I've been away awhile due to work/family/life getting in the way. I've been sifting through my stash and keep looking at the 1/35 Dora that I bought nearly two years ago.
At the time there was a fair bit of activity around the various forums with folks getting busy with the kit. However, a quick look on here and elsewhere doesn't turn up anything I didn't see two years ago.
Quite a few of these kits seem to have been bought but it seems very few have been built.
Anybody have any links to completed Dora's? I was following Luis Alho's build in Portugal for a long time but even that thread seems to have dried up.
I guess a lot of people are pushed for space like me but I'm surprised I've not encountered at least one large diorama on the net...
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jargonking
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Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 08:43 AM UTC
jargonking
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Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 09:00 AM UTC
Hmmm...I may have spoken too soon as Luis has updated his blog at last...
http://forum.modelismo-na.net/viewtopic.php?t=5747
http://forum.modelismo-na.net/viewtopic.php?t=5747
BigfootV
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Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 09:09 AM UTC
Hi Iain,
If you have a Dora still on your stash, then you are the few that could afford it. As far as builds go, TankCarl started one way back in July of '08. Someone did finish it and shipped it to a show recently, but I can't find or remember who that was or the show. It may have been TankCarl.
Anyways, I think it lost it's flare do to the size and price of the kit. Too large of a build for the weekend warrior modeler.
If you have a Dora still on your stash, then you are the few that could afford it. As far as builds go, TankCarl started one way back in July of '08. Someone did finish it and shipped it to a show recently, but I can't find or remember who that was or the show. It may have been TankCarl.
Anyways, I think it lost it's flare do to the size and price of the kit. Too large of a build for the weekend warrior modeler.
firstcircle
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Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 09:49 AM UTC
Here's one in 1/6th scale (believe it or not) http://www.vonabt.co.uk/models/Dora/DoraBuild.htm
Actually, have to say, that is totally incredible - insane!! See the pic of him with it in his driveway!!
1/35: http://members.lycos.nl/Krimi/dora/dora.html
Armorama: http://armorama.com/forums/102439&page=1
Actually, have to say, that is totally incredible - insane!! See the pic of him with it in his driveway!!
1/35: http://members.lycos.nl/Krimi/dora/dora.html
Armorama: http://armorama.com/forums/102439&page=1
SSGToms
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Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 09:53 AM UTC
Iain,
My Dora is in it's box, parked in the garage, (there wasn't room for it on the basement shelves) quietly waiting for it's time to be built. I fully intend to build it. I have to wait for two more children to grow older and move out before I have an empty bedroom to build it in.
My Dora is in it's box, parked in the garage, (there wasn't room for it on the basement shelves) quietly waiting for it's time to be built. I fully intend to build it. I have to wait for two more children to grow older and move out before I have an empty bedroom to build it in.
gremlinz
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Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 10:29 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Here's one in 1/6th scale (believe it or not) http://www.vonabt.co.uk/models/Dora/DoraBuild.htm
Actually, have to say, that is totally incredible - insane!! See the pic of him with it in his driveway!!
Wow ! Impressive to say the least.
bill_c
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Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 10:31 AM UTC
My Dora is in some Internet retailer's stock where it's likely gonna stay....
I'll make do re-watching "The Guns of Navarone" one more time. I just don't have the stones or the money to tackle THAT project, LOL. But my hat's off to you guys who do!
I'll make do re-watching "The Guns of Navarone" one more time. I just don't have the stones or the money to tackle THAT project, LOL. But my hat's off to you guys who do!
BigfootV
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Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 10:49 AM UTC
Holy Crap, 1/6th scale!!
Did anybody happen to notice what was in the background? A 251. New meaning to "Towed Artillery." Well, I guess he'll have no problem moving it around. I wonder how many times the police were out there making sure he wasn't building a homemade artillery piece.
Did anybody happen to notice what was in the background? A 251. New meaning to "Towed Artillery." Well, I guess he'll have no problem moving it around. I wonder how many times the police were out there making sure he wasn't building a homemade artillery piece.
SSGToms
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Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 12:46 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Holy Crap, 1/6th scale!!
Did anybody happen to notice what was in the background? A 251. New meaning to "Towed Artillery." Well, I guess he'll have no problem moving it around. I wonder how many times the police were out there making sure he wasn't building a homemade artillery piece.
If he owns his own 251, he probably lives on 20 acres and the answer is none!
tjkelly
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Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 12:50 PM UTC
Holey cow! No way I could ever even begin to think of tackling a project like that one! WOW!!! What does one do with it when it's finished? I've got enough trouble moving 1/35th scale armor around...not to mention the 'better half' condoning a build of that magnitude!
Yikes!
Yikes!
SSGToms
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Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 02:02 PM UTC
He used to have TWO 251's and a summer house before the divorce....
bill_c
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Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 03:41 AM UTC
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He used to have TWO 251's and a summer house before the divorce....
"My wife says if I buy one more (fill in the blank) she's going to divorce me.
(pregnant pause)
"I'm sure gonna miss her!"
PantherF
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Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 05:20 AM UTC
If I could only provide a separate room for it I'd build one. 
RobG57
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Posted: Friday, July 03, 2009 - 03:43 AM UTC
Hi I'm new, so bare with me.
I'd done a few display models for my local hobby store (108km away from home) and they asked me to build a 1/35 Dora so they could use it as static display. I was tempted, but considering I would have trouble transporting just the kit box home let alone returning the completed model, I declined their offer. They still ask me about it from time to time, I don't know, it's a nice model and I do like rail guns.
I'd done a few display models for my local hobby store (108km away from home) and they asked me to build a 1/35 Dora so they could use it as static display. I was tempted, but considering I would have trouble transporting just the kit box home let alone returning the completed model, I declined their offer. They still ask me about it from time to time, I don't know, it's a nice model and I do like rail guns.
ericadeane
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Posted: Friday, July 03, 2009 - 05:26 AM UTC
cdl444
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Posted: Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 11:15 AM UTC
the owner hobby shop i buy models from is building a 1/32 model dora and said he is going to donate it to a museum
bige69
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Posted: Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 01:40 PM UTC
Hopefully this is not too far off topic...
Are there 1/72 or 1/144 version of this kit available?
Are there 1/72 or 1/144 version of this kit available?
Violetrock
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Posted: Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 07:36 PM UTC
1/144 is available under the Fujimi label.
Thomas
Thomas
redleg12
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Posted: Friday, July 10, 2009 - 12:38 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Iain,
My Dora is in it's box, parked in the garage, (there wasn't room for it on the basement shelves) quietly waiting for it's time to be built. I fully intend to build it. I have to wait for two more children to grow older and move out before I have an empty bedroom to build it in.
Hummm.....this could be the general reason for slow sales and even slower builds.....you need to empty the house to build and store Dora....
Rounds Complete!!
preusse
Joined: April 16, 2009
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Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 05:42 AM UTC
Quoted Text
I've been away awhile due to work/family/life getting in the way. I've been sifting through my stash and keep looking at the 1/35 Dora that I bought nearly two years ago.
At the time there was a fair bit of activity around the various forums with folks getting busy with the kit. However, a quick look on here and elsewhere doesn't turn up anything I didn't see two years ago.
Quite a few of these kits seem to have been bought but it seems very few have been built.
Anybody have any links to completed Dora's? I was following Luis Alho's build in Portugal for a long time but even that thread seems to have dried up.
I guess a lot of people are pushed for space like me but I'm surprised I've not encountered at least one large diorama on the net...
preusse
Joined: April 16, 2009
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Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 05:43 AM UTC
I wonder why there is a metal barrel availible for the kit. Is something wrong with the kit barrel and wouldn-t it break under the heavier wight?
TankCarl
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Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 01:45 PM UTC
AMPS East,2007
firstcircle
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Posted: Friday, July 17, 2009 - 05:48 AM UTC
For some reason this reminds me of an item I heard on the radio the other day, about "The Harvard Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf".
These were selected in 1909 to be the literary and philosophical works necessary for a fully rounded education.
But some people would rather just use that five foot shelf to hold an enormous model of a German rail gun . . . !! And if they didn't, I guess we wouldn't be here.
For more info on that literary option for your shelf see here:
HarvardClassics
These were selected in 1909 to be the literary and philosophical works necessary for a fully rounded education.
But some people would rather just use that five foot shelf to hold an enormous model of a German rail gun . . . !! And if they didn't, I guess we wouldn't be here.
For more info on that literary option for your shelf see here:
HarvardClassics
Firecaptain
Joined: November 03, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 01:45 PM UTC
Mine goes up on ebay this week.....reality set in........
TankCarl
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Posted: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 - 03:30 PM UTC
Noooo! It only takes 4 months,at 2 hours a night to build! 
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