Dora 1/35 in scratch actual in process

[panzer67]

Murphy´s laws allways works ¡¡¡

what happpened when i finished the CMK´s karl morser and rail transporter.... Dragon announces one, and trumpeteer too
what happened with the tank workshop BR 52 kriegslokomotive... Trumpeteer announces one
but... what , but what happened when i was working on this monster of more than 7000 pieces..... its incredible...

i must have enough karma from my past...

anyway...these are some pics of my model during the assembling process stopped 2 months ago when i let it rest ( depressed)

please enjoy the pics...











to fight the depression im finishing in a week the trumpeteer BR 52 and a vic 75


what model do you want in plastic, let me start it in scratch and shure the #$%&/( murphy will attack again...

keep on scratching...

[Model Maniac]

You're scratchbuilding the Dora in 1:35? That'll be over 3 meters long when finished!
I don't see the gun yet, where is it? Anyway, more power to you, I wanna see the finished Dora.

[panzer67]

scratch all the model until now i have done more than 5000 pieces based on a set of plans

i consider will finish this year and the main gun is not finished until now, must be worked on a turning lathe in nylamid or engeneering plastics to save weight because is more than 70 cms long.

the model is 6 fet longer and 2 feet height and a foot widht

will upload more pics as i have more advance as i scape from depression ( this week i finish the br 75, br 86 and br 52 locomotives)
so i think must get it after these lokos.

cheers

[Erich]

what a wonderful undertaking...........keep at it. I'm impressed with you details

Erich

[Model Maniac]

Your Dora will be only 6 feet long? I've heard that Fujimi's Dora 1:144 is about 80 cm long,
1:35 is 4 times bigger so it should be around 320 cm in length. The barrel of the real thing
is 106.6 feet long, so at 1:35 it should be 3.045 feet or 93 cm, not just 70 cm as you quoted.

[panzer67]

my reference is a set of 9 engeneering plans and the size is right, the dimensions in 1/144 are wrong because a model of 80 cms in 1/144 is in 1/1 a 115.2 mts long... too longest

watch the size of the boogies from the model and the soldier is 1/35.

is alot of work and this year must be finished ¡¡¡

will,upload more pics when assemble all the boogies to the rails and set the primary beams and plattform to boogies ( i think next month...
)

[bunkerik]

Hello,

Wow, great to see this model, especialy in 1/35 scale.
I love modelling, sorry to say a don't have much time for it these days.
Scratch-building is super, never tryed it myself.
You know the scale model is longer than the cartridge-case is high!!
For a photo of the cartridge-case see my website:
http://www.awmm.org
I have it in my ammunition collection. It's really big. Hight: 130cm, width: 100cm and it weights about 350kg empty! I really would like to get a projectile in my collection , but it weights about: the light one 4800kg and the heavy one 7000kg. Tough job to get it here .
Up untill a few years ago, a undercarridge was still present in Germany, don't know if it's still there.
Good luck and happy building on finishing this great model!!!

[Tom Houlihan]

You're a braver man than I!!

[bunkerik]

seems like it doesn't it?
But i didn't touch anything while i was there.
The items in my collection were already emptyed by proffesionals before i got them.

[Fabi]

There is also a kit in 1/35 coming soon and one in 1:144 that I want to buy!

[bunkerik]

Please keep me (us) posted on the status of the scale models of Dora, soon to be released.

[Fabi]

http://www.moduni.de/product_info.php/p ... id/1539999
http://www.moduni.de/product_info.php/p ... id/1539998

[Fabi]

http://www.moduni.de/product_info.php/p ... id/1539999
http://www.moduni.de/product_info.php/p ... id/1539998

[edowney]

Wow, that's AWESOME!!! I'm interested in trying to tackle this project but haven't been able to find any plans and only a handful of decent pics on google. Where did you find engineering plans? Any chance they're available for purchase somewhere? Thanx!

my reference is a set of 9 engeneering plans and the size is right, the dimensions in 1/144 are wrong because a model of 80 cms in 1/144 is in 1/1 a 115.2 mts long... too longest

watch the size of the boogies from the model and the soldier is 1/35.

is alot of work and this year must be finished ¡¡¡

will,upload more pics when assemble all the boogies to the rails and set the primary beams and plattform to boogies ( i think next month...
)

[kstdk]

Hello

Please have a look here, Museumscenter Hanstholm in Denmark:

http://www.museumscenterhanstholm.dk/ny ... &PAGE=7114

A couple of my own pictures when I visited a while ago.

Regards
Kurt
kstdk