New model (Patreon)

My friends! With the Panther diorama finished, I'm ready to slow things down before Christmas and then take my usual week off during the holidays.

But that doesn't mean I won't be building models - quite the opposite! I bought this E-100 a couple of weeks ago as my next project, and it's gonna be different. Probably the first what-if tank on the channel since the Ball Tank, but also, I want to go back a couple of years and focus mainly on the build and weathering. Get as much out of the construction, then apply a simple base coat without any post-shading, and focus on the weathering. Similar to what I did with the Jagdtiger :)

I have a couple figures for it, but I don't plan on making any type of diorama. A small scenic base at most, but I'm not even sure about that. I really just want to focus all my attention on the tank itself.

Ironically, I had the old Dragon kit in my stash already, but after seeing these new kits, it just seemed better to get one of these instead and focus on the fun parts... and save time and energy on the mistakes and imperfections of the old kit.

I have two camouflages in mind so far, and a couple of modifications as well. I'd like to stylize the tank as a Jagdtiger because I have a few cool parts left from that model, so... we'll see what will come out of it :)

I'll start with the turret because holy smokes, check out that lovely texture!

P.S.: There are several cool turret designs with these new kits, but I'm a sucker for the old-school Maus turret. I loved this design since I saw it first in the old Dragon catalogue when I was a kid :)