The gun barrel, however, would never be in red primer as barrels were never primed. An unpainted barrel would be dark grey. I don't know who started this myth of the red oxyde barrel, but it never actually happened.

Yes, of course, it's a paper panzer and therefore pure fantasy. The gun barrel, however, would never be in red primer as barrels were never primed. An unpainted barrel would be dark grey. I don't know who started this myth of the red oxyde barrel, but it never actually happened.

As long as you keep it plausible (e.g. you wouldn't paint an E-100 day-glo pink with bright blue spots), there is no "right" or "wrong"! Who's to say that the Reich Armaments Ministry or whoever wouldn't have issed an edict in July or August of 1945 stating that "all barrels must heneceforth be painted in a nice deep rusty red colour".

Then why would the Reichs Armaments Ministry suddenly order all barrels to be painted in red oxyde primer? Especially when paint, as pretty much anything else, was becoming scarce. Besides, if they hadn't done before, most likely there was a very good reason... So, you might as well paint the barrel day-glo orange, pardon, pink... :-)

Yes, of course, it's a paper panzer and therefore pure fantasy. The gun barrel, however, would never be in red primer as barrels were never primed. An unpainted barrel would be dark grey. I don't know who started this myth of the red oxyde barrel, but it never actually happened.

I will definitely buy this tank model. I have always been interested in German paper projects at the end of WW II, both armor and aircraft. It is refreshing to be able to build some completely different models instead of the slightly tweaked same old, same old. Trumpter should be applauded for their efforts in this little explored territory. I do note that the Trumpter box-art shows a machine gun port on the tank's front hull, but the actual model does not have this machine gun port.

However, as an E-100, I think Trumpter got it wrong. From the research that I have done, their E-100 appears to be the German E-75.

Dragon is right on with their version of the E-100.

Germany had several models proposed under the "E" series of tanks. They ranged from the small E-10, the E-25, E-50, E-75 to the giant E-100. the number stood for the approximate tonnage of the vehicle. The idea behind the "E" series was to have as many parts as possible to be exchangable between all the tanks in the series. This was for ease of production and parts replacement. The E-75 was an upgraded version of the King Tiger, which the Trumpter model does strongly resemble. From captured plans and documents, the E-100 looked exactly like the Dragon model.

Now all we need is an E-50, since Trumpter has also released the E-10 and E-25 in model form. The E-50 looked a great deal like the Panther tank, but had a "schmalturm' type turrent. Hopefully, Trumpter is working on the E-50. Their E-75 looks great.

Hello Mike,

Thanks for the clarification with the "E-100 Ausf. B." The size of the chassis did seem to be too big for anything smaller than an E-100, but I could've sworn this was an E-75, based on drawings I have seen of this paper panzer. Wishful thinking, I guess. In any event, it is a great looking model.

By the way, you seem to have an "in" with Trumpter models. Do you know if they have any future plans to develop a German E-75 or E-50 model tank?? It would be great for them to produce the full series.