The German 80 cm K(E) railway gun is a plastic kit of the largest gun ever built and used in action, in 1:72 scale from Hobby Boss. Mind the dimensions: the manufacturer gives the length of the assembled piece as 1111.6 mm, that is over 111 centimeters.
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A plastic kit of the legendary German 80 cm K(E) railway gun, known by the names Dora and Schwerer Gustav, in 1:72 scale from Hobby Boss. And straight to the most important point: even in 1:72 this is a giant model. The manufacturer gives a length of 1111.6 mm and a width of 210 mm, that is over 111 centimeters. Before you order the model, measure your display case or shelf. The contents of the package match that scale: 33 sprues and 1767 parts, photo-etched parts and nine sections of track for the gun to stand on.
The 80 centimeter K(E) gun is the largest gun ever built and used in action. A caliber of 800 mm, a weight of over a thousand tons, shells weighing several tons and a range in the tens of kilometers. A colossus like that could not be moved by road; it ran on rails and, because of its width and weight, needed two parallel tracks. Hundreds of men set it up in a firing position, and the preparation took weeks. It was used in 1942 at Sevastopol against fortifications. Militarily it was a dead end, an absurdly costly, slow and vulnerable weapon, but as a piece of engineering it remains one of the most fascinating creations of artillery.
This is not a weekend project. With almost 1800 parts, divide the build into sections (bogies, platform, carriage, barrel, track) and finish and paint each one separately; assembling a giant model painted in one piece is a nightmare. There are no tracks to worry about here, which makes the railroad track all the more important: the ties deserve wood shades and drybrushing, the rails rust and a polished head from the passing wheels, and between the ties belong ballast, dust and spilled oil. It is precisely the rails that make the model call out for a base or a diorama; without being set into a ballast bed and terrain it looks half-finished, and besides, there is no other way to move it. The gun itself suits restrained weathering: dust, smoke traces at the muzzle, grease around the mechanisms.
The model is supplied unassembled and unpainted. Glue, paints and accessories are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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