Posted this in scratchbuild- although it is probably more of a conversion.

This is my in progress E-25 Sturm Morser- Hope the pictures work-

Right side- tracks in progress- no idler yet:



Rear hull



Front hull

steve
your build looks great i like your detail work
the mantlet is realy good.
your build looks plausable to me
im looking forward to future posts
regards andrew

Wow Steve that conversion is looking well smart i'll be watching this build with great interest keep up the excellant work

nice build so far steve keep it up! just one question though is the tank 1/35th scale coz from the pics it looks bigger. cheers Ant.

Love it. Great to see what someone with talent can turn an E-25 into. I can't wait to see what you'll be building for the What If campaign!

-Mike-

Guys,
I appreciate the kind words- I am enjoying this build.

AMPS Nordland (South of Boston, USA) members are building E-10's and E-25 what-ifs basically as a scratchbuilding/converting exercise. My friend Tom Masterson lengthened the hull on his- so I decided to widen mine.

The base model is the 1/35th scale Trumpeter E-25. Everything white is styrene (Evergreen or Plastruct). I split the lower hull down the center- front to back and widened it by 0.6". All the suspension details were shaved off and repositioned. The front idlers are from the ancient Tamiya King Tiger. (The motorized one).

The ball mount for the gun was an interesting component to make- I went to a craft store looking for a plastic ball to use. I ended up using a Christmas ornament. It was glass- so I filed it with Alumilite resin- and then smashed the glass leaving a nice resin ball.

I'll post some updated pics soon.

Steve

Guys - my SturmE-25 is progressing The pictures are poor- I apologize.

Primed in Black and over sprayed in green. Theres the box it started life in.



..and my friends models mine left- Toms E-10 stretched hull 88mm in the middle, Jims E-10 3cm jaboschreck on the right.



Left side rear 3/4 view



An over head view



Overhead from the front

White bands airbrushed over green with hand painted "octopus" circles scheme.

Its getting there...







and finally.....



Had to primer at least one part......

Octopus was the way german camo was going . great what if! What was the size and type of gun used . Like it alot

Geraint,
I appreciate the comments. The octopus pattern contrast has been toned down a lot now through the weathering steps.

The main gun is intended to be a junior version of the rocket projector used by the Sturmtiger, mounted in a Brumbar style ball mount. The armored collar around the gun was an idea I got from the Ferdinand. You may be able to see some damage to the collar, the ball and the front armor... it will show up better when I paint it.

The pushbeam on the front of the hull is supposed to resemble a wood beam- I made that out of styrene too.

Steve

More Pics-

Weathering in progress-

Simply stunning finish Steve

amazing! thanxs for sharing.

This is really nice, quite an original "what if." It looks very lethal.

Very nice work Steve, have you considered sending a build feature into us?

Lydon, Ant, Scott & Darren-
thanks again for the encouragement! I'll keep posting updates.
If you spot anything you would improve- or can think of any details I should add, I'd appreciate constructive criticism as well.

Darren- Feature Article? The interesting part of this build was that it is just one of five E-10/E-25 conversion projects being done by AMPS Nordland. Can I do an article on the group build with all 5 models as the backdrop?

Steve

hey steve is their any chance you could get tom and jim to post some more pics of their E-25 variants coz from the one picture they look good but i can't make much out coz of the size of your beast

Ant,
you read my mind! Here you go! These are a couple of weeks old. Both models were in primer last time I saw them and should be at least base-coated by now.

Jim's E-10D mit 3cm aufklarungs- pics are not great. Look closely at the hull top- lots of fine details.









Toms E-10 Jagdpanzer - this is a stretched hull with an interior. Again the pics do not do this justice.









Jim is a super guy, skilled modeler and a great asset to our Club!
Tom is................ also a member of AMPS Nordland.

Steve you can do that and you can mention who did what, but I can only list one person as the provider of the article.

thanxs for the pics steve those E-10 variants look amazing... might try doing something similar in the future once my skills have developed... cheers. Ant.

Some updates:

Jim painted his E-10 a few hours ago



Tom detail painting his interior

very nice. Ant

Guys-
here is an update. I did some more weathering today-
I also added a small bin to the rear deck (right side), and a jack (horizontally between the exhausts.

The barrel may not be staying- just seeing what it looks like. The impacts on the front of the hull are easier to see now as well.

Hope you like it- let me know if you have some suggestions or criticism. Steve

Rear Deck


Front View


Left side- weathering the lower hull and suspension is next.

Love it! Great work guys!!!

I'm gonna (try to) build an E-25 Kügelblitz for the What if campaign. And I have two E-10s in my stash too, together with an E-100 and a Maus II turret. I really got fascinated by all this what if stuff and the great thing is, you have so much freedom to do modifications.

John

Hey John-
your E-25 hull with Kugelblitz ball turret will certainly work! Two weeks ago one of the guys placed a Panther F turret on his E-10 and it was close to fitting.

...and like you said, it is a "What- If" so you have all the freedom you want.

In the mood to use a specific technique- you can just go for it.

When you start working let me know if you need any E-25 parts.... I have a few left-overs.

Steve