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Tuesday, May 22, 2018 - 12:38 PM UTC
Amusing Hobby has a new German Flak 41 in the works.
Designed to succeed the famous Flak36/37, the Flak 41 used the same 8.8 caliber but a longer cartridge and barrel, thus improving the performance against high-flying aircraft.

No details for this kit other than the box art for the moment... Looking forward to see how it compares to the excellent (and complex) Bronco offering.
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Exactly what I was thinking: how it measures-up to the marvelously-detailed Bronco offering. Time and a good build review will tell.
MAY 23, 2018 - 04:35 AM
I personally would like Mini-Art or someone to make a firing pit for the Flak gun, like in the box art.
MAY 23, 2018 - 07:07 AM
Personally I think that the artist erred on the side of making the pit a bit too big for the gun & crew -these things were usually kind of cramped as a big pit made one hell of a big target, both for figher-bomber aircraft and counter-battery fire. Otherwise making a pit is no big deal, clay, weathered wood, turf material and an afternoon's worth of time.
MAY 24, 2018 - 11:45 PM
Hard to tell the size but it does look spacious. One thing to consider is that the gun needs to be rolled into the pit and then the wheels disconnected from the gun platform and presumably also rolled out of the pit so that they do not obstruct the loading and firing of the gun. When comparing the images I get the impression that the pit is sized for a model in 1/25th scale but the gun is 1/35. The walls of the pit are a bit too high compared to the gun. The two gunners and gun commander are the same in the box-art and the picture above. Count the number of planks above the helment of the gunner furthest from us (the viewpoint). There are 6 planks in the Bundesarchiv image and a lot more on the boxart. / Robin
MAY 24, 2018 - 11:53 PM
Has anyone built this kit? Dan
NOV 01, 2018 - 02:55 AM
Hard to tell the size but it does look spacious. One thing to consider is that the gun needs to be rolled into the pit and then the wheels disconnected from the gun platform and presumably also rolled out of the pit so that they do not obstruct the loading and firing of the gun. When comparing the images I get the impression that the pit is sized for a model in 1/25th scale but the gun is 1/35. The walls of the pit are a bit too high compared to the gun. The two gunners and gun commander are the same in the box-art and the picture above. Count the number of planks above the helment of the gunner furthest from us (the viewpoint). There are 6 planks in the Bundesarchiv image and a lot more on the boxart. / Robin[/quote] Artistic License my Swedish modeler? Then again maybe not. Cheers Jeff
NOV 01, 2018 - 03:10 AM
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