Not in this lifetime, but i was looking for a project that wasn't too complicated yet still spectacular somehow....so i thought of doing a 1/18 Dora railway gun....or at least the gun barrel of it.
After doing some quick calculations, i figure it will be 71 inches long. It could be made from 2 1/2 inch, 2 1/4 inch, 3 inch and 3 1/2 inch pvc pipe and some creative detailing.
Paint it dark grey and then.......do what with it? Not sure. But i still think it would be cool.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... zDora2.JPG
1/18 Dora Railway gun
1/18 Dora Railway gun
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Re: 1/18 Dora Railway gun
* Good luck w/ your endeavor. ... Perhaps Jim@Merit & bbi will pick up the ball on this one.
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Re: 1/18 Dora Railway gun
Check out this guys 1/6 Dora next to a 1/16 King Tiger (I think)
http://www.vonabt.co.uk/models/Dora/DoraBuild.htm
http://www.vonabt.co.uk/models/Dora/DoraBuild.htm
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Re: 1/18 Dora Railway gun
......... yeah , it's shown as in 1/16 scale next to an FoV 1st. series 1/16 KT & the 1st. series FoV Wittmann Tiger I - "222".
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Re: 1/18 Dora Railway gun
I wonder how it was transported to far palaces,when some times there are tunnels and other things like electrical post cable.I can see the German infantry cutting the electricity cable,but what about tunnels?
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it was broken down into pieces, traansported by rail and then re-assembled
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Tunnels aren't such a problem. They painted black around the entry to make it bigger. But they have had some issues with this solution when the railway drives under bridges....
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why not just paint the bridge sky blue and then go under it?
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