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I'd be surprised if it was, if only because 1/87 scale is so small for a model intended to drum up government/military interest. Other inventors, such as de Mole, or Macfie and Nesfield, presented large models to the relevant authorities. Plus, if it wasn't simply a very strange coincidence that it came out at that scale, 1/87 didn't appear until after WWI. Of course, it's possible he arrived at that scale by simply halving O-scale off his own bat, long before someone else thought to do it commercially later on, but, again, I'd be surprised.
Thank you, effendi. Do you know if he built a model at all, in any scale?
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No idea. I hasten to add that my previous post was all speculation, I don't know anything of Herr Burstyn's modelmaking activities! However, I used to get an email newsletter (in German, so I never read it!) from Doppeladler, and he seems to know a lot about Burstyn, I'll try and find out his contact details...
"Sometimes things that are not true are included in Wikipedia. While at first glance that may appear like a very great problem for Wikipedia, in reality is it not. In fact, it's a good thing." - Wikipedia.
Forgive me for "munging" that address - since their website does not post it in clear, neither should we I think (the surest way for an address to become permanently embedded in an unending succession of spammers' mailing lists is publish it on the public internet).
Just acame across this thread again. I totaly forgott: there is one of the models (yes, must be more than one) is lended to the "Bayerisches Armeemuseum" (Bavarian Army Museum) in Ingolstadt (70 km north of Munich). It can't be 1/87 - it is much bigger. Maybe around 1/35 or 1/24?
"Sometimes things that are not true are included in Wikipedia. While at first glance that may appear like a very great problem for Wikipedia, in reality is it not. In fact, it's a good thing." - Wikipedia.
"Sometimes things that are not true are included in Wikipedia. While at first glance that may appear like a very great problem for Wikipedia, in reality is it not. In fact, it's a good thing." - Wikipedia.
I also tried twice - first a few years ago, later a few weeks ago. I wanted to buy their model of Burstyn Motorgeschütz - this is the only model of this vehicle available and they are probably the only store where it can be bought. Unfortunately I also got no reply.
I also tried twice - first a few years ago, later a few weeks ago. I wanted to buy their model of Burstyn Motorgeschütz - this is the only model of this vehicle available and they are probably the only store where it can be bought. Unfortunately I also got no reply.
Word missing "only model" really should be "only plastic model" - there has been a cardmodel 1/72 Burstyn available on Landships II for at least 18 months.
