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Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 05:05 PM UTC
Here are a few new images of the 1/35th scale "Dora" Rail Gun,this model will be on display at the International Hobby Trade show this week in Chicago. The kit will be available from VLS as a pre-paid item only and the built model will be available for purchase at the show for a sum of nine thousand U.S.Dollars.Photo's courtesy of Merit International and the VLS corp... Mrosko

http://www.network54.com/Forum/526495/message/1160739249/New+Images+of+1-35th+Dora+Rail+Gun
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Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 05:08 PM UTC
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Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 05:27 PM UTC

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Here are a few new images of the 1/35th scale "Dora" Rail Gun,


Thanks for posting the link Chris. What a great model. I guess it's rather large?

Thanks,
Gary
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Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 06:31 PM UTC
Very impressive. I would need a larger display cabinet for that one.
Thanks for sharing.
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Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 06:43 PM UTC
"the built model will be available for purchase at the show for a sum of nine thousand U.S.Dollars."
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Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 09:19 PM UTC
Nine grand? nice!
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Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 09:39 PM UTC
Awh...sweet! I'm gonna need more DML track kits now...don't suppose a pair of schwerer panzerspahwagons would pull that, huh?! :-)
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Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 09:49 PM UTC

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"the built model will be available for purchase at the show for a sum of nine thousand U.S.Dollars."


Ho-Hum. I'll take one in each color...
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Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 11:28 PM UTC
The model will retail for around 900.00 dollars.Chilihead
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Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 11:53 PM UTC
900? Pshaw, I'll take 4 of them then.
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Posted: Friday, October 13, 2006 - 03:04 AM UTC
I thought it was $700? Or was that if you pre-ordered it? anyone plan on getting one of these for real? I honestly might if the timeing is right when I have the funds
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Posted: Friday, October 13, 2006 - 01:38 PM UTC
Daym, those look neat...

I can't help thinking images like this make me think John Ringo's 'SheVa' gun in his Aldenata series are WAY off.

Take a 16" battleship gun. Triple the barrel length, make the rounds like tank shells (they are listed as 14.7' long & 27" in diameter) Then design a ground-chassis for it, with a full traverse turret and elevation -5 to +90 degrees.

He got a chassis 468 feet long, 385 wide, and the turret roof is 170 feet off the ground. Four tracks sections (2 x 2 configuration) with electric motors on all the roadwheels, powered by four pebble-bed hydrogen-cooled reactors running turbines. 8 rounds on board (9 if you load with one up the spout and a fleet of HEMTT carrying reloads.

I'll add, armor is minimal, and the turret is only enclosed for weather reasons (6" battleship steel)

Looking at Dora's gun, I think his super-artillery' is a bit overdone, wouldn't you?
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Posted: Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 10:06 AM UTC
Dunno. Looks awsome, but even if I had the money and the room for it -would I want to spend years assembling a 2 meters long model? Rust-streaks on every rivet? Evenly paint and weather the beast? This size is way too big.
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Posted: Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 10:19 AM UTC
For an extra $900 there will be the Aber etch set, bring your fork lift! :-)
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Posted: Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 10:48 AM UTC
If you wanted to build this into a diorama of the Dora in transport mode you would need to start with 25 Trumpeter BR52s and a spare football field to lay it all out

[http://www.aopt91.dsl.pipex.com/railgun/Content/Railwayguns/German/Dora%20index.htm
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