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Takom: Super-Heavy Maus
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Posted: Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 09:04 PM UTC


Takom released box art photos of two new 1/35 scale releases, a two slightly different versions of the heaviest tank ever built.

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Posted: Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 10:27 PM UTC
This is one kit that shouldn't have been. The old Dragon kit was sufficient.
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Posted: Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 10:59 PM UTC
I bet that's massive in 35th scales.
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Posted: Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 11:56 PM UTC
Just hope they are a lot more accurate than the old Dragon kit from over 20 years ago!!!
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 12:08 AM UTC
I'am really interested didn't know there was a varient, looks sharp, knowing Takom it has to be better than the older dragon kit.
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 12:22 AM UTC
The "variant" I believe just has a weight on it for chassis testing.
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 12:26 AM UTC
Not my main interest but I don't think there was ever a completed turret on a hull.
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 12:40 AM UTC
If you look at the Kubinka military Museum in Russia, you will find a picture of a MAUS. If it is complete inside, is another question?
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 12:45 AM UTC

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Not my main interest but I don't think there was ever a completed turret on a hull.


The secondary prototype seems to have had a armed turret on the hull before the latter was destroyed by the Germans to stop the Soviets getting it. The vehicle at Kublinka is the V1's hull mated with the V2 turret the Germans failed to destroy.
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 02:11 AM UTC
Nice !
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 02:44 AM UTC
Holy moly guacamole...that's massive!
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 02:54 AM UTC

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If you look at the Kubinka military Museum in Russia, you will find a picture of a MAUS. If it is complete inside, is another question?


That Maus is empty; the World of Tanks armor expert did a walk-around of it on Youtube a while back and it has been stripped.
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 03:29 AM UTC
0f you google the Maus you can find plenty of period pictures of both versions - including one on a railcar apparently heading off to Russia with Turret in place
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 04:13 AM UTC
Heading off to Russia? You mean AFTER the war? It must have been in big pieces or the Frankenstein that "Cantstopbuyingkits" refers to. Either way a monumental waste of time and resources. They'd have been better off with the equivalent weight in Panthers!
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 06:45 AM UTC
Trumpeter just announced one also, with enterior.
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 08:04 AM UTC
Thanks Maki. Takom could have made it different by putting in the alternate turret design. Cheers, Tat
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 09:00 AM UTC
There were two turret designs. The first turret is the one with curved front. It was actually mounted on one of the Maus prototype. The second design had a flat front panel with a pig's head mantlets, value resembling the henschel tiger ii turret. It was the turret proposed for the E-100.

I've never seen any documentation for the second turret being intended for the Maus. However, as the Maus and E-100 appear to have the same turret ring, and the curve front Maus turret was at one time intended for the E-100, I suppose it is possible that the Flat front e-100 turret was at one time intended for the Maus also.
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 11:19 AM UTC
some picture and oter info of the beast...
http://www.themodellingnews.com/2017/01/takom-let-pair-of-maus-loose-in-der.html#more
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 04:42 PM UTC
It would be nice to have an option for both gun turrets, although I already have the resin second turret and it is very nice!

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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2017 - 06:54 PM UTC

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There were two turret designs. The first turret is the one with curved front. It was actually mounted on one of the Maus prototype. The second design had a flat front panel with a pig's head mantlets, value resembling the henschel tiger ii turret. It was the turret proposed for the E-100.

I've never seen any documentation for the second turret being intended for the Maus. However, as the Maus and E-100 appear to have the same turret ring, and the curve front Maus turret was at one time intended for the E-100, I suppose it is possible that the Flat front e-100 turret was at one time intended for the Maus also.


I believe the Maus II turret design was initially for the Maus, as, to put it simply, the Maus and Tiger-Maus, the E-100 "ancestor", were both supposed to use a turret designed by Krupp, or actually, the one who'd win the contract, in the end the Maus. A successive rehash of the Tiger-Maus design by Adlerwerke, shortening the hull a bit and other minor changes, using the proposed modified Maus turret, the II one, with much lighter side armor, created the E-100. So, in summary, the E-100 was only supposed to use a Maus II looking turret, but less armoured, the Maus initially was produced with the curved front turret, but had a new design made specifically for it, the flat front Maus II turret, and the Tiger-Maus only was considered with the curved one.

Though keep in mind I'm going by memory, there might be some mistakes.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 05:01 AM UTC
Very nice to see these two kits and Trumpeters with full interior. I guess the Dragon one I have will never get built now. I also have resin Maus II turm so I will have some options. One thing that has always mystified me is how they would mount and dismount from the vehicle had it ever gone into service. I know the prototype has a ladder on the side so would this have been standard issue along with axe, shovel etc
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