Resist the lure of these drafting table beasts Bill.
Remember how good you felt when you laid hands on a Sherman!
As far as needing therapy … go buy two models and call us in the morning.
hmmm, I thought that’s what I was basically doing!! lol
Bill
Get 'em all, Bill!
The Maus (188 tons actual) was a bit bigger than the E-100 (150 tons projected). A complete Maus still exists at Kubinka, but the E-100 only got so far as a partially completed hull, which the British took possession of after the war, ran some tests on, and scrapped.
Bill, my advice would be to buy all three. Hey, I’ve seen some of you guys’ closets!! Buy them all and then build whichever one you want first. I would if it
involved more than one kit that I wanted AND the fact that they are rare. Go ahead, indulge yourself. (If you don’t, you’ll probably kick yourself later when you can’t find one or more of these kits.) Simple, pure logic.
Roy
Thanks Roy, after all, tomorrow IS payday, right??
LOL
Bill
I’m glad to hear the E-100 is being re-released! I’d like to get one.
Ron
Go for broke! They are fairly rare, and from personal experience, you always kick yourself for the one you didn’t buy. Save yourself the heartache, Bill. Do it for all of us that support you, and there will be much joy.
demono69
Scott, where are you expecting all this joy to come from?? Certainly not my wife. I guess if I started selling off all my aircraft kits to buy armor, she might think that was okay!! LOL
Most women don’t understand that whoever dies with the most unbuilt kits wins!! LOL
I know I can’t get all three, but I might be able to swing two. Still gotta consider those Tiger tracks I need, though!
Thanks for the support;
Bill
That’s the inherent flaw in women. They just don’t understand our needs.
I’m fairly fortunate that my wife doesn’t really know how many or what kits I have, so when a new one shows up, she never really notices (or doesn’t pay attention.)
You cuold also tell her the “Demon” made you do it!
LOL
I’m using that one for the Tamiya Tiger 1 Otto Carius [}:)]
Bill, treat yourself to an early Christmas present and buy all three. If you don’t do that, get the one your debating on the most, because if you don’t, you’ll regret it down the road. We’ve all been there.
“It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it.”-R.E.Lee
Eric;
What is the difference between the Otto Carius Mid and the regular Mid kits??
i hate it when your in a good model shop and your torn between two or three kits[}:)]
i was in a good model shop last month when they had the E-100 and a AFV club Achillies, i wanted them both but couldnt make my self buy both, so it was one or the other
thinking of J Hulks E-100 i picked the E-100 and walked down to the the counter still thinking was i making the right choice
when the assistent went to serve me i turned and headed back to the Tanks and picked up Tamiyas Ardennes Kingtiger[:D]
im still after both kits[V]
This is just me, but I would always go with the vehicle that was actually produced and had a solid combat record. This gives you more modeling possibilities and photographic sources to refer to.
An E-100 might be fun though if you want to build a diorama of that famous photo of the unfinished vehicle with the amused GI standing in it. [:p]
Well, myself I have both 
Just picked up the E-100 from E-bay 33$ that was with shipping. I enjoy building not your everyday kits, so the E-100 & Maus are the pick for me.
okay, in my never ending quest to please all of you guys, I think I’ll get the E-100 and the Firefly, if I can still find them. (The Tiger tracks I was going to buy have evaporated!!! Now I can’t find either the MK’s or the Friul’s! [:(])
Thanks for all your input. Never expected this thread to be as hot as it got!
Bill
Hey Bill, which Eric were you refering to awhile back about the Otto Carius Mid…? There are at least three of us that I know of. [:0] LOL I’m not sure I know the answer, because I don’t have either kit, but I believe the Otto Carius Mid costs more. I’m sure I read something about that in an old thread. Glad to see your easily influenced by all of us. LOL
“It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it.”-R.E.Lee
The best thing about the Maus or the E-100… Since they weren’t a production piece, you have all the artistic license you want, and everyone won’t be critisizing you that your olive drab doesn’t look right…
My saying is, “if you can’t decide, go for the German ride”… I would go for the E100 myself (my .02)
Nor can they criticize your gray Berlin Ambush!
As Panther 18 said, with “what if” vehicles, the sky’s the limit. The only thing holding you back is your own imagination!