'm in.

I'll either dust off my Trumpeter Sturer Emil from the stash or get going on my new Dragon 105mm Heuschrecke IVb.

Perhaps I'll go with the latter since I haven't seen anyone mention that one.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 03:33 PM UTC
ok ... progress so far from start...

















sorry to flood you with all the pics but I got stalled looking for the build article on this to be sure I had the suspension right and so it just piled up ... not sure if I want to do a camo scheme or not... I'm kinda liking the dark yellow so I may just weather it up like it is ...

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