By the start of October assembly of the hull was well under way. I did take more pictures in between the end of August and here, but most of them are poor quality and not worth posting here.
There was some oversight in how the hull sections fit together. Firstly, the floor at the rear of the tank refused to sit flush. I really should have seen to add some tabs at the back to ensure it would like I did in the middle, but it's nothing some putty and sanding won't fix. Secondly, I had to cut some tabs off the rear panel in order to fit it due to the order I had assembled things. Third, the lower glacis conflicted with the gearbox I had ordered. Luckily that problem I did catch before it was glued in place, and a modified version was fitted.
Something I modified mid-build was how the suspension units are mounted to the hull. Originally it was going to slot into the hull and be glued there permanently- you can see the holes in the picture above. Erring on the side of caution, I decided to change this so that it screws on instead so that I can remove it should the need arise. The slots in the hull were filled in and the model altered accordingly.
While the hull was printing, I returned to my CAD program to work on the gun. 12.8, 15, and 17 centimetre calibre guns were all considered for the E-100 in real life, but I ended up going with a 15cm L/48 cannon. Really speaking it's closer to a 17cm calibre gun (should be 9.4mm barrel diameter not 10.3mm), but at this scale you really can't tell the difference so it's whatever I say it is.
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