June 2023
Interestinglooking model radar for sure.
Würzburg radar also had use after the war in astronomy.
“Dutch scientists brought several of the surplus German coastal Würzburg radars to the Radio Transmitting Station in Kootwijk, Netherlands in the early 1950s. There, they were used in experiments important in the development of early radio astronomy specifically the discovery of the hydrogen line and subsequent mapping of the spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy.”
A couple were used until 1994 and one is still occasionally used for experiments per article.
June 2023
Wow! Just what the 1:35 Flak Tower modeller needs!
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June 2023
▶ BootsDMS
Give Border Models a little while and we might even seen a 1/35 B-17 Flying Fortress to round it all out…wink.
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June 2023
▶ Armor_Buff
Well Wade, the 128mm Flakzwilling exists (though I forget by whom), there’s the Das Werk FuSE 62 which I think was on some Flak Towers and now this - the Giant Wurzburg; I’m sure some modeller somewhere has - or will - have a go - assuming they have a spare garage to keep it in(!)
June 2023
June 2023
Somewhere in Arromanches-les-Bains (my summer holiday destination for this year) before 6-6-1944 (or even after that, looking at the ships):
Nowadays:
June 2023
▶ Uncle-Heavy
Robin, thanks for the list, but there’s no way I’m going to tackle any of those; my Cold War stash is out of control as it is!
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June 2023
