1/35 German Atlantikwall stuff

[Piet]

This a type off German Range finder you would find on the Atlantikwall for the heavy Navy gun batterys (the realy Big boys )
I believe these where around 15 cm thick steel domes .
They where all removed after the war .

I deleted my progress pics by mistake ....oh well .
The dome was turned on a lathe from a big block of resin i prepared earlier.
The rest is evergreen plastic.
It is 95% done .


Still have to make a part of the bunker beneath it ..........and a small steel observation dome in front of the range finder
Here you see a similar rangefinders, some on top of tower bunkers in all kinds of heights /shapes, or just on a normal flat roofed bunker ,also a few different types of optical devices ,shorter ,longer more lenses .

 

[Impisi]

interesting, didn't know such things did exist, looks cool almost SF

 

[Iron Mike]

Excellent!

 

[jknaus]

Fantastic
James

 

[moon puppy]

Amazing effects

 

[errains]

Vary Kool!!

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Something new I have never seen before! Looks great as always Piet!

 

[Piet]

All the fixtures are in place and the armored lookout is done .
Next ,thinking what to do about the concrete beneath it .

 

[Iron Mike]

It's coming along nicely, I'm sure you'll come up with a solution.

 

[jeaton01]

Most interesting, I wonder if commensurate pain was inflicted on the allies after expending all those resources.

 

[errains]

It kind of reminds me of...but much kooler!

 

[Piet]

German 28cm gun turret ,i have good drawings for this type so it was an easy build.
The photos might not capture it well ,but all the bolts have a square hole in the middle,this was the only tedious job of the build .

 

[Impisi]

Cool, looks great, and mjammi Gurkenviertel von Kühne - I'm more the Schlemmertöpfchen guy

 

[moon puppy]

WOW!

 

[jknaus]

So very cool
James

 

[Piet]

Cool, looks great, and mjammi Gurkenviertel von Kühne - I'm more the Schlemmertöpfchen guy

Schlemmertöpfchen sind auch lecker, Aber fast alles aus Deutschland ist gut und lecker

 

[Iron Mike]

Looks great! I like the streaky paint too.

 

[JSteinman]

 

[Piet]

As there were more turrets i went with a similar hard edge camo pattern.

 

[Brokeneagle]

Great scratch building Piet, fantastic work!!.
Stuff like this always makes me wonder how the allise ships stayed afloat and how they got onto the beach!