1:144 German WWII
Kugelblitz 30 mm Zwillingsflak Turret
for conversion
(Set of 2)
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Dunkelgelb
This conversion set is for converting existing 1:144 Takara or Dragon Panzer IV tanks into Kugelblitz Anti Aircraft tanks.
This set contains two turrets, one with guns pointing horizontally and the other elevated. Each turret is a one piece model, Fully Painted and Weathered in Dunkelgelb . Guns CANNOT be elevated. The turret pivots are 3mm in diameter and come with 2 ring adapters (one for each turret) to enlarge the pivots to 5.7mm diameter. Should fit tanks from other manufacturers too.
Photos show turrets mounted on Dragon Cando Panzer IV:
Kugelblitz - By the end of WWII, the German Armed Forces developed a revolutionary Anti Aircraft tank on the Panzer IV chassis. The gun turret features a fully enclosed armoured ball turret in which the gun crew rotated and elevated together with the twin 30mm flak guns. This enables building a turret with minimum space.
(Picture source: internet)
Pilot production of five units has been completed. As the Panzer IV chassis was about to stop, plans where made to adapt the turret to 38(t) chassis but never materialized.
Today one surviving turret was displayed at the Lehrsammlung der Heeresflugabwehrschule Germany.
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugelblitz
Painted sample of the Kugelblitz Conversion Kit:
(Tank chassis, diorama, other vehicles and figures NOT included)
TRUE 1:144 SCALE
Not "N" scale or 1:160.
The model is fabricated with state of the art "3D Printing" technology. Highly detailed. Product of Hong Kong.