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Armor/AFV: What If?
For those who like to build hypothetical or alternate history versions of armor/AFVs.
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German E-100
DaveGod
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Posted: Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 09:42 PM UTC
I am in the midsts of building Trumpeter's E-100 Ausf b and I thought of somthing. I guess that a ladder would have been a standard piece of equipment for these beasts had they ever made it to combat. I look at the model and wonder how the hell you would get onto the vehicle. I will post pictures of the finished model. I like the kit and it is a qiuck build.
Dave G
ericadeane
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Posted: Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 12:00 AM UTC
Well it's all theoretical but all tank crews usually had a preferred route of climbing aboard the tank. Often you see crews that had welded extra steps and hand holds. While not unheard of, a ladder seems overly complex. Look around on the model and see where a combination of lifting lugs, fittings, wheels and tracks would make for a logical mounting point. Then I'd slop some dried mud and hand prints in the dust near those fittings!
04090
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Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 08:16 AM UTC

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I am in the midsts of building Trumpeter's E-100 Ausf b and I thought of somthing. I guess that a ladder would have been a standard piece of equipment for these beasts had they ever made it to combat. I look at the model and wonder how the hell you would get onto the vehicle. I will post pictures of the finished model. I like the kit and it is a qiuck build.
Dave G

04090
well you have to give Trumpeter credit it is one hell of a kit
i have just started it and have completed the running gear look forward to the pictures
of your finished model.
yours cyril.
Graywolfgang
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Posted: Monday, March 03, 2008 - 04:18 PM UTC
The only thing that would make this kit even better.. Is if Friulmodel would bring out a set of track fo it...
t34-85
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Posted: Monday, March 03, 2008 - 05:00 PM UTC

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I look at the model and wonder how the hell you would get onto the vehicle.


Escape hatch at the bottom of the hull?
Seriously, maybe a ladder (collapsible type?) was carried inside.
t34-85
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Posted: Monday, March 03, 2008 - 05:03 PM UTC

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The only thing that would make this kit even better.. Is if Friulmodel would bring out a set of track fo it...


Uh? Isn't that just a standard late-type KingTiger track? I'm sure you'd need more than one set, and that means beaucoup $$$...
t34-85
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Posted: Monday, March 03, 2008 - 05:07 PM UTC
Hmm, OK, just checked a couple of references. No, it's not a KT track, looks substantially wider...
Graywolfgang
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Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 09:29 PM UTC
the track on the E-100 is a lot wider and longer. The Tiger used a 32" wide track and the E-100 used a 40" wide track.. It sure would be nice if Frulmodel came out with a set of track for them. I need seven sets.
John_O
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Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 01:24 AM UTC
The issue of the crew getting into the E-100 also worried me a bit. Without the side skirts I guess they could have gotten on the hull, but the turret posed a problem. Which I solved by adding extra steps (as with the Ferdinand):



Cheers,

John
martyncrowther
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Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 02:41 AM UTC
wow great build ! the dragon 1/72 e100 kit they supply you with a ladder the fits the shape of the hull on the side that might be an idea
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