Takom has just released the first shots of their upcoming 12.8 cm Flak 40 in 1/35! This is sure to be a great kit for fans of WWII and especially fans of big guns! Takom has posted some great pics check them out here!

Our friends at Takom have been up to some cool things this past winter and spring and we have just received our first look at their upcoming release of the German WWII 12.8cm Flak 40! This kit looks to have all the bells and whistles we have some to expect with Takom's releases, highly detailed and well cast parts, PE and much more!

While Takom has not yet revealed a release date yet or specifics about the kit we do have this from the all knowing WIKIPEDIA:

"Development of the gun began in 1936, with the contract being awarded to Rheinmetall Borsig, the first prototype gun was delivered for testing in late 1937 and completed testing successfully. The gun weighed nearly 12 tonnes in its firing position, with the result that its barrel had to be removed for transport. Limited service testing showed this was impractical, so in 1938 other solutions were considered.
The eventual solution was to simplify the firing platform, based on the assumption it would always be securely bolted into concrete. The total weight of the system reached 26.5 tonnes, making it practically impossible to tow cross-country. In the end this mattered little, since by the time the gun entered production in 1942, it was used in primary static defensive applications. There were four twin mounts on the fortified anti-aircraft Zoo Tower, and they were also on other flak towers protecting Berlin, Hamburg, and Vienna. Approximately 200 were mounted on railcars, providing limited mobility.
The gun fired a 27.9 kg (57.2-pound) shell at 880 m/s (2,890 ft/s) to a maximum ceiling of 14,800 m (48,556 ft). Compared with the 88mm FlaK 18 & 36, the 128 used a powder charge four times as great which resulted in a shell flight time only one-third as long. This made aim against fast-moving targets much easier."

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for more info on this and other upcoming releases. As always big thanks to our friends at Takom for the heads up on this and all their new releases.