Ratte

[Andym]

That's pretty impressive Rich! I've no idea what a Ratte is, but I'm sure you'll do a sterling job of it!

[Elk101]

That's pretty impressive Rich! I've no idea what a Ratte is, but I'm sure you'll do a sterling job of it!

Believe it or not it was apparently a genuine concept being worked up by Krupp before Speer cancelled it. I think it was from the same development programme that the Maus prototype originated from.

I'll be interested to see the finished model, you've gotten further than the real one already!

[Ultravanillasmurf]

That's pretty impressive Rich! I've no idea what a Ratte is, but I'm sure you'll do a sterling job of it!

It is what the designer of the Baneblade would point and laugh at...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1000_Ratte

[Rich H]

Believe it or not it was apparently a genuine concept being worked up by Krupp before Speer cancelled it. I think it was from the same development programme that the Maus prototype originated from.

I'll be interested to see the finished model, you've gotten further than the real one already!

I get the impression it was a design concept and not a very serious one either.  Some of the wooden models are a bit.... surreal?  Like one had twin 88s in turrets in each corner that blocked the main turret every 45 degrees.  They look like something that the marketing dept would come up with if left unchecked by the engineering dept...

[Arlequín]

That is the new wargames table.

So will you running games inside it?

Well you could play a game of Pulp Alley on it.

I imagine the sense of achievement is the payoff for a project like this, along with the look on the face of whoever you suggest should knock a couple out in resin.

    

[Rich H]

Not my plan - it was Jeff's plan!  I'm blaming him!  And he's the resin master not me!
I just got bored one day and had a pile of 2 mm mdf and a laser cutter...

There isn't a huge amount of space but I've tried to make all the spaces workable for 28 mm figs. 
30+mm of headroom where I can.  The upper forward deck is a bit tight to each side of the turret ring. 
The only space that's too small is under the forward deck with the driveshafts under the lowest turret floor that is 25mm.

The wheels will be the biggest pain, mostl because they are going to be very tedious!

[Ballardian]

I've been curious about this since Rich first mentioned the idea a while back but it doesn't get any less barking -- here's conclusive proof of its Maus lineage

[Elk101]

I get the impression it was a design concept and not a very serious one either.  Some of the wooden models are a bit.... surreal?  Like one had twin 88s in turrets in each corner that blocked the main turret every 45 degrees.  They look like something that the marketing dept would come up with if left unchecked by the engineering dept...

I'm sure I read somewhere that Hitler gave it the Ratte nickname and that he was fairly interested. There was certainly some thought put into it by Krupp, there was even an allowance for its own toilet?  It seems mostly to have been considered entirely impractical by everyone else.

[Rich H]

Like architects left unchecked engineers can be prone to flights of fancy.  Hitler seemed to love massive stupid stuff!

[Dr Mathias]

Impressive!

I just got bored one day and had a pile of 2 mm mdf and a laser cutter...

Hahaha, if only I could harness that boredom of yours and direct it...

[Rich H]

I'm easily swayed...   
And flit between projects all the time

What did you have in mind

[Arlequín]

There isn't a huge amount of space but I've tried to make all the spaces workable for 28 mm figs. 

You mean it doubles as an army carry case? 

[carlos marighela]

You mean it doubles as an army carry case? 

Looks like it would double as a steamer trunk or a packing crate. Ahhhhhhhhhh thrifty fellow, I see the plan now!

[tomrommel1]

nice project but I am not so sure if it would fit on the roads of my gaming terrain

[Arlequín]

I doubt many bridges in the real world would cope either, not that it needed them for most waterway crossings.