Well guys I think This is nice looking kit, But i took some photos for y'all to decide for yourselves here they are stug










Now for the decals and the metal bits!!!


According to DML this next peice is only in the first run on the Karl kits so hurry and get your kit quick!!!

Yes, that is a 600mm mortar round done nicely in turned alluminum. All in all I'm rather impressed with this kit, but then again i'm not a rivet counter, i'm looking forward to some fun building it !!! Hope this helps some of y'all in deciding to get this kit. stug

Thanks for the look Stug. Hey Hey And the report at m/l on this I can't wait to get mine.
Oink Onik

Looks likea nice kit, stug... How much was it?

Gunner i paid 8000 yen for mine which is close to the retail of 70usd in the states, i recommend to hit one of the pre-order specials going on on the web... stug

It looks good unassembled...but, although I'm not a rivit counter either.....is it to scale and would it look proper in a 1:35 diorama? One of my pet peeves is out-of-scale vehicles where the figures...and what good is a vehicle without figures...are too large. I think that is what one review of this model said "a childrens toy...too small for scale". I'm looking forward to what the other companies are doing. I do want to get one and the Leopold,too! I'll have to display the Leopold in the Garage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jeff

Jeff i put the round next to fig i have done for my wespe, it's to scale!! the rest of the kit fits the round!! as far why it's good with out figs, is the crew and munitions carrier left the area and fired the mortar remotely from a safe distance! heres a link that covers the firing sequence of the karl. http://www.geocities.com/ssvong/morser/karl_main.htm/ so after you read that it should answer your question about why no figs are good!!! happy modeling stug

LOOKS IS VERY NICE KIT

ROBERTO

Steve-Stugster

Thanks for the pics of this big pig. I can hardly wait to see future pics as this one comes together and is finally completed.

I appreciate a post like this. I don't model German stuff, but its a great informative post about a neat subject, and the kit parts pics certainly give any modeler a flavor for what this kit entails (as far as construction).

The aluminum round is a nice touch.

From your post, it sounds like you're pleased, and that's the bottom line. Good luck on your build.

One Question did they do the Barrel rifling or not ,as pronounced as it is would be a big give away.

Jeff the last inch or so has rifling!!! i thought it was nice touch and got them away from todays standard of nasty smooth bore kits!!! i hope i'm getting evertones questions here, if not just give me a PM and i'll be more than happy to talk about it with any of you!!! stug

Great post thanks Stugiiif. Your pictures show much more detail than the ones on Track Links. Now to clear the workbench and get ready to build the monster.

Bodeen forget displaying the Leopold, I'm going to have to build a second workbench to build it LOL :-)

Plus : It's available
Caution: Gear up,can't easily be built with suspension in "travel" position.
Caution : Link and length track.I wouldn't be afraid of all Link to Link.
Question,Stug,were the top panels reasonably flat,or was there some warp? Not unexpected with a span that long.
I suppose the springs are like in the 1/72 hasegawa version,to let you'recoil' the unit.Why?
But thanks for the sprue pictures.I hope my LHS gets some in soon.

TC, the best thing about the beast Mine has no warp!!!! Dml thought fully put that large peice on the bottom of the box to support the upper hull peice!!!!! Give me a few hours and i'll post a pic of the inside of the barrel, there is some rifling there I plan to start the monster today!! Wish Me Luck!! I'll post threads in the reveiw board and be happy to tell any problems i come across!!! stug

Good Luck. In you photos it looks as if they only provided markings for ZIU. I hope that some aftermarket company makes more.

Tiger101 there are marking for one other the box art LOKI, sorry they printed in white so the did'nt show up!!!!! sorry, but yes we are limited in the choices of marking, kinda, most of the "SPG's" only had a nickname added to the side!!! stug

Good posting Stug. Im looking forward to getting this myself and will be watching your updates and views very carefully. As many fotos as possible and notes on anythig you see. It would make a nice article when your finished!

I don't know about an article as yet but definatly a couple of different threads to help others i can do!!!stug

Yes yes THis would be good.


One more question on the tracks do they resemble anything in the way of add-ons ?

:-) Stugiif........you've converted me! I told my wife that it's the next BIG purchase for me. Thanks for all your hard work! It's very much appreciated. I'll be about $80.00 poorer but it's worth it to build that big Son-of-a-gun. Jeff

Well guys, I'm glad this SAILOR could help my fellow armormaniacs!!!!! The closest tracks I've seen in AM stuff is the churchill stuff from Fruilmodel, but alas they are to small!!! the nice thing is that there are enough Indy's to do the whole thing with indy tracks!!!! stug

You didn't like the link and length tracks? How goes the project so far?

well tiger, here in a few i'll start to post the construction in the Rivet Reveiw board so look there are a few glitches so far but only with the instructions; everything else is beautiful, so look there for construction updates!! stug

Well guys i'm sorry to say I was wrong in my count of Indy links, the lengths of links are most definently need i'm in the process of building and measuring out the tracks almost done with one side!!!! why do i feel a head ache coming!!!!! of yeah link and length track!!!! stug

Thank you on that . Now all we need is for Eduard or Aber to do the PE which I am sure they will and of cause the resin that will follow. Now on to carriage for this from Trumpter or is it Tristar

Here is some pics of the kit built by a Japanese modeller....




I read some reviews here and there, sounds that DML made a simply replica of the Karl, will wait to see what Tristar's will do. In my case, The price will be the most important price. I'm not willing to pay 200$ for Karl, so DML should be a great choice for me.

Cheers!