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Re: 31.5 inch Dora rail cannon

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:15 pm
by MR PINK BALLS
if I get time ill take a whack

Re: 31.5 inch Dora rail cannon

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:54 pm
by fo0k
heheh , thats things epic.

"That way!.. kill them!!"

"But sir, we.. err.. built the tracks this way.."

Re: 31.5 inch Dora rail cannon

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:39 pm
by Poow
The biggest gun I know so far is from FHSW (M1939 BR-5)
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Re: 31.5 inch Dora rail cannon

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:33 am
by Coroner47
How bout this instead!! Ive been planning on building this thing in 3dmax for a while, the "Karl" seige gun from germany wwII. I think i got the skills now to make a model... unless someone else wants to attempt. Only 6 built & only 1 or 2 still exist... i think. Its a giant mortar on tracks. I'll give it a whirl!

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Wikipedia.org link.... very impressive beast!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Ger%C3%A4t

The "Karl" on rail system
http://www.modellversium.de/kit/artikel.php?id=421

Re: 31.5 inch Dora rail cannon

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 3:18 pm
by silverlight
that rail cannon is in Wolfenstein: Enemy teritory xD huge thing.

PS: I laughed hard of that one fo0k xD

Re: 31.5 inch Dora rail cannon

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:52 am
by Coroner47
I tried ... but its 2 complicated for me :oops:
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but if you $350 you can buy this 3d model
http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/I ... /ID/334690

Re: 31.5 inch Dora rail cannon

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:11 pm
by Bonaparte
btw i have done an italy map for FH 0.7 in tdp mappack 8 called "Gustav Line". That gun would be epic in that map, if someone of you have ever played it?

Re: 31.5 inch Dora rail cannon

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:14 am
by fo0k
You could use the chassis of the existing bf1942 trains as a base for the wheels.. will need a tweak for sure!... but its a good starting point and you know its low poly already..

otherwise looks pretty fair atm :)

pretty clear pic of a model..

and pleeenty of shots here..

http://www.vonabt.co.uk/models/Dora/index.html

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Re: 31.5 inch Dora rail cannon

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:17 am
by mikex222
WOW! HOLY #@$%..... :shock:
what the hell do you need a gun that big for... i mean, come on...
that thing could probably blow up a whole base... lol would be fun to have though... ill go look for some blue prints of it then try and make it for ya...

and if you wouldn't mind sharing your model you attempted Coroner47, i could try start working of your model. :D

goodluck on this project any ways!

Re: 31.5 inch Dora rail cannon

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:27 pm
by Iced Earth
mikex222 wrote:WOW! HOLY #@$%..... :shock:
what the hell do you need a gun that big for... i mean, come on...
For blowing sh*t up. lol.

Well in WWI the germans had the Paris gun, which fired a smaller caliber round but had a humongous range: A whopping 80 miles, compared to the dora's 24 miles.

Unbelievable, and for 1918...almost 100 years ago.