Trumpeter Entwicklungsfahrzeug E 25 1:35

[BerndM]

Hello Britmodellers, here is the newest roll out from my "production line", which is in the "finish something" modus, currently.

Normally i don t do paper projects but this was fun.

This build was intended as a birthday present for a good friend, he is playing the World of Tanks game and added a E 25 for his tank garage.

The kit itself is a really good one, the modeller can choose between, rubber band style tracks or plastic single links, different hull tops, mudguards from plastic or PE parts and there are also a lot of tools for the so called Entwicklungsfahrzeug, or development vehicle.

At the end of WWII, there were two hulls for production at Allkett in Berlin, so my build is just fantasy.

There are many parts shared with the Panther and Tiger Ausf.B tanks, like the suspension, road wheels, tracks and the gun from the Panther and Jagdpanzer IV, of the later production.
I added also towing cables, mountings for them ( came from a retired StuG III ) and the tube, which includes the cleaning rods for the main gun ( from an also retired Panther )

After nearly twenty years, the soft plastic tracks, simply dissolve.

The build was straight forward, no problems at all. To speed up “production” my girlfriend cut out and cleaned all the single tracks. Wasn t the last modelling project for her.

The camo scheme was sprayed free hand on, using my Badger 150 airbrush, weathering was done with acrylics.
Ot was the first 1/35 tank in years for me, it was fun, so there will be more stuff in this scale, land on my bench, incl. projects like this one.

Hope you like it.

Best Regards
Bernd

[Darby]

Waheyyyy! It was worth the wait. Nice one!

[BerndM]

Waheyyyy! It was worth the wait. Nice one!

Thank you very much for this compliment, it has took a while to build it but it was one of my few projects, which went to the finish without some time in my "project box"

[DAG058]

Great build! A very mean looking machine, with those angles and the thickness of the armour, it looks a real beast.

[BerndM]

Great build! A very mean looking machine, with those angles and the thickness of the armour, it looks a real beast.

Thank you and i agree this would have been a real beast of a tank hunter

[PlaStix]

Hi Bernd. That's a great looking tank you've put together there. It certainly would have been impressive on the battlefield if had gone into production. Beautifully put together, detailed and weathered! Superb! Well done. :goodjob:

[Stesca]

Really like this Bernd, not usually my cup of tea but this is a very menacing looking thing quite the beast, I like the finishing on it great paint job.

[BerndM]

Hi Bernd. That's a great looking tank you've put together there. It certainly would have been impressive on the battlefield if had gone into production. Beautifully put together, detailed and weathered! Superb! Well done. :goodjob:

Thank you very much for the kind words As said, it was the first project tank, the first 1/35 kit in a decade and also the first one with added bits from the spare box. This screams for more.

Really like this Bernd, not usually my cup of tea but this is a very menacing looking thing quite the beast, I like the finishing on it great paint job.

Thank you Steve, only the idea of a birthday present brought this on my bench but it was fun, it looks a bit like the bigger brother of the Hetzer tank hunter

[GREG DESTEC]

Great job Bernd superb photos and camo on this one mate. Cheers Greg

[batcode]

very nice!!! great job on the cam and finish....

[Carius]

Looks great indeed.

Cheers

[builder52]

_{Nice Panzerpaper realized}

[sean]

Great finish on your tank Bernd, it's certainly an interesting looking beast.

I see you have an unpainted Sherman in the corner of one of your photos, is this the one

that's stalled?,

Sean

[BerndM]

Great job Bernd superb photos and camo on this one mate. Cheers Greg

Thank you very much Gregor, that was a build without fighting myself, guess it can be seen.

Modelling how it should be.

very nice!!! great job on the cam and finish....

Thank you very much for the kind words, the freehand sprayed on camo, came out quite nice

Looks great indeed.

Cheers

Thank you very much

_{Nice Panzerpaper realized}

Thanks, project or what ifs are normally not my business, but it was fun. Maybe more later on.

Great finish on your tank Bernd, it's certainly an interesting looking beast.

I see you have an unpainted Sherman in the corner of one of your photos, is this the one

that's stalled?,

Sean

Thank you Sean, i am glad you like this one and yes, thats the stalled Sherman. Many of my builds stall for a while, guess this one will see progress quite soon

[Spookytooth]

Nice build Bernd, and great paint work.

You got a lovely depth of colour.

Good pics too mate.

Simon.

[BerndM]

Thank you very much for the kind words, Simon.

It came out not too bad, so i am testing a second tank build in this scale

[DogTeeth]

Likey a lot. Played WOT since beta and the e25 can be a pest in the right hands.

Good job sir.

[russ c]

Very nice, great job and unusual subject

[BerndM]

Likey a lot. Played WOT since beta and the e25 can be a pest in the right hands.

Good job sir.

Thank you very much, this build was at first intended as a birthday present for a WOT gamer,

instead of this one, he got a coupon for another tank for his garage.

Very nice, great job and unusual subject

Thank you Russ, it was my first project tank and it was fun.

[Fatboydim]

Great looking piece of armour Bernd. Really good camouflage. Joe

[BerndM]

Thank you for your kind words, Joe. Its just fantasy.