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Posted: Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 01:16 PM UTC
Steve Santucci shares with us his build of the Big Bertha gun

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Taeuss
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Posted: Monday, November 02, 2020 - 02:42 PM UTC
Cool gun and nice backdrop. I have not seen this kit built before and I am impressed with its detail.
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Posted: Wednesday, November 04, 2020 - 11:01 AM UTC
Excellent build of a gun that was crucial in the German assault on Verdun.
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Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - 02:06 PM UTC
Okay, no joke - I thought this was a walkaround of a preserved gun at a museum! I should have realized it wasn't, being up here in FEATURES. But I honestly thought it was the real thing.

Is there any greater compliment? So glad to see Great War artillery.
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Posted: Friday, November 27, 2020 - 01:47 AM UTC

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Cool gun and nice backdrop. I have not seen this kit built before and I am impressed with its detail.


A nice kit and it goes together well. But Takom made a few serious mistakes. The breach of the gun requires a bit of reworking, and the winch for the ammo hoist crane needs to be relocated. Al
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