Raketenjagdpanzer E-10

[Mig Eater]

I'll be joining in the GB with a build that could have (sort of) gone in the oldest project/kit GB too

I started this Trumpeter Jagdpanzer E-10 kit many, many years ago, attempting to convert it from a casemate tank destroyer into a turreted tank, which involved lengthening the hull by changing the angles of the front and rear, along with adding a new scratch built upper hull and turret based on the one used on the Puma armoured car.







I didn't get very far with the build and the parts ended up sitting in the box for over a decade. Since then I've changed my mind about the the layout of the tank, I also have a 3D printer now and it will be easier to design and print new hull and turret parts instead of scratch building them.

So I plan to give this kit a second life and instead build it as an anti-tank missile launcher. I made a bit of preemptive start and removed the extensions, returning the hull to its original shape.   

[Buzzbomb]

Great plan. Like work on pre-loved kits.
The original idea had some merit as well.

[Mig Eater]

Making some progress bringing this old kit back to life

Instead of the main gun I'm going to fit it with a roof mounted missile launcher, so the big gaping hole in the front plate need to be filled. I reused some the plastic card from the previous hull extension to fill the hole, I also added a lip/support around the hole in the roof so the new new roof should just drop right in.

Along with the missile launcher I want to add a large hatch to the roof, which I plan leave it open with maybe a figure sitting on the edge. Because of this you'll be able to see inside the the tank, so I need to add some sort of interior. I started by adding a firewall to separate the engine and fighting compartment, I'll raid the spares box and see what do-dads and greebles I can find.




This isn't my only unfinished E-10 I got as far as painting the base colour on this one but then couldn't decide what camouflage pattern to use. It then sat on the shelf of doom collecting dust for a decade. It seamed unfair to build another E-10 when this one has been waiting nearly finished for so long, so I'll work on this one in the background too.

[apophenia]

... It seamed unfair to build another E-10 when this one has been waiting nearly finished for so long, so I'll work on this one in the background too...

And with its limited traverse, I'd say that your stock E 10 qualifies as a 'Tankbuster' too