hey,
Just finishing up on my build for this campaign,I built Cyber-Hobby 7.5cm Stu.Kan.auf Pz.Kpfw.38(t) .Interesting little vehicle,built OOB,Instructions,sure could have been a little better.I left it Dunkelgelb,no camo or insignia,as it may have been seen on the proving grounds during tests.








Joe

Greetings all,

I have started my E-100 kit a few days ago. It is the old Dragon offering, kind of hard to find nowadays. Comes with its own set of problems, I had purchased the kit second-hand. While it looked mint (the sprues were in their wrappings even), it has a damaged body. Seems like its previous owner has mispackaged the interior and bent the hull floor(price for buying a second hand kit). I am struggling to put everything back in shape, let's see what happens.

Even still incomplete, this thing is enormous! The turret itself is as large as a 3-ton Opel Blitz truck. How the Germans thought they would haul a 100-ton beast this size around the battlefield is a question to be asked, indeed...

Hopefully I will get my compressor repaired soon and be enable to paint once again. Once my CPA exam is over, I hope I'll have time to properly complete this kit.

Pictures will follow once the glue sets.

Im doing a Canadian Skink. Its a really wretched resin conversion kit from brazil, so Im not sure I'll actually be able to finish this in time, but Im giving it a shot. Only one was ever used in combat, of the two built, so it definitly qualifies.

Looks good, Mayer.

A little too clean for my taste, but if it just came of the line for testing then it is very reaslistic.

Great entry in the campaign

My E-10 is done and photos posted on Kit Maker gallery. I have not mastered posting photos on this forum so if you want to see pics you have to go to the WW2 Experimental Campaign.

A lovely clean build Mayer, but like Jesper, a bit too clean for my tastes! Unless this has just rolled out of the factory doors it would have some sign of wear or dirt. Even a mild pin-wash to enhance some details would really bring out the details.

Also the reflector and convoy light on the rear could do with having their lenses painting.

A nice clean build though for sure!

James

With the exception if the KV3 and my Skink...is there anyone else doing an allied build?

Due to an issue with kids and glue my Maus was but on hold until I find some replacement parts. Don't ask. I have switch to a KV-2 1939 prottype as only 6 were built of this version berfor moving to the common 1940 model we all know.

Yep! Russian A-40 Flying Tank!

Mike

My E-100s became two now, since a friend has sent a Trumpeter E-100 as a gift. Will try to finish them both (though displaying them will be a problem, I think I'll need new shelves )

This build has been sitting, stalled, under my workbench for a few months. I decided it was time to get it finished and posted. I tried to do a disc pattern camo. I am really not happy with how it came out. I also decided not to weather it since they never made it out into the field. The kit is good and costly. It went together well, with no real problems. When I get the time I will probably strip the paint and try a more conventional scheme. But I am done with it for now.

Don't get me wrong Carl, but it sort of looks like a soda commercial. Applying the same idea to a civilian car using different colors might produce very interesting results. It looks kind of strange on a military vehicle.

I like it If i was about to fire on it , the hesitation while looking at it might get me killed!!! Was it a real scheme or something you did A heavy weathering would tone it down but it's cool Thanks for the pics , Bob

Some Panthers actually did receive a disc pattern something like this. They did not look like a soda pop though. The disruptive pattern of the discs actually was very affective as a camo scheme. But the ambush pattern was easier to apply, and became the preffered camo. Some weathering would tone it down.

The pictures really dont do justice to the true effervescence of this build.

First, let me apologize for the late comment. I just noticed this campaign.

When I was a young 2nd Lt. I was briefly assigned temp duty in the Marine Corps Development Center while i was between schools. My primary job at the time was to microfilm old records of experimental equipment development from the 1920's on. At the time, I had no idea what a rich experience it was going to be. I only wish I could remember more than just a couple of the projects. The ones I do remember are as follows:

1. Mounting the 40mm turret of the M-42 Duster on an LVT-4 chassis.

2. Mounting the 40mm turret of the M-42 Duster on an LVT-5 chassis (post WWII).

3. A 155mm mortar that looked a lot like the 4.2in Chemical Mortar of the WWII era.

4. A set of bolt-on, rim-like devices that attached to the wheels of a jeep and had two uses. The first use was as capstans for the self recovery of the jeep when stuck in the mud. The second use was to engage cable-style bridging to allow the jeep to cross streams, wadis, etc. before full bridges could be deployed. (As I recall, this didn't work too well - the jeeps kept bouncing off the cables mid-stream.)

Man!!! I wish I could get at those records now! There were some really cool projects tried and dropped for various reasons.

Semper Fi,
Dave

Carl, great effort you put into this build, but I agree with you that it does not look like the Panther camouflage. The difference is that the dots in the Panther camouflage were overlapping a little bit more. Your dots have more sand colour between them. Also some of your dots are very big compared to the Panther pattern. This is what makes it look different. However, making the small dot pattern on something as big as a Grille II would be an even more massive task that what you have already done.

I am really impressed by your great effort and skill in making this. It is impressive work even though you are not satisfied with the end result. I am planning to do the same on a late war Panther, but only on the side skirts. I do not have your kind of courage to do the whole tank. How the you make the circles for the masking?

Quick update from my build-thread:

The rigging is done. I chose to have the boom rigging go under the boom support:

Next up is to do some final prep on the wing assembly to get it ready for the Russian Green. Then.....ugh, the tracks for the teeny-tiny tank.

Mike

It could be very interesting to see these two builds next to each other. I have the feeling by looking at sprue shots that the Dragon E-100 is the best detailed. I might be wrong, since my initial judgement is based only on pictures from the net.

i think i'll join for this one too...
E-10 or Dicker Max - they are suitable right ?

Gotta hurry on this one !

Hi John, without being the campaign leader I think it is safe to say both are suitable for this campaign. I made the E-10 myself. Excellent kit!

Welcome onboard

Yes both are more then fine.

So, Scott, is the Karl mortar something that fits this campaign?

I'll have an E-10 but there was a sweet Trumpeter Dicker Max at my LHS...
i 'll see right now i have an Old KTiger, a Panzer IV D, a Faun Transporter and a JSU-152 on my workbench...

the Moser would be fine.