WOW..........New one from Dragon!

when they come out with Dora (or gustav) is it going to have 4 RR tracks, the 2 assembly cranes, the 1200 men it required to assemble and disassemble, and the aa regiment? LOL

That would cost, hmmm let's see....
5 men seperately are about 10 bucks
175 for the gun
15 bucks for an aa gun (we'll say 10 th the reg, I don't know how many)
the cranes would be about 25 each
$1500 approx. resin: 6000 approx. :-O
the box would be:... ever seen a steamer trunk ;-)

its all a guess, and I highly doubt anyone would ever come out with it

All I can say is there's a guy in my region who's gonna be mighty upset that he didn't wait another year to start scratchbuilding a Leopold!


Fade to Black...

I'd like to know what he charged for that 1/16 Dora.

Eric

I've always been fascinated by railway guns. That must have been something to have seen one of those, especially in action.

I did a search for a 1/16 K5 and here's what I found:

http://www.cix.co.uk/~nrobinson/railgun/Models/HO_1.35/1.15%20index.html

QUOTE: You won't believe it, but a company produces a 1/15! scale model kit of the k5. The company is called Frontline Miniatures and can be contacted at: PO BOX 712, Angmering, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN16 4DY, England. Tel:44 +(0)903 859873

Maybe someone living nearby could give them a call and find out some more information.


1/16th Scale German Railgun (DORA)
http://www.btinternet.com/%7Edave.tootill/
(click the enter link and then click on the picture of the railway gun)

QUOTE: If like me your a bit sad, here are a few facts Approx 1,400hrs Approx 16,400 parts 18x 400ml cans of spray paint Approx 2,604 swear words

To get an idea of the size, check out the picture of the guy next to the model. Wow!! I'm wondering where would you display something like that?

A buddy of mine in Taiwan has a 1/16 (yes, one sixteenth!) scale K5. Resin and aluminum kit. He doesn't know the maker, and won't tell me the price.
But he did say it was large.

I read in another forum what Trumpeter and DML may charge for their kits. The Dragon kit was priced at $90 and the Trumpeter kit is
to be listed at $145 Either price is an eye opener for me.

looks cool......... i would hate to see the prics tag though!

Agree erush, if someone does make the Dora kit someday, the home improvement industry will be very busy with additions being built. $115 isn't all that terrible for this.

It even comes with 7 sections of track for display

Trumpeter is also releasing a Leopold (supposed to be Nov. I think) and will probably outdo the dragon big time.

I will have one or the other in my collection though!

I'm waiting for the 1/35 Dora to come out too!!!!
Of course I'd have to build a garage to display it in

Eric