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Takom: Skoda and KV Return
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 - 01:22 AM UTC


News in from Takom has two previously released kits coming back with some extras.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 - 03:11 AM UTC

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It should be noted that I can find no record of a KV-5 captured by the Germans, thus the tank would be just theoretical.


That would be all the more surprising that AFAIK not one single KV-5 was ever completed?

Cheers,

Christophe
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 - 03:27 AM UTC
That Howitzer is different to their first release -
SgtRam
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 - 03:34 AM UTC

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That Howitzer is different to their first release -


You are correct, thanks for pointing that out, story is updated.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 - 04:45 AM UTC
I hope they come out with the 1916 38cm version of the gun like the one I saw at a museum in Vienna. I would love to build it.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 - 04:57 AM UTC
Wonder if the Manstien figure is the one from Dragon's 'Conquerors of Sevestapol' set.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 - 05:09 AM UTC
Would like to know how different the new version is. They should def do the WW1 variant.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 - 08:08 AM UTC
Geez, enough with the bleutpanzers already.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 - 08:18 AM UTC
Right?



But that gives me an idea. I can slap a swastika on all the models I don't want anymore, and sell them on ebay for double what I payed for them.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 - 10:39 AM UTC
Tank is certainly interesting, though it was never the Nazis. But why a well-fed fascist mug next to a gun? Why is he there at all necessary?
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 - 06:35 PM UTC
Probably there to give perspective on the size of the gun, where a full crew would be a lot of figures.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 - 07:32 PM UTC
The KV-5 is a "what if" already, any markings it'd be in would be hypothetical so why not a beutepanzer if it increases sales so they can tool and produce the WWI skoda?
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Posted: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 - 11:41 PM UTC
I know.... mount the Skoda on the KV chassis!
Takom, you can have that one, free of charge.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 - 12:06 AM UTC
Yes, the gun had something like a 14-man crew IIRC.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 - 04:28 AM UTC
This is the much larger 42cm Skoda morsër! It bears a superficial resemblance to the smaller 30.5cm piece.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 - 07:45 AM UTC
Cyclone/ That's because the gun was used during the Battle of Sevastopol in 1942 for which Manstein took charge of command.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 - 10:05 AM UTC
Greetings,

EVM is there because it was the only time on the Eastern Front that all the big German siege guns were at the same place - Sabastopol. He was in command of all the Axis forces there. Thanks and

Best Regards,

Ken
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Posted: Monday, February 09, 2015 - 01:35 AM UTC
I wish I could find more ops photos of these big guns in action. Few photos on the 'Net and most of them just repeat.
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