Dragon 88mm FlaK36 in 1/35 scale

The kit from Dragon includes various plastic parts, photo-etched parts, ammunition boxes and crew figures: A blameless kit in my opinion.

The 88 mm gun (eighty-eight) was a German anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun from World War II. It was widely used by Germany throughout the war, and was one of the most recognizable German weapons of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns.

The name applies to a series of anti-aircraft guns officially called the 8,8 cm FlaK 18, 36 or 37. FlaK is a German contraction of Flugzeugabwehr-Kanone or Flugabwehr-Kanone (hence the capital K) meaning anti-aircraft cannon, the original purpose of the eighty-eight. In informal German use, the guns were universally known as the Acht-acht (8-8), a contraction of Acht-komma-acht Zentimeter (German: "8,8 cm" - comma being used as the decimal separator in German).

(In Allied usage, "flak" was often used as a generic term for anti-aircraft artillery fire.)

The name could also describe newer and more powerful models, the FlaK 41 and 43, although these were different weapons. Compared to the British QF 3.7 inch AA gun or United States 90 mm gun models, the 88 was built in very large numbers, and when deployed in the anti-tank role, it was mounted on a versatile base from which it could be fired without unlimbering.

Its success as an improvised anti-tank gun led to a separate line of guns for anti-tank use, the Panzerabwehr-Kanone (PaK) 88 (German: "anti-tank gun") and as the main armament for tanks such as the Tiger I, the 8.8 cm KwK 36, with the "KwK" abbreviation standing for Kampfwagenkanone ("fighting vehicle cannon").
(Wikipedia)

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[JcjeromeWermacht]

hey, how did you give the german the worn out efect on their clothes?

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@JcjeromeWermacht i used "neutral wash" from MIG productions. its some sort of oil colour based washing.

[TheClaude35]

Tes videos et ton travail sur maquettes sont vraiment superbes.Felicitations.*****10­*****

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@TheClaude35 merci mon ami :)

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

@Gott0300 danke :) die haarspray methode finde ich viel zu kompliziert, ich verwende stattdessen maskol das ich mit einem schwamm auftupfe. danach weiße farbe drüber sprühen und nach dem trocknen mit den fingern oder einem borstenpinsel das maskol abreiben.

[Gott0300]

@888HamilkarBarkas888

Geht mir ganz genau so! Nach einer 12 oder gar 15-Stunden Schicht habe ich nicht mehr den Antrieb, was zu bauen.

Die abgenutzte Wintertarnung am Schild der 88 sieht klasse aus. Haarspray?!

[boyetzked]

company of heroes tune!!!

[THEMATTBUXTON]

Great upload and a brilliant model to match. well done!

[1AngelofRevenge1]

wirklich sehr gut geworden; einzig die Übergänge zwischen schnee und erde sind etwas scharf ^^

Grüße Phil