A 1/35 E100 super heavy tank taken from box to camo

Oct 11, 2026 Last reply: 3 days ago 2 Replies
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A super heavy tank in 1/35 is a big slab of a subject, and the tricky part is keeping a hull that size square and solid while you work on it. That is the problem this build tackles, and Andy's Hobby Headquarters seems to have handled it methodically from the first steps onward.



The construction starts with the kit's one-piece bathtub-style lower hull. Internal brace bars go in first, then individual suspension springs and suspension arms follow, with a time-lapse showing the springs and bogie brackets being glued along the lower hull flanks. Up top, the hull deck carries armor plates, engine deck grilles, fan covers and access hatches, and the rear plate gets exhaust mufflers, shrouds and towing shackles. A neat touch, in my view, is the styrene strip spacers glued inside the sponsons, which give a secure, aligned fit between the upper and lower hull assemblies. On a model with a listed length of 326.82mm, that kind of alignment help seems like a smart safeguard.



The road wheels got real attention too: flash was sanded off each half before gluing, and they can dry-fit tightly without glue so painting is easier later. Tools on the bench included Tamiya Extra Thin Cement, a sanding stick, a hobby knife and a pencil. The finished tank wears dark yellow/tan and olive green camouflage, a long main gun barrel reaching forward, and a Balkenkreuz decal on the side armor skirt above the running gear.



One open point: it is not clear whether the road wheels were finally glued or left as tight dry-fits. Given how snug the fit is, either way looks workable to me.



Project by Andy's Hobby Headquarters. Watch it on their YouTube channel:

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Nice result on a chunky subject. I am curious about those road wheels: after sanding the flash off the halves, did the maker end up gluing them to the axles, or were they left sitting on the tight dry-fit so they could come off again for painting? With individual suspension springs underneath, getting the wheels seated evenly must matter a lot.

The maker has not said whether the wheels were glued down in the end. What is known is that they can dry-fit tightly without any glue, and that this was done to make painting easier later on. The flash was definitely sanded off the wheel halves before any gluing happened, and the springs and bogie brackets were glued along the lower hull flanks as shown in the time-lapse. So the final wheel attachment is still an open point.

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