VK 6600 E-79 in 1/72

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VK 6600 E-79 in 1/72

I started this by requesting a friend of mine to make me a hull and turret to start from.

As per my request he sent me both these items,

they were both hollow being made from sheet styrene.

So I began by removing items that I felt were either incorrect or not needed,

and filled the turret and hull with resin to make them easier to work with.

these are the items I removed from his parts

this left me with this as my starting point

as you can see I filled them with resin, and opened the rear of the turret more.

Now…here I have replaced the frontal armor,

the engine deck, added a Tiger II cupola, and started work on the gun.

here I began building up the mantlet area with Milliput

this is after several layers of Milliput, and starting the carving it to shape.

Here you see the mantlet getting closer to the final shape

Getting closer

here I spliced loader’s hatch into the roof, added a couple more items,

and started to mark out the details

I neglected to mention that I also grinded away the tail end (sides) to my desires.

here I gave the turret a coat of primer

I am trying to stay as close as I can to this drawing of the E-79,

while staying true to the Panzer front concept.

Here I began working on the front of the hull

as you see I have played with the periscopes, and added a vent fan to the hull roof.

I decided the open the hatches for the Driver and radio operator.

Here is the “lay out” for how I am doing the hull

This is how the Turret looks on the hull

here is an Over All view showing the the turret and gun in place.

well that is where I am for now.

Please tell me what you think.

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Now thats differant, i have never herad of the E-79, but i like the look of it. Nice looking turret.

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That is cool and unique. Great work scratch-building.

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Hello!

Looks very interesting - thanks for sharing and good luck with your project!

Paweł

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Thanks guys for your kind words,

I am moved that you like it.

here I have done a couple more things

If you look closely at the front of the Hull Mount for the MG…

you can see it is bereft of detail.

So using my Jeweler’s Engraving Tool I carved it out

I then drilled a hole for mounting the MG barrel, and a smaller one to represent the site aperture.

From here I turned my attention to the rear end of the hull.

now more than one example I have seen of the E-79 shows no exhaust pipes.

I cannot accept this, so using n example of a 1/35 model “with” exhaust pipes,

I decided to go the same route.

here is my attempt.

My hope is that once all assembled…

it will look much better

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Very cool and a heck of a scratch-building job. Thought the turret at first was off some SF/futuristic tank though!

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Truth to tell …it is…
it is from the Computer game “Panzer Front”

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Lol, there’s so many German paper panzers floating around out there I didn’t even think about looking it up!

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If you look it up…
you would find quite a few “scratch builds” out there in 1/35,
and maybe a couple in 1/16.

the only “official” kit in 1/35 was done by a company called “Wave”
and there are two versions done in 1/144
They might be both done by a company called “B-Club”
but there are differences between the finished kits.

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Now that explains it. It is a nice looking vehicle, the hull reminds me of the E-10, E-25 tank destroyers.

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Yes…Great Minds think alike.
I look at this and " I " see a big E-10 (with a turret)

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Paper Panzer or not, this is some first rate scratch work!http://www.thefossilforum.com/public/style_emoticons/default/head%20scratch.gif

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^^ What he said ^^

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That is some cool work on a something I have never seen before.

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I have now worked out my “wheel spacing” for the running gear.

seeing as this was such a pain to do One (1) time…

I will mold this and cast resin to make two sets.

Then I will have what I need for the Left and the Right sides.

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I decided to tackle the front hatches

I decided that I want to follow the example set by ESCI on their Tiger II

I want these two parts

So I shallow poured one of my molds, sand it thin, and surgically removed these sections

I then grafted them to my hatch plate.

in order for the hatches to sit “flat”,

I took my dremel tool and grinded away one corner on each hatch

( I should note here also that I added a piece f .010 sheet styrene

to the top of the hatches to keep them from falling in all the time)

from underneath you can see how well the fit

next I needed the pegs to act as “pivots” for the hatches.

and here is how they look inplace

I hope these com out ok when I mold them

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OK, a few people have said they cannot grasp the size of the pieces I am working on.

Does this help?

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Neat! I figured she was small at 1/72nd scale but still wow!

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yep… and now I just finished adding the “detail” to the hatches.

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the more I handled the turret,

the more the chances grew that I would somehow screw it up,

or drop it, or something.

so I molded it and cast it in resin to be used throughout the final building of the model.

back to work :slight_smile: