Hi. This is the first post on a new computer since the old one finally 'gave up the ghost' , so we'll see if it goes through or not. Since the old one has been out, I've had time to work on the K5 I picked up a while back. I cannot believe this kit, really! Never have I seen so many pieces in one box before, and it's a real big box at that! Ha! Been doing the barrel assembly just for starters, as it seemed to be about the easiest place to start. Once assembled, this barrel, from the rear of the breech to the muzzle tip, is 24 1/4 inches long! I feel like I'm handling a 'buttline special' here instead of a model. What a piece of modeling it is. Very, very nice indeed. It also has the grease line fittings on the rear one-third of the barrel and the wire included in the kit to run each of these. There are 16 seperate lines to run too.

Am thinking of setting this thing up on a model R.R. bed, as I think that this will do it more justice than on the kit supplied bed included in the kit. Of course, I can also build the kit's track bed as well and have two of them that way. But I think the R.R. parts would look more real than the plastic ones.

But this is months and months down the line. This thing is absolutely monsterous in size and the time it would take to build it and do it as well as I can on it.

If I can ever figure out how to send pictures on this thing, I'll send some in.

Take care, sgirty

Good luck with the monster, You figure it out, I would love to see some shots!

i thought to buy it 2 but i think dragon also released a k5

You lucky devil I can't seem to justify buying both of these at least at the moment. bought the dragon one but can't seem to get the nerve to have two big boxes sitting around with two of the same thing. AH did they use them in Batteries. I know it is no maybe the old lady won't know that (++) (++) (++) (++) (++) (++) (++) (++)


Ps handlaid track would be killer wood ties hand spiked now you are talking!!

Hi. Yes, I would think that these guns may have been used in batteries, at least in the early days of the war when a reasonable amount of air cover could be had to protect them. The painting page on the kit's instructions shows two guns. One, of course, is the 'Anzio Annie' unit at Aberdeen, in the two-tone colors, and the other is in Panzer Grey. It's listed as Eisb. battr. 710 Calais/France, 1941.

Have the Squadron/Signal book on the German R.R. guns I bought years ago, but it doesn't show too many photos of this particular gun.

No, I couldn't swing for both of them, and figure that if I can get this one built with some reasonable success, that will be enough. Besides, the boss is just wondering what in the world is wrong with me for buying this thing. Ha! But this way she at least knows where I am in my spare moments. The garage seems to be becoming my home within a home lately. But that's okay. She does the socializing in the family, so it just me, our cats, and plastic. And I won't complain about that.

Since we've been in the age of missles and supersonice jets for so long we tend to forget just what an important piece of ordnance these guns were in their day, so this kit is not only a real pleasure (and challenge as well), to build, but is also a very interesting piece of the history of this period. My proverbial hat is off to these two companies for bringing this model out.

Now, where from here? Let me take a very wild shot in the dark here and say that if the modeling industry continues to grow in the next year or so as it has this year alone, it wouldn't surprise me to see one of these companies down the road bringing out the 'Dora' one of these days. I know this sounds kind of fantastic, but who would have thought two years ago that the K5 would have been produced.

So it would be a most prudent choice to start saving those pennies and dimes and working a little overtime occasionally for just such a possible event.

Take care, sgirty

sgirty,

Well I know it's not 1:35 but here is a nice work of art. This thing is 12 feet long
http://www.allthingstechnical.co.uk/dev/dt/models.asp?id=5

cool

AH did they use them in Batteries

Jeff,
Yes, they did. In Anzio at least they had 2, one would fire while they were loading the other one. My dad was there, and he said they thought there was only 1, and they didn't find out that there was a pair till after the break-out from the beachhead.

Mike