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Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - 12:48 PM UTC


Modelcollect already announced the Flakzwilling 4, which will be available this month, and now comes the perfect complement: A section of a Flaktower

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HermannB
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Posted: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 12:37 AM UTC
Flakturm IV in Hamburg has an area of 75m by 75m and is 39m high. Makes a quarter area in scale of 520mm by 520mm and 540 mm high.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 12:54 AM UTC

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Flakturm IV in Hamburg has an area of 75m by 75m and is 39m high. Makes a quarter area in scale of 520mm by 520mm and 540 mm high.


That would definitely be very large if you had one for the Takom 12.8cm Flak kit.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 09:42 PM UTC
I'd like to see someone market even sections of these towers in 1/35 so that I'd have somewhere to emplace my Takom twin 128 FLAK guns!
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Posted: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - 11:22 PM UTC

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I'd like to see someone market even sections of these towers in 1/35 so that I'd have somewhere to emplace my Takom twin 128 FLAK guns!


See the post above yours.
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Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 08:16 AM UTC
I thought for a moment that Takom might have intro'd one in 1/72...so we both would like one in 1/35th! I'd really like to model the Zoo tower in Berlin. I know, different version, but hey that's what making different kits is all about.
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Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 09:30 AM UTC

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I thought for a moment that Takom might have intro'd one in 1/72...so we both would like one in 1/35th! I'd really like to model the Zoo tower in Berlin. I know, different version, but hey that's what making different kits is all about.


Are you prepared to add an extension on to your house for that?

The best I can manage is a small section I can mock up to be just a portion of the deck, but even that is so small it just looks like it's sitting on a slab of concrete and nothing else. Those towers were HHHUUUGGEEE!!!

The Flakturm IV mentioned by Hans would be over 6 feet on a side and about 3.5 feet tall at 1/35!
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Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 10:05 AM UTC
Some informations about the different Flakturmarten from Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_tower#Flakturm_IV_-_Heiligengeistfeld.2C_Hamburg
brekinapez
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Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 12:17 PM UTC
Actually already visited that page when I was looking to see what kind of base I could put the Takom kit on rather than the one supplied in the box.
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Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 12:50 PM UTC
Somebody scratched a 1/4 Flakturm, i think 1/35th...

and go...
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Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2017 - 08:00 PM UTC
A model railroader's trick for adding depth - build half a tower against a mirror to give the illusion of a complete structure. Of course, it only works at predetermined angles. Smoke and mirrors!
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Posted: Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 08:54 AM UTC
Amusing Hobby is releasing a 12.8 cm flak 40 single gun with a Fu-MG 39D radar in 1/35. At this rate we may soon be able to build the entire german air defense network.
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