Landships II

Frantisek · Corporal

K-Wagen

Tank · Major

Welcome your model looks good, are the other models yours as well, smile

plastikk · Colonel

Really kollosal...Have you more photo??And this T-18 too

Frantisek · Corporal

thanks, the other models are not mine. More photos I will send soon - and photos my collection of armored cars.

elbavaro · Commander in Chief

K-Wagen kit in 1/35?? Which company does this one produce?

THE OLD LANCER · Colonel

Hi,
I think it migth be a KORA kit as I build a 1/72 scale one a few years ago.

THE OLD LANCER

Morgoth · Major

Lovely.

Frantisek · Corporal

It is Kora kit, but in 1/35. And I know, just from Kora model's owner, that they are preparing also Lebedenko giant tank in 1/35!

Frantisek · Corporal

Roger Todd · Legend

Gods, what a monster!

TinCanTadpole · Legend

That's the best model K-Wagen I've seen yet - and it must be at least 36cm long at that scale.

Must say though, that those sponsons (viewed from ahead) are so wide it would have been the most ridiculous machine had it been completed and sent to the front - it would have side-slipped into a crater and got stuck, unless benefitting from the firmer ground encountered during the semi-open battles near the end of the war.

Kaiser · Lieutenant-Colonel

Nice!

CharlieC · Legend

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There is a 1/25 cardmodel K-Wagen model published by Orlik last year. It's a BIG model but a lot cheaper than the >200 Euro for the Kora models K-Wagen.

Orlik's site -�http://www.sklep.orlik-models.pl/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=98_66&products_id=2202

A build thread -�http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/armory/14385-orlik-k-wagen-tank-1-25-scale.html

Regards,

Charlie

Frantisek · Corporal

TinCanTadpole wrote:
That's the best model K-Wagen I've seen yet - and it must be at least 36cm long at that scale.

Must say though, that those sponsons (viewed from ahead) are so wide it would have been the most ridiculous machine had it been completed and sent to the front - it would have side-slipped into a crater and got stuck, unless benefitting from the firmer ground encountered during the semi-open battles near the end of the war.

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Yes, it seems to me as the biggest problem too. I other way, it could be operational, because engine power/weight ratio is not bad.

PDA · Legend

Frantisek wrote:
TinCanTadpole wrote:
That's the best model K-Wagen I've seen yet - and it must be at least 36cm long at that scale.

Must say though, that those sponsons (viewed from ahead) are so wide it would have been the most ridiculous machine had it been completed and sent to the front - it would have side-slipped into a crater and got stuck, unless benefitting from the firmer ground encountered during the semi-open battles near the end of the war.
Yes, it seems to me as the biggest problem too. I other way, it could be operational, because engine power/weight ratio is not bad.

The article on the K-Wagen states, "The enormous weight of the vehicle of course made it impossible to move any longer distances, so it was to be transported by rail in four parts of some 30 tons each, only to be put together behind the front line, at the point were it was to be employed."

It appears to be a completely useless design. How much extra machinery would have to be packed on the train to move the large 30-ton pieces into position to be assembled? How likely is it the rail head would be so close to the front line that there were no bridges, soft ground, or tight corners on the approach march? How long would it take to put it together and would the front line have moved in that time? It looks to me to be an expensive exercise in massaging someone's (Hindenburg?) ego.

However, it is a well made and well painted model; well done Frantisek. Thanks for showing it to us.