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Heavy Mortar from "Warhorse" movie?
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Posted: Friday, October 03, 2014 - 02:24 PM UTC
Hi Gang,
Steven Spielberg`s Warhorse movie was on TV here yesterday. Now I wonder what type was the heavy mortar that the horses pulled on the hill. It looked a little like a 30,5 cm Skoda mortar. Since I`m no expert on WWI, is my guess correct? And the Mark IV tank at the end was a replica?
Thanks
H.-H.
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/uK8qQ_EXToM/0.jpg
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Posted: Friday, October 03, 2014 - 02:46 PM UTC
About the Mk IV, it was a replica built specifically for the movie. I believe they donated it to Bovington after
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sEVsuER2GM
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Posted: Friday, October 03, 2014 - 02:55 PM UTC
The heavy mortar was a 210mm Krupp. Verlinden makes a resin kit with WWII rubber tires. You would have to modify them to the WWI footed wheels.
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Posted: Friday, October 03, 2014 - 05:55 PM UTC

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About the Mk IV, it was a replica built specifically for the movie. I believe they donated it to Bovington after
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sEVsuER2GM


Thanks for infos. Hmmm....maybe Mr. Spielberg can make a movie about a German A7V tank crew.
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Posted: Saturday, October 04, 2014 - 05:42 AM UTC

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The heavy mortar was a 210mm Krupp. Verlinden makes a resin kit with WWII rubber tires. You would have to modify them to the WWI footed wheels.


Or there's this one:



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Posted: Saturday, October 04, 2014 - 06:49 AM UTC
Nice work Jon.

Al
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Posted: Saturday, October 04, 2014 - 07:01 AM UTC
Jon,

Wow! What scale are those and who makes them? I've built the Verlinden 1/35 kit and it was a real bear. I love these big guns.
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Posted: Sunday, October 05, 2014 - 12:54 AM UTC

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Jon,

Wow! What scale are those and who makes them? I've built the Verlinden 1/35 kit and it was a real bear. I love these big guns.


Hi Matt,

That's our kit in 1/35 scale. It's one of the few leftovers from the old Commander Series kits we still make. You can see the part breakdown here:

http://ironshipwrights.com/armor/Krupp210.html

Jon
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