any of you guys get a Dora?

Post by **aferguson** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:13 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-35-SCALE-GERMAN-D ... dZViewItem

Such a neat kit; very tempting.

It's amazing how much excitement this gun causes, despite the fact it never fired a shell in anger. And its sister gun Gustav, only fired 48 shells (at Sevastapol).

Even more amazing larger guns and vehicles were under development but were either cancelled or destroyed in air raids before being completed.

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:27 am

Ive been lucky enough to see the real one

Col.Pickle · Post by **Col.Pickle** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:15 pm

YOU SAW THE REAL ONE? Where? That must've been amazing. A 1/35 scale kit of this would be huge no?

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:23 pm

Luftpanzer,
Where did you see Dora. That thing has not been around for 63 years. Are talking about the K-5 at Aberdeen Proving Grounds?

Mark

Post by **aferguson** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:43 pm

must be....neither of the two guns survived the war. There is a Dora shell in a museum in Poland but that's about all that's left of her.

Tshintl · Post by **Tshintl** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:09 pm

My local hobby shop had one of these Dora guns in stock by Metal Troop Creations, I believe it was $600 and already reserved.

Post by **aferguson** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:36 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1HF3Jr5w9w

Here's an interesting youtube video which contains images of what i believe is either Gustav or Dora firing. If so that is very rare footage.

Also, towards the end there is a huge, heavily camoflauged railway gun firing. I am wondering if that is footage of Gustav firing at Sevastapol?

An interesting video, regardless...

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:37 am

IIRC the US army found a barrel in Germany in 1945.

bluedonkey99 · Post by **bluedonkey99** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:24 pm

There is a DORA shell in the Imperial War Museum in London, England.

the 1/35 DORA kit is big!

the 1/144 kits is over a foot long!

if you look at the el-basser links on this page, toward the bottom half are a fair few links to pic and videos of the 1/144 edition!

Charlemagne · Post by **Charlemagne** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:53 pm

That is awesome but a bit rich for my blood.