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One for the Duke
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One for the Duke
Mark, knowing your penchant for all things 1/72, and also for large artillery pieces, when I saw that Dragon was coming out with this, I thought of your immediately...
http://www.dragonmodelsusa.com/dmlusa/p ... id=DRA7484
http://www.dragonmodelsusa.com/dmlusa/p ... id=DRA7484
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Re: One for the Duke
I dont know how big in 1/72, but the old Renwall 1/32 kit was pretty impressive. Well over 12" long IIRC.
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Re: One for the Duke
Has some similarities with the German WWII railway gun K5...
Re: One for the Duke
Perhaps, Thomas, but this one was NUCLEAR!
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That´s the negative point on this U.S. weapon: you still could walk and live on where the K5 had previously fired at...
Not so with this atomic gun. Yes, the enemy is dust, but you also could not go to where you fired at. What a victory...
Not so with this atomic gun. Yes, the enemy is dust, but you also could not go to where you fired at. What a victory...
Re: One for the Duke
ashes to ashes, dust to dust. . . we hate to nuke you mr. enemy, but we must, we must! Hey no one said it was a great idea.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Re: One for the Duke
Wow, here it is a month later and I finally see this! Yes Carlos, that is on my Christmas list of kits to get! I can't wait!
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Virtuoso of Miniatures
"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
Re: One for the Duke
Interesting! Tactical nuclear weapons where an very radical solution. And fortunately never used
