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Title: V-2 in 1/48
Post by: Trencher on 07 March 2008, 12:30:02 PM: I stumbled over this one:
A V-2 in 1/48 (http://www.moduni.de/product_info.php/cPath/10000000_10300000_10305001_10305040/products_id/3428416)
Maybe this could be an interesting mission objective or a nice base for some Pulp conversions...
Title: V-2 in 1/48
Post by: revford on 07 March 2008, 12:44:29 PM: Also perfect for sending Tintin into space.

Great find there.
Title: V-2 in 1/48
Post by: assi on 07 March 2008, 03:56:19 PM: Quote from: "revford"
Also perfect for sending Tintin into space.

Or to Hell..
Title: V-2 in 1/48
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 07 March 2008, 05:16:19 PM: Anyone remember "Flucht aus Berlin" by Gerhard Seyfried?

"Habe mich ´45 mit einer Führerrr-V2 in eine Umlaufbahn schiessen lassen. 44 Jahre im All zugebrrracht, tiefgekühlt wie ein Landserrr in Stalingrad."

"Had myself shot into orrrbit in ´45, using a Führer-V2... spent 44 years in space. Deep-frozen like a Landser in Stalingrad."

:lol:

Yes, I had seen those some weeks ago on Comet´s website. Given the great quality I have experienced with Pegasus kits, I´ll sure get one or two of those. Intermodellbau´s coming up... too bad the old Dragon 1/35 A4 is no longer available. By combining a kit of each, I´m sure you could build a spiffing Amerikageschoss, or a Space Nazi rocketship.
Title: V-2 in 1/48
Post by: dominic on 07 March 2008, 05:21:26 PM: Picked one up from moduni.de in a moment of weakness! Haven't torn off the shrink wrap yet!
Title: V-2 in 1/48
Post by: Helen on 07 March 2008, 08:05:17 PM: The other week Michael Broadbent and I visited the annex to the Australia War Memorial. We had a lovely guided tour by Paul Taylor the assistant curator and one of the objects there for restoration is the V2. Here is a real one complete with original trailer.

http://www.v2rocket.com/start/others/aussie.html

(http://[img]http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s266/HelenBachaus/artillery/HelensWarMemorialCollection016.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s266/HelenBachaus/artillery/HelensWarMemorialCollection015.jpg)
(http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s266/HelenBachaus/artillery/HelensWarMemorialCollection014.jpg)[/img]
Title: V-2 in 1/48
Post by: Trencher on 07 March 2008, 09:30:48 PM: Quote from: "Westfalia Chris"
...or a Space Nazi rocketship.

I am not sure If I would like the look of a stereotypic Nazi space-station orbiting the earth... :o :wink:
And I don't mean this innocent beauty (http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/SPACE%20STATION%20S-1%20PAGE.htm) by Wernher von Braun.

Helen, these pictures are nice. In that dark hangar(?) the V-2 looked even bigger and more menacing. Thanks for the link, too.
Title: V-2 in 1/48
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 07 March 2008, 10:10:45 PM: I´ve taken some pics of V2s on my recent trip to London as well...

... have a look at the "RAF Hendon" (http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/gg236/Christian_S_1979/London%20February%2016-19%202008/RAF%20Hendon/?start=40) and "IWM London" (http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/gg236/Christian_S_1979/London%20February%2016-19%202008/IWM%20London/) galleries.

Focused more on the "innards", though.
Title: V-2 in 1/48
Post by: Weird WWII on 08 March 2008, 02:54:09 AM: The US Army Artillery Museum in Ft. Bliss Oklahoma has both a V1 and V2 rocket that the US had used to reverse engineer for their own rocket program. Pretty wild to see these things in the flesh.

IF you guys intend on doing some missions against a V2 site, Quarter Kit has several of the unique support vehicles used to move and support the launching of them.

Brian