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                        WHAT IS A GOOD GERMAN ANIT AIRCRAFT GUN???????

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        WHAT IS A GOOD GERMAN ANIT AIRCRAFT GUN???????
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 29, 2005 5:18 PM
                        Does anyone know of a good greman anit aircarft gun kit with crew that was in normandy 1944?? I was thinking of the one as seen in the band of brothers movie when they make there first jump is it 20mm??
                        cheers
                        -SSpanzer
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                        PanzerWulff
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                          November 2004
                        • From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA
                        Posted by PanzerWulff on Monday, August 29, 2005 5:42 PM
                        i believe it is the Quad mount 20 mm im not sure off the top of my head but i know tamiya makes one not sure of wether it comes with a crew or not
                        ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray
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                        PanzerWulff
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                          November 2004
                        • From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA
                        Posted by PanzerWulff on Monday, August 29, 2005 5:52 PM
                        i just looked it up the one you want is the(( "Flackvierling 38/quad tamiya stock# tam35091" )) it comes with the towing trailer but no figures the gun goes for about 7.00 us$ but i have seen it online as low as $5.00 on great models .com
                        ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray
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                        rebelreenactor
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                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Monday, August 29, 2005 6:01 PM
                        yep, its a flak 38 vierling. The would have also ran into flak 38's and flak 37's. Most of them would have been emplaced in bunkers or some form of cover. Tamiya make all of these guns and different companies make crews. Tristar has a flak 38 crew.

                        If you want 1/72 scale, I cant really help you. there are flak kits out there in that scale, but id ont know about a crew.
                        John
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 29, 2005 6:19 PM
                        I was thinking i might buy the Hasegawa 1/72 SDKFZ 20mm Flak for $12.95 would they have come across any of these out there or mabey i could take the gun off it and just use it like that. it dosnt come with crew so does anyone know of a 1,72 crew set?
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                        rebelreenactor
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                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Monday, August 29, 2005 11:46 PM
                        I dont think they would have ran into the sdkfz 7/?. Just the gun emplacement.
                        John
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 10:11 PM


                        Thats what I have.
                        -ERAD
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:19 PM
                        Thats what i need !!! is it 1/72???!!!
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                        HeavyArty
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:29 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by sspanzer

                        Thats what i need !!! is it 1/72???!!!


                        The above is a 1/35 kit. Sorry, don't know about 1/72 either, not my scale.

                        Good luck.

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:35 PM
                        BUGGER!!!

                        ok then these are the kits i have to pick from....
                        1/72 SDKFZ 37mm Flak
                        1/72 88mm Flak 18
                        1/72 88mm Gun Flak 36
                        1/72 Pak 35, Pak 40 & Flak 38
                        1/72 SDKFZ 20mm Flak

                        What would you use for a d- day normandy dio?????
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:42 PM
                        ok i just had a look at the 1/72 Pak 35, Pak 40 & Flak 38 Italeri kit i think i might order that 3 guns with 8 men for $16.50 sounds good to me !
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                        rebelreenactor
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                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:55 PM
                        just be aware that 2 of the guns are at weapons, not flak.
                        John
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:59 PM
                        yeah
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                        Phil_H
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                          August 2005
                        • From: Sydney, Australia
                        Posted by Phil_H on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:39 AM
                        Ok, I'm new here, so don't shoot me.... lol

                        Just did a quick search and came up with this: http://www.jadar.com.pl/jadar-group/armo72/72074/page_01.htm

                        Made in Poland, price appears to be 56.00Zl which translates to just under $17.00US

                        Pics here:
                        http://www.jadar.com.pl/jadar-group/armo72/72074/Flakvierling38_01.jpg
                        http://www.jadar.com.pl/jadar-group/armo72/72074/Flakvierling38_02.jpg
                        http://www.jadar.com.pl/jadar-group/armo72/72074/Flakvierling38_03.jpg

                        At one time, ESCI did one of these in 1/72 - you might get lucky... http://miniatures.de/html/ger/esci-8612-flak-vierling-38.html
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                        Phil_H
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                          August 2005
                        • From: Sydney, Australia
                        Posted by Phil_H on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:02 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by sspanzer

                        ok i just had a look at the 1/72 Pak 35, Pak 40 & Flak 38 Italeri kit i think i might order that 3 guns with 8 men for $16.50 sounds good to me !


                        This is more than likely a rebox of the ancient ESCI set. If I recall correctly, the Flak38 was fairly crude with massively overscale barrels etc.

                        HOWEVER in later years ESCI released a 1/72 FlakPanzer Wirbelwind with a newly tooled gun set which, was quite well detailed and "almost" a scale-down of the Tamiya 1/35 offering. Would anyone know if they retooled the Flak38 set in the abovementioned kit?
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 2, 2005 2:30 PM
                        Does anyone know of a dio that has a german flak just so i can get some idears of the surroundings?.
                        cheers
                        -SSpanzer
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 4, 2005 3:33 PM
                        revell make a 1/72 flak gun like the one pictured earlier.
                        dunno any retailers
                        ckeck their site
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                        philp
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                          December 2002
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by philp on Monday, September 5, 2005 12:59 AM
                        The one in the newer Hasagawa Wirbelwind has a nice gun in it.
                        There is a nice singlebarrel 20mm by Al.By
                        and you can buy 20mm barrels that give a much more scale effect.

                        Besides the single and Quad 20mm, there were also 37mm and 88mm guns in Normandy and you can find several nice 88's in the one true scale.
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