Modellcollect E100 withV-1 1/72

[thechaos]

on the Bence, a E-100 with V-1


1 SStepp

I musst a little filling and sanding on the V-1


I make new Rivets

[tobias5555]

Nice work
Modelcollect has great ideas, but the Quality isn´t so good. But you´ll make a great tank out of the kit

[moramarth]

I am (as usual) the bearer of bad tidings: the box top illustration wouldn't work.  The Argus As 014 Pulse Jet of the Fieseler Fi 103 simply didn't have enough power to drag it's arse off the ground without (a lot of) help.  If it wasn't dropped from a carrier aircraft (many were, including all the 103R piloted variants) it needed some sort of catapult built into the launch ramp or (as on the downsized French variant) rocket boosters added to the V1 itself.  In either case, the ramp was still longer than could be mounted on even an E-100 chassis, while the ground launch procedure required additional equipment to initiate the motor and time for the motor to warm up to full thrust.

I'm not really sure where you can take this.  I suppose you could build it as a reload supply vehicle for a launch facility built on a Landkreuzer P. 1000 "Ratte" chassis.  Alternatively you might consider junking the Doodlebug and scratch building some sort of Vril/Thule Energy weapon turret to go on the chassis; you've proved yourself a master of that kind of build in the past.

Regards,

M

[thechaos]

Update.
I make the lauchbas longer



and i make a Buster für the V-1

[moramartht]

Ingenious solution to Modelcollect's lack of research!  I knew your creative skills would resolve the problem.  Great work, as usual.  That rivet/bolt punch looks pretty heavy duty, are you thinking of going steampunk in a big way?

Regards,

M

[thechaos]

Update.

[thechaos]

Update i began with the Painting
Andere Teile in Rostschutzrot lakiert und per Kreidestift makierungen angefügt.

[buddho]

Excellent work, Chaos!

[thechaos]

Update.
painting compledet, next step weahtering.

[buddho]

This is so cool.

[moramarth]

Superb work.  It certainly gives the impression of an improvised system trying to keep a weapon viable when its non-mobile launch installations have proved to be its greatest weakness.

Regards,

M