I was browsing on Dragons site and saw this.. I don't know if it's been posted, but I thought I would post it. (Or at least half of it)..lol

Anyone ordering that beast from HK is going to pay more for postage than for the Kit. That is going to be a mean model to put together (Now where did I leave that piggy bank?).

This one will be cool if it includes some figures (unlike the Karl)...

on a related note, my friend at my local hobby shop showed me a pre-order flyer for a Trumpeter (I'm 99% sure it was trumpeter) Leopold for around $130 USD. Hmm...how can I talk the wife into that one??

Jason

Another big German kit, what a surprise!

There was a post on Track Link a little while ago, Jason, 6 figures in the kit!!

And the Hummel has the SPG crew figures in it.

Cheers
Andy

Big kit, big bucks. Might still be worth it to have one. The Dragon stuff has been pretty economical lately. Particularly since they moved to Shanghai.

Kind of reminds me of the 1/32 scale A-10. Everyone wanted one, but what do you do with it when it's built?

I'd prefer newer early US AFVs like the M3 Lees, a DD Sherman, an M4, etc.

heh what you do with it?


you buy the cmk german train....

the verlinden tracks
the dragon flatbet trailers
and you build a nice tunnel
or what ever the kit costs 89.95 in gilders
and its pretty nice one

Well Yeah I drooled about this pics too

And I saw a price on squadron.com or another site that sells stuff that they would sell it for around 100 dollar

Nice,
anyone know off the top of their head the length of this beast- real size of 1/35th?

Off the top of my bald head, well, no. But after some googling I came up with a scale length of just over 32 inches.

Good Leopold link below. Good pics.

http://www.strategyplanet.com/commandos/leopold.html

I believe from what I have heard from the internet that the model is about one meter long

nyeeeeeeks! that will be one hell of a big kit,for those of you wanting a change from huge german kits head on over to accurate armour's site and check out the LCT(4) kit.Massive and taking orders in the fall.Why not combine the lct and karl into one big diorama?

Indeed indeed Stufer

This is one hell of a kit when released too bad it`s an accurate armour kit as you need to rob a bank to get the thing..
Everybody who don`t know what he is talking about here is a pic

Also a monstruous kit nice to see this in plastic

I just had to pre-order a Leopold, just so the Karl in my stash won't get too lonely. Think I'll pass up on the LCT 4, and use the money to buy a bigger house...

HI, If you got the Karl you're going to get the K 5 E. It's not a matter of 'if, but 'when' is all.

As Admiral Farragut said: "Damed the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" Buy it first ,worry about where to put it later. There will always be a place, somewhere or other. I don't know what I'm going to do with the Karl once it's done either, but I'll find a place. Guess I've always wanted a curio cabinet for ME anyway, even if I have to put it back on the back wall in the back room.

Take care, sgirty

Squadron.com lists the Dragon for $90, and a 1/35 Leopold from Trumpeter for $126

wonder if they are each cast from the same master ?

Talking about big new kits, how big will the Trumpeter 1/35th Hind or the Panda Chinooks be?
biiiigggg helos.... mmmmmm... drool......

Mike

Uh,has Jordi Rubio designed a barrel for it yet????????????????? (++) (++) (++) (++)

Greatmodels has them for $72 and $100.

I couldn't help myself...I had to pre-order one. The thing is going to be so darn big!

Come on guys. As far as models themselves go it is not really that big. Think about all the wingy thingy guys with their B-52s and Constellations. And the floaty guys with the Bismarcks and Titanics. I already have my lovely wife convinced that the Leopold will look just fine on the mantle over the fireplace. I even told her I would dust it...

True,
I have a 1/72 BUFF sitting on the 'to do' pile, don't have a clue where I'll put it once it's done- darn thing is HUGE!

Here's something a little bigger:

http://www.btinternet.com/~dave.tootill/railgun1.htm



Paul

Was this the same size gun as Anzio Annie? How many of these rail guns did the Germans have? This one packed an 11 inch gun, were there any bigger ones used? And no way JOse, I still have all three of those 350 scale carriers to find homes for once I build them, let alone their expected brothers Nimitz and Lexington, and now there is Leopold and I still have that old Dragon Wagon to go. Like the man says "gonna need a bigger boat"

I'm Thinking the Leopold is similar to Anzio Annie...probably more like aclose cousin or something.

By the way, isn't that the 1/35 DORA? Holy Crap in a HAT. I knew it was big but geeze. Yeah, THAT will be made in plastic someday...NOT!

I'm still hoping for a 1/350 Kirov-class BC out of all this large-scale nonesense.