The world's largest rat (Sd.Kfz. 205 - Panzer VIII - Maus) In Following the megalomania that afflicted the leaders of the German army towards the end of World War II, is realized, or at least planned, means bigger and bigger.
The only one who had time to be tested was designed by engineer Porsche (founder of the car) and had the ironic nickname of "Maus" (mouse):
was a bunker self-propelled 188 tons and carrying a crew of six:
The armament consisted of a 128mm gun, with a second coaxial 75mm gun and a 7.92mm MG34 by:
Despite the colossal size (the only tracks were 1 m wide each), the medium was able to turn on itself, reversing the march on the spot:
on the tail stands out the extra large tank that supplied the engine of 1200 hp Daimler:
The soldiers who walk beside give us a clear idea of \u200b\u200bthe size of the wagon: the man in the foreground has a MP40 machine gun, while the farthest against tank rocket launcher has a single use
Panzerfaust, both wearing the long coat of gray-green wool supplied to 'army.
Looking on the tower, we see the commander, wearing the black seal of the armored troops, with the colored version of
Schirmmütze (field cap) which had replaced the "bag" in 1943-44:
Kummersdorf Tested in the polygon, it is doubtful that it participated in the fighting which took place in the area ; what is certain is that the Soviet soldiers they were found some damaged specimens, from which the pieces were taken for the realization of the one vehicle that currently exists, that preserved in the museum of Kubinka, Russia.
Model and 1:35 scale plastic figures of the Dragon, the color (made in dry brush) is based on one half of the picture real soon reassembled by Soviets, painted with the same wavy pattern in 3 colors (ocher, green and tan) that appears on images of prototypes, even without turret, during the 1944-45 test.
entire vessel was covered with a washing-colored smoke upon which I dropped a bit 'of gravel before the paint was completely dry, I glued the tracks on the same grass that I used to crib from the base to simulate clods that remained attached.
to play the tracks left by the tracks, we proceed to the base by gluing two strips of Das, was pressed on the model, once dried, is painted in brown with various the washing of dark brown and varying shades of green.
you soon!
0 comments:
Post a Comment