Ok, which armor kit would you guys rather have?

Anonymous

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Ok, which armor kit would you guys rather have?

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 3:15 PM

If a rich uncle died and left you a very small fortune, which would you rather have (each is 1/35th scale), if you could only afford one:

1) 12.8cm Flakzwilling, mostly all-white metal kit, with flak tower, seventeen crewmen (yes, that's SEVENTEEN crewmen), reference books for the Flakzwilling, OR

2) the Accurate Armour US Army Oshkosh HET?

The Flakzwilling was the giant AAA mount that were in flak towers ringing Berlin, Hamburg and (I think) Vienna. It was two 128mm AA guns mounted side by side. There's one at Aberdeen, mounted on a kind of giant dolly.

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Foster7155

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July 2003
From: Pensacola, FL

Posted by Foster7155 on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 3:39 PM

#1

Robert Foster

Pensacola Modeleers

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 3:51 PM

id go for the Flak tower

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 3:53 PM

Number 1 hands down...

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zokissima

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July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 3:58 PM

I'd go for the AA Oshkosh HET any day.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 4:11 PM

Could you specify a bit?
Are you talking about a single ZFlak + emplacement, or an actual Flakturm, with all four Flaks?
'Cause I can see one of the latter if I lean out the window...

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:00 PM

What is an Oshkosh? Blush [:I]

I better have the Flak. I bought a bridge once without seeing it. There were all sorts of problems...

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tigerman

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From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:09 PM

Flak tower.

Eric

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David Voss

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From: Waukesha, WI

Posted by David Voss on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:29 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by phroosh
What is an Oshkosh?

Oshkosh Truck
Oshkosh Truck Corporation is the leading manufacturer of specialized military trucks. Major defense and international military products currently being produced at Oshkosh Truck include the M1070 Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET), the Palletized Load System (PLS), various models of the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTT), and the U.S. Marine Corps Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR).

Oshkosh rolls on - heavy-duty trucks, done right

...of course there is also...

Oshkosh, WI
EAA AirVenture fly-in held in Oshkosh, WI
OshKosh B'Gosh

...the flak tower does sound pretty cool tho'. Wink [;)]

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:36 PM

Gosh david, that is alot of Oshkosh goss. Thanks! I shall be ignorant no longer.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:37 PM

i'd rather hav the het

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Tread

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May 2004
From: Colorado

Posted by Tread on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 6:14 PM

Howdy Larry,

This one's easy, since I already own the AA Super HET...;-)

I choose.................the Flak tower!

Tread.

Now WHAT'S this A_Marx about you leanin' out your window and seeing a Flak Tower!??!............do you live near Humbolthain Park or something??

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cplchilly

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January 2004
From: SO CAL

Posted by cplchilly on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 7:06 PM

I don't see any armor am I missing something? But I would pick the flak tower I like lots a figures.

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lizardqing

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July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 7:34 PM

I would go for the HET. Mainly because I hate figures and I love big trucks.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 9:33 PM

FlaK Tower, without a doubt. If its the Peddinghaus kit, snap it up, but there are some small problems with it, nothing that an experienced modeler can't fix. Besides, anything made by a major(read: injection molded) manufacturer will be around in greater quantities for a longer time than other, more limited manufacture. Besides, the Peddinghaus kit is kickass; if you think the Leopold is big, just the gun/turntable assembly is massive. Put that puppy on a tower and POOF you're sleeping on the couch(I speak from personal experience)but it's worth it!

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Spamicus

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From: Central Wisconsin

Posted by Spamicus on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 9:41 PM

I'm from Wisconsin, Oshkosh b'gosh!

Steve

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Dwight Ta-ala

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From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 10:48 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by phroosh

Gosh david, that is alot of Oshkosh goss. Thanks! I shall be ignorant no longer.

No Matt...as you have been OSHKOSHED already so you are no longer considered ignorant. Big Smile [:D]

BTW: I'll have the FLAK TOWER

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 1, 2004 12:52 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Tread
Now WHAT'S this A_Marx about you leanin' out your window and seeing a Flak Tower!??!............do you live near Humbolthain Park or something??

Close, but no cookie.
Augarten, Vienna.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 1, 2004 1:03 AM

i'd go for the HET... is it a resin kit or injection-molded? i might build a diorama with it..

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 1, 2004 12:06 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Joel Newsom

FlaK Tower, without a doubt. If its the Peddinghaus kit, snap it up, but there are some small problems with it, nothing that an experienced modeler can't fix.

Can you fill me in? It may influence my decision.

QUOTE: Besides, anything made by a major(read: injection molded) manufacturer will be around in greater quantities for a longer time than other, more limited manufacture.

Thing is, the AA HET is also a limited resin kit. Then again, maybe Trumpeter will do it as a follow-up to the Faun. The Flakzwilling is a rarer bird. But OTOH, it's German, so who knows ....

QUOTE: Put that puppy on a tower and POOF you're sleeping on the couch(I speak from personal experience)but it's worth it!

Heh heh. How did you make the tower? I don't know what the capital city flak towers looked like.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 1, 2004 12:16 PM

#2.

Not that it would change my answer, but with or without the trailer?

M.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 1, 2004 1:42 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by MarianLH

#2.
Not that it would change my answer, but with or without the trailer?

With!

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 1, 2004 2:34 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Larry_Dunn

Heh heh. How did you make the tower? I don't know what the capital city flak towers looked like.

Found a gallery
LINK (Klick "Seite 11", then "Photogalerie der Gefechts- und Leittürme in Berlin, Hamburg und Wien." - the site doesn't like hotlinking)
But for some reason, I doubt that this is what we're talking about here...

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 1, 2004 2:36 PM

Flak Tower

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 1, 2004 3:37 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by A_Marx
But for some reason, I doubt that this is what we're talking about here...

Thanks A_Marx. Yes, as a matter of fact, those are what we're talking about! The Flak towers were huge monoliths in three neighborhoods in Berlin. Apparently they were used as bunkers in the Berlin battle. The twin 12.8cm guns must have been levelled to fire at the Russians. I'd imagine, then, that they attracted massive amounts of Russian artillery fire.

I won't be building one in 1/35th scale! Laugh [(-D]