England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 09:28 PM UTC
who know with the model co's trying to out-do each other in issuing bigger kits any one fancy one of these if it comes out
I introduce rail gun Dora!
Had a crew of over 2000 men and shells were 2 ton 800mm barrel
shell size,
full article on the Dora,
Dora If this ever comes out in plastic a, youll need a bigger house and will look like rip van winkle by the time your finished building it! :-)
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Limburg, Netherlands
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Posted: Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 09:44 PM UTC
wow dora is a big girl....
imagine the box #:-)
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Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 10:09 PM UTC
ahhh, ive seen bigger #:-)
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Alessandria, Italy
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Posted: Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 10:17 PM UTC
aaaahhhh! ENORMIUS!!! #:-)
Oklahoma, United States
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Posted: Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 10:39 PM UTC
Would like to see this in Plastic one day maybe Dragon will do it if market will support it. (++) (:-)
Metro Manila, Philippines
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 01:05 AM UTC
Not really in plastic, but this one's hell! Imagine the DORA in 1/16th scale! I forgot the link where I've seen the pic. The model is totally scratchbuilt!
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Provincia de Lugo, Spain / España
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 01:28 AM UTC
Imagine the reaction of certain wives to the arrival of this in plastic......
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Ohio, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 01:36 AM UTC
I could have nightmares thinking about being on the wrong end of that shell! Gives new meaning to the word incoming.
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Indiana, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 02:11 AM UTC
and i thought leopold was big!
Ohio, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 02:24 AM UTC
Hi. Only one thing to say. "Trumpeter, design it to the standards of the K5 model and bring it on!!!!"
Take care, sgirty. #:-)
Colorado, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 02:43 AM UTC
Geeee, it sure is huge!!!! Makes ya wonder though, if the german High Command had 'overcompensation' issues?
Tread. #:-)
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Michigan, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 03:50 AM UTC
Do you guys know that the Dora has been built in 1/35? A scratch build job.
Photos are here:
http://members.lycos.nl/Krimi/dora/dora.htmlTake that and chew on it!!
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Utrecht, Netherlands
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 04:14 AM UTC
i wonder how long it would take to build that, it's just awesome!
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Indiana, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 04:15 AM UTC
so is this project in the works?
England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 05:33 AM UTC
errmm not from me it's not struggle to finsh a 1/35 tank #:-)
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Wellington, New Zealand
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 06:38 AM UTC
It is a little known fact that Dora actually achieved a dual pupose - during testing a crewman failed to apply the brakes and it became Arod, world rail speed record holder.
Just checking.
Regards Dave :-)
Wisconsin, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 11:34 AM UTC
Thats really cool, just think about the cost and storage space though!
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Pennsylvania, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 11:57 AM UTC
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Geeee, it sure is huge!!!!
...that's waht she said. lol
really though that would be a great kit to see in 1/35th
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Alabama, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 03:42 PM UTC
Would that be bigger than Leopold? Anyways they would probably put that in a smaller scale so it wouldn't be so large. It would be cool though to see that.
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New York, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 04:29 PM UTC
wow thats really cool and even cooler that this guy r.mass scrath built this beast
i would but it if dragon made it
http://members.lycos.nl/Krimi/dora/dora.html that is much bigger then the leopold
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 04:33 PM UTC
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It is a little known fact that Dora actually achieved a dual pupose - during testing a crewman failed to apply the brakes and it became Arod, world rail speed record holder.
Just checking.
Regards Dave :-)
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Australia
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 05:56 PM UTC
Dora did apparently serve a usefull purpose during the seige of Sevastopol. Apparently the magazines for the guns defending the harbor were tunneled into the ground and out under the harbor. Dora fired a few shells into the harbor and destroyed the magazines UNDER the ground, UNDER the Harbor.
It also apparently took 2500 men from 4 to 6 weeks to lay the parralel tracks and set up it's firing position and re-assemble the gun EVERY time it was moved, tying up a lot of manpower that would probably have been very useful elswhere at the time......
Oklahoma, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2003 - 11:08 PM UTC
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Not really in plastic, but this one's hell! Imagine the DORA in 1/16th scale! I forgot the link where I've seen the pic. The model is totally scratchbuilt!
here it is look under Rail guns
http://www.continentalshop.co.uk/dev/dt/default2.asp (++)
Utrecht, Netherlands
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Posted: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 12:11 AM UTC
That guy must be obsessed with railguns. Just look at the amount he build of them and in those huge sizes!!! That ain't normal.
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Utrecht, Netherlands
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Posted: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 - 01:35 AM UTC
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Would that be bigger than Leopold? Anyways they would probably put that in a smaller scale so it wouldn't be so large. It would be cool though to see that.
Leopold was brought out in 1/72 years ago by hasegawa, and now it here in 1/35, so just wait.......
I came across some footage of dora being show to the public for the first time. I got it from internet (a russian site), unfortunately I seem to have misplaced the footage and the link. But it was quite impressive seeing a sea of people being dwarfed by this monstrosity. It would indeed be impressive in 1/72 let allone bigger scales.
