Dicke Bertha

[Andreas]

I have a question , has anybody some pictures/ Images of the Krupp 42 inch Gun called dicke Bertha ?
Or some helpful links ?
Thanks a lot

[Paul]

Diorama
http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/7-d ... ctory.html

Web link
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicke_Bertha

[Andreas]

Thank you Paul ....this helps me a lot , I´ve got the Fine scale Factory Set .
Especially the Dio is great , next question is , how it was moved ?
Horsedrawn or do they have a special Tractor or what else ?

[Paul]

Here´s a link to a book in e form,
http://www.ebookee.net/Die-schwersten-S ... 64363.html
and on amazon (bit expensive though!)
http://www.amazon.de/Die-schwersten-Ste ... 3879438110

and here (sorry to the rest of ya´ll in german ) a short descrition of the transport modes;


Es gab 2 Ausführungen der "Dicken Berta"

1.
42cm-Gamma-Mörser: 1910 erstes Geschütz einsatzbereit, bis Kriegsende 1918 15 Stück hergestellt, in Teillasten auf 10 Eisenbahnwagen transportiert, 150 t

2.
42cm-M-Gerät: bis Kriegsende 1918 12 Geräte von Krupp hergestellt, Mörser in Räderlafette auf 5 Fahrzeugen transportiert, 42,6 t

Basicaly, it looks as though the gun was brought to the intended place on trains and then built for firing in one position.

[Paul]

STOP !!!!!
I´ve found this!!!!
http://www.landships.freeservers.com/42cm_bigbertha.htm

They did have tractors!!

[Andreas]

aaaaa.....wonderful , thanks , that´s a lot of Information .
As i bought the FSF Set , there was no Plan included. Now i´ve got one .
Many many Thanks...

[musketier]

There were originally two types of this 'Big Bertha' one was road transportable and the other by train. fired I believe a the shell weighed 830 kg with 200kg of it HE. I have the gun in 15mm scale, I use it on the gaming table.

[Dad's Army]

I saw this model in Overloon

[Paul]

I saw this model in Overloon

Must have been a while ago, You had black hair in those days

[musketier]

Ah yes the 800mm behemoth called 'Gustav'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav

[KenzoSato]

Fantastic pics

[Andreas]

Hey Guys .....
This is a fantastic Forum ...high skill Level and lot´s of friendly and helpful folks .

The only thing is ...all this great Stuff here confuses me . I point my focus on medieval and Romans , and you make me wanting to do more .... i don´t know what to do next ....WW1 ...AWI ...Wild West ...ACW ...or maybe thinking about WW2.
For me as a German WW2 is ( only in my Opinion )

Thank you all for Support and Inspiration .

[Paul]

Hey Guys .....
This is a fantastic Forum ...high skill Level and lot´s of friendly and helpful folks .

The only thing is ...all this great Stuff here confuses me . I point my focus on medieval and Romans , and you make me wanting to do more .... i don´t know what to do next ....WW1 ...AWI ...Wild West ...ACW ...or maybe thinking about WW2.
For me as a German WW2 is ( only in my Opinion )

Thank you all for Support and Inspiration .

I would Just stick to the Romans and Medievals......much more fun
mind you........

[Andreas]

Yes , Romans and medieval will always be my favorites . But i´ve got so much other stuff ...napoleonic and so on ...
Thousends of Figs and other stuff .

[The Observer]

Concentrate on the era you personally like most-that makes painting and maybe building a diorama much more easier.
I personally spent also much time in researching facts about the things i paint ( reading,internet research,old pictures etc.)
and then..paint paint paint
greetings dominik