Ludwig/ Heng Long King Tiger E-100 build

[chris3]

moin

hi m ustclime

this was my reference model
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30147667@N ... hotostream

i was not sure how everyone will handel the ventilator point, thats why i have done it like that way.
maybe it is better to close this holes.

cu christian

[mustclime]

Your picture did not show...Its ok, at this point I am building to How I want it to look. One thing you should fix though is the holes by the joints on the turret. They need to be moved inward from the edge, when you clean up the joints, the holes end up to close to the edge. You can see what I am talking about in this picture



here is a good picture of the top of the maus 1 turret, you can see the holes by size

[mustclime]

If you look close, thats a prototype tiger 1 turret....look at the hatch opening...

More detail....here are my turret lifting loops....for a 35 ton turret



Not sure I like them, I thin the maus turret was supose to be lifted with the hols in the corners you see here....



here are the lifting loops, razed hatches and king tiger vent fans....



Here is something I am thinking about for the parascopes....the problem is the things have to be tall to see over the range finder houseing...







Not sure I like this ether.....

[chris3]

moin

hi mustclime, if i move this holes more to the inner side thay will no longer placed in the midel of the 5mm side armor plate. thats why im put them there.

cu christian

[mustclime]

moin

hi m ustclime

this was my reference model
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30147667@N ... hotostream

i was not sure how everyone will handel the ventilator point, thats why i have done it like that way.
maybe it is better to close this holes.

cu christian

Ok, you used the Cammet's Krupp turret for E-100 as a guide....Sadly, I do not think they still make them. Not sure where they got the plans for it.

[mustclime]

More details, spent about 3 hours working on the rain shield for the main gun....a nothing part but hard to get right...









The next project was those dam para scopes again.....went with went with a razed platform with standard guards from the king tiger, they are turnable.





here are some shots with extra details...also working on the rolled armor texture.





I also did some work on the hull deck.






I have to get going on the seams and welds next...

[mustclime]

thanks....they look interesting, I was working on the hull and tracks last night.....I bolted up the fenders after adding welds and texture to the slabs of plastic....











For the tracks I am planing on making 2 sets of tracks for the tank....one set will be stock king tiger tracks with duckbills glued on with PVC solvent glue...the display tracks will be hl king tiger tracks with 10mm of other track links and duck bills glued on to them....they will be sale size at 62mm wide....the main problem is the track pins...you need a tempered wire, I found that piano wire is pretty much dead on but the stuff is not cheep.....so the display tracks will have to wait till I find a job......

took me about 2 hours to make one track with the duckbills.....







this is the look I am going for...



Next is back to the turret, I have to figure out how to make the guts before I add any more detail....I have a hl stug elevation unit for moving the gun but recoil has me at a loss.....

[mustclime]

Took the e-100 down to the Danville event.....all of the bridges are now rated for 120 tons......







figured out the tow loops.....or my version of them.....I carved them out of 6mm think blocks of styreen...





look kinda close to this....




tank now drives with the Clark board, now to get the turret working....

[Koubiak]

Nice Mustclime,the first 1/16 E100 in action

[mustclime]

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_11297819/tm.htm

no, they are open......