Dragon's 1:35 Morser Karl

[lightning2000]

Wow,
Just logged on to the Dragon site and saw they are coming out with a pre-assembled 1:35 scale replica of a Morser Karl. Very cool, especially when you consider all of the Tigers they've thus far released/announced. It will retail around the same price as a Minichamps tank, which is pretty awesome when you consider its fragility and detail. I'd provide the link in this message, but I just dont have the time. Someone else can do the html work. Just thought you guys might want to take a look at it and chime in with your thoughts...

Lightning2000
www.themotorpool.net

[lightning2000]

One further word about the 1:35 scale Karl. According to my sources, the Karl without the carriage measured 5.11 meters or 16.75 feet (201 inches). If my conversion is right, that means a 1:35 scale replica would come in at almost 6 feet in length (roughly 70 inches). Thank goodness it doesnt come with the ammo carrier or carriage! I'd need a new home to properly display it!

Lightning2000
www.themotorpool.net

[Rowsdower]

Stick that thing in your backyard and the next day the FBI will raid your house for WMD's!

[Hoverbug]

One further word about the 1:35 scale Karl. According to my sources, the Karl without the carriage measured 5.11 meters or 16.75 feet (201 inches). If my conversion is right, that means a 1:35 scale replica would come in at almost 6 feet in length (roughly 70 inches). Thank goodness it doesnt come with the ammo carrier or carriage! I'd need a new home to properly display it!

Lightning2000
www.themotorpool.net

Nope. Vehicle length is 11.15 meters = 439 inches, divided by 35 equals slightly over 18 inches.

[aferguson]

the Karl morser (without railway attatchments) was probably about 35 feet long or so....which would make it around 12 inches in 1/35.

The dimension Lightning quoted is probably just the length of the barrel.

[lightning2000]

Hi,
I got the measurements for the original Morser Karl from this site:

http://www.lemaire.happyhost.org/armes/ ... /5388.html

In US measurements, the original vehicle, by itself, equalled 16.75 feet, or 201 inches. Using this as a basis, what would be the correct measurement in 1:35 scale? I'm inclined to believe that I missed the mark on my original guesstimate and that Aferguson is probably correct, assuming it will probably clock in at around 12 inches. The 1:144 version was about 3 inches long, and this would roughly be four times the size.

Dont know how I came up with 70 inches. And I used to think I was good at math. Goes to show what too much time away from school can do to your brain!

Lightning2000
www.themotorpool.net

[aferguson]

i think the length of 5.11m they're referring to is the length of the barrel. The length of carriage quoted, is the length of the whole vehicle, minus the rail mounts.

If Karl was only 16 feet long it would be about the same length as a camaro and it was clearly much larger than a camaro.

My original guesstimate looks pretty close. 11 meters is about 36 feet so in 1/35 scale it would be just over 12 inches long.

[krieglok]

I built that kit about a year ago. It took me quite a while as the tracks had to be glued together from individual links. I am more of a Monogram rubberband track kind of guy when it comes to kits. It is a neat model though. I wonder if the prebuilt version wil have the suspension in the travel or fire position?


TJM

[Panzer_M]

you can get aftermarket metal tracks(not sure on the Morser) that wire up together, easier than dragon's tracks,(although the last two DML 250s I built with magic track were easy, the Elefant was a pain with the plastic links)

Tamiya's 1 piece treads are easy, but take some work to look right with sag on a model.