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The kit is from Soar Art in 1/144 scale and extensive modifications were made to improve accuracy, including:
- Shortened barrel from kit’s 222 mm to a more correct 158 mm
- Removed wood slats at the rear of rail trucks and detailed front of trucks
- Removed incorrect surface details between the six hydraulic jacks on lower center structure, and improved jack feet to lower them closer to rails per photo references
- Improved ladders’ handrails using copper wire
- Corrected T beams on sides of main support structure using plastic card
- Corrected rear elevator support beams to be detached from back of rail trucks
- Improved lifting hooks and pulley system
- Corrected and detailed the charge and she’ll loading mechanism and platform
- Detailed the interior of the cannon support structures
- Improved tensioning supports for the rear elevators beams using copper wire
- Replaced railway base and rails with n-scale model railroading Kato Unitrack
- Added aftermarket decals from Peddinghouse
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German High Command examining the gun during initial testing
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Work in progress
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