Good in depth evaluation of this kit. Also wonderful build information; any questions regarding the construction are answered before I even thought of them! Great job!
Nice paint . Glad you had more luck with the tracks than i did ... One small point - the Löwe wouldn't have had a jack . The last King Tigers didn't have them because the standard jack wasnt strong enough to lift the vehicle so they would have been pointless on the Löwe . Liked your mod of the armoured exhaust covers ; i did mine like that as well . I also added a ball mount for the hull mg rather than the bogus letterbox affair and modified the heck out of the turret .
Interesting, I built this one also recently, funny thing, you thought about the castings over the exhaust, but what about the serious lack of a pivot point where the idler wheels attach? I admit it, I didn`t notice the exhaust mistake, but did find it wierd as far as track adjustment would go...anyways, great build, Amusing Hobbies Jagd E-100 is a quick and dirty build, with some seriously nice suspension, well worth a look.
yeah I was looking onto the other amusing hobby kits, lots of cool variants. the idlers didn't bug me at first, it wasn't until I assembled the track was when I noticed that the kit would be a lot better if it had some adjustment for the idlers. If I were building another one I would make some mods to the swing arm. I happy with this one, but I'll keep this in mind for the next time I do an amusing hobby build
Greetings! Such a question, it sounds like a request ...... maybe you will ever make a Panther 1/16 from Heng Long ...... really looking forward to this project from you. Today on RU-vid there is not a single video on the REAL refinement of this model ......
The closest thing I have on hand is the HL jagdpanther. The HL panther is ok and is a workable model, but the Torro / Taigen upgraded one is better IMO. The biggest issue I have with the HL panthers is that the lower hull angle is flatter than it's supposed to be. Not by much but if you look for it you will see it. HL did this to set in the gearbox which is hard if the panther's hull is at it's correct angle. The torro / taigen version has this section revised to have the correct lower hull angle. Perhaps I might get a HL panther, just depends on the tank I would make and / or the price of the model.
@@oddball759mm I recently purchased a Panther from HL, for $ 60, without electronics and almost no internal wiring ..... I really have old electronics from Taigen ..... so I’m thinking what to do with it now ....
@@titan51928 you can drop the taigen electronics into the HL with minimal conversion work. $60.00 was a steal, almost the cost of the old tiger and M26 back in 2004
...I am happy that I watched this video, because I always wanted to know about this Model Company!!! By the way; THE TANKS PAINT JOB IS BAD-TO-THE-BONE!!!!!!!
no, they are absolutely not and are trash my man. That's just objectively false... Over the last 25+ years of doing this I have seen far too many otherwise nice builds dicked by link and length track. I'll gladly take the worst rubber band track over the "best" link and length all day long
each model is different so I can't make a one size fits all tutorial video on the tracks. I will say that on these tracks there are two small pegs on the track grouser and matching holes on the link. you add one small drop of super glue on each of these holes and mount it. Once it dries fully the part will be kept in place, but still have full function.
@@Raiden6277 you can use cement too, the trick is the adhesive needs to be precisely added to the right spot w/ the right amount. Too much will weld it shut, too little and it will fall apart. Also besides the glue, the other most important thing is to LET IT DRY! If you don't the parts can shift and not set properly which can cause the issues I mentioned above. The kit gives you a jig that aligns 4 or 5 links, Assemble these and let them set, once done move the segment over and add another 4 or so. Let it fully dry and repeat. After a little bit you will have a whole set done. BTW this is one reason why I use super glue since it sets quicker than cement, and lasts longer as the model ages, cements from what I have seen get weaker over time and the bonds tend to give way as the model ages
yes, If you have never built these type of tracks before avoid this kit for the time being! To build these tracks you need to have experience with very small delicate parts, and the tools to free / clean them. The kit does give you an assembly jig that is real handy, but if you use too much glue or don't have the snips and the patience with working with something this small / precise then you will have a bad experience. This is something you need to level up to IMO. Once you have this experience this kit's track will be a breeze
Okay thanks for the information, because I’m interested in these type of “what if” or paper panzers. Do you have any recommendations for those type of kits.
@@warthunderfan9920 Trumpeter made several of the what ifs. They are really good detail wise, and are easier to build because of the track being 1 piece rubber. I built the E100 and the Crocodile. Both builds have videos on this channel, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9DesJbDYpqM.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ql6l9ikUQJw.html I would recommend doing these before jumping onto the Amusing hobby kits
So I'm planning out making a M4 easy8 sherman with the M41 bulldog turret instead of the sherman turret. I looked up an AFV club M41 bulldog suspension conversion set and I can't seem to find it anywhere, do you know where I can find it?
The King Tiger's Forgotten Big Brother - Panzer VII Löwe (Lion) - RU-vid this is more on the lowe it shows a completed lowe in a picture. they recovered a partially completed lowe in a factory. that is a far stretch from just being on paper. this tank was very much in the testin portion before fielding it. the tigers were rushed due to the need for tanks.
As far as I know and all the resources I have read the lowe never left the drawing board. The allies did capture a partially completed tank hull at the end of the war and took photos of it, but this was the E100 not the Lowe. If you have a link to the image of the lowe post it because I would like to see it
@@ozmister101 there is no link. I think youtube scrubs links from the comment sections now because I've seen this happen before. it was something to do with spam or something, try posting the link with spaces or something. That might work
The kit gives lots of spares, I did experiment with having two extra links, however the tracks were way too floppy. so I had to tighten them up to the way you see in the video. Because of the track design you have to add / remove 2 links. One mod I would recommend would be to remove the lock on the rear idler wheel swing arm. This would give you some adjustment and would make for sagging tracks to be more fine tuned. I though I had this info in the video but I guess I forgot to add this clip. On german tanks the tracks would be tighter than you see on the most scale models. On the RC ones the track will throw with ease if the links are as loose to the point of some people's builds. If I were to do this build again I would adjust the idler to give me slightly less tension you see on this model, but the tension you see on this build would be appropriate for this tank
@@oddball759mm Thanks! I guess you are right, people do tend to copy what they see on other models and that might not match the available original film footage either...
They would . Look at photos of King Tigers and Jagdtigers ; the tracks come from the sprocket straight onto the front road wheel rather than hang in a curve like Panther tracks. This is probably due to the weight ; I've seen a single Tiger track link in a museum in Normandy and it would take two people to pick it up - far bigger than a Panther track link . The Löwe's tracks would have been even larger .
not necessarily, there are war time pics of king tigers with the track in the way you see it on my model. It all depends on how the tension was set with the idler, same is also true for the Tiger I