German railway gun 80cm K(E) "DORA"
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17 28 August 2011, 20:17
Michael FranzYes - very huge. Each of the wagons is about nearly 30 cm. The total thing is nearly 2 m long !
29 August 2011, 19:45
Aghis BarberopoulosWoow, this IS impressive. It will take loads of paint too... Looks very interesting as a project, Something you can watch for hours at a time while having a few drinks... 🙂
30 August 2011, 15:43
Michael FranzThat's true 🙂 Only the toys get bigger and for adults only - in any subject ...
20 January 2012, 14:11
Derek ThompsonWere you going to paint the wood decking or weather the natural wood?
What a project! Kinds overwhelms any other armor kits.
2 August 2012, 14:22
Michael FranzI will paint it with oil colors.... and sand it after it again.... 🙂
4 August 2012, 15:42
MAC FELSINGMicha, Did you ever find the turned aluminum barrel for this monster. I have been trying to find it but can't get my hands on one.
19 September 2012, 14:24
Michael FranzHi Mac,
no sorry - never tried as the costs were too expensive for me.... with the aluminium barrel the costs for this project will increase too much.... my wife would kill me 🙂
20 September 2012, 09:45
Leo O'ConnorSoar Art sell the metal barrel , just go to their sire and it is in two sections to buy, don't know the price though, but I aim to get it for my kit being posted on Monday Feb 17th 2014 ?
14 February 2014, 19:19
MAC FELSINGAs far as size goes, shipping weight on this monster in the box is 50 lbs. Length with track on base when complete is 6 feet. Compare that to the size of a 1/35 king tiger or the K5 rail gun which is about half that size.
3 August 2014, 16:09
Spanjaardi am impress, and not only with the size, you are doing a great job so far.
3 November 2016, 16:35
Jean Pierre CULIS-FERYCa! il faut quand même pouvoir le ranger... 😄 C'est même domage qu'ils ne mettent pas la loco avec...
3 November 2016, 17:48
Michael FranzBig difficulties - thanks to Peddinghaus-Decals which are much too thick and look really ugly (if looking from the near). And the decals could be removed as complete decal... just like normal stickers..... what a mess... Now I have decided to remove all (!!) white decals once again....
A good contact of me is graphicer and she will make all the decals for me brand new ..... and print it on a very thin new decal foil .... then this problem should be solved finally 🙂
9 November 2016, 12:23
Holger KranichSeems as Peddinghaus and the modeling community has a love-hate relationship. Some hate ´em some like them very much, crazy! 😠
9 November 2016, 15:05
Michael FranzI had some bad experience already. ... and there was a day when I said "never ever again" .... but as there are no alternatives for Dora ... 🙁 No I wait for my new decals ... 🙂 Then everything will become good 🙂 I hope 🙂
9 November 2016, 16:15
Wesley De BraekeleirWow! Nice work allready! I love this kit! Here in belgium you can not buy this kit anymore 🙁
9 November 2016, 19:41
Bart Goesaertlooks very nice so far... and nice additions to this kit, that, with regards to the price should have been included directly... I'll stick to my Hobby Boss one in 1:72... still large enough.
15 November 2016, 10:50
Michael FranzThanks a lot 🙂
I think the kit is good .. mostly ... but for its price Soart Art did a bad job - too many mistakes. The size and quantity of parts makes the price ok, but the quanitity of mistakes is a shame for Soar Art ....
But the final kit is really impressive 🙂
13 December 2016, 14:57
Christian RistitsThis is Most impressive, subject as Well as your work Micha!
13 December 2016, 20:21
Michael FranzWhat do you think about the figures on the gun? The positions, how they interact together?
30 December 2016, 19:32
gorbyI didn't realise how big this thing is until I saw the photo of the UHU bottle. It's a MONSTER! As for the figures, they look very good, but for me there is one exception - in photo 153, the bloke sitting at the rear of the carriage. His legs are dangling strangely and the position of his arms looks odd for the location he is in. His posture makes it look like his feet should be on the ground, maybe on the steps facing the figure with the sack, for example.
It really is a stunning model you are building Micha.
30 December 2016, 20:09
Dan MOh, what a monster! Superb work!!! And to think that I thought the 1:72 scale version to be too big. This is absolutely gargantuan. Amazing masterpiece! I assume the figures were not included?
31 January 2017, 08:56
Michael FranzNo, the figures were from Masterbox, Trumpeter, MiniArt, ICM, .... 🙂
31 January 2017, 10:03
MAC FELSINGMicha, where did you get the decals. I need to obtain a set also.
Thanks.
31 January 2017, 22:38
Michael FranzI have made the decals myself and printed at decalprint .... not 100% (a bit silvering not avoid) but better then the ones from Peddinghaus ....
1 February 2017, 08:49
Deano JohnsHi there.
Quick question. What type of Aluminium mesh did you use for the walk ways?
Thanks
6 July 2020, 23:39
Rui SAn out of scale 1:1, hand granade ??? in photo 229???
J.kidding 😄
looks great, and it is great 👍
7 July 2020, 12:15
Deano JohnsThanks for the idea to look at Modulor. can you remember what dimensions you used for the mesh walkways?
17 July 2020, 15:11
Michael FranzUnfortunately not .... I looked in my stash but I do not have anything left to measure it ... I am very sorry ...
30 July 2020, 11:49
JarrettI remember the one my Dad built to play GHQ model games like 1/160 👎 scale, but at 1/35 scale this just a think of beauty and power, just master class, well done!!!
7 December 2021, 22:45
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Eisenbahngeschütz 80cm K(E) "Dora" in scale 1/35 from Soar Art Workshop with lot of modifications (modified wagons, shortend and modified gun barrel, new walways made of aluminium mesh and plastic stripes, modified hand rails, wooden planks on the floor of the wagons, photo etched and turned metal parts, lot of figures and lot of more ....
