My Murphy's law has 14 wheels on each side and 3 misfailled prints.
I have designed the Maus Special transport trailer several months ago. Design done, measurements checked and ordered from Shapeways and then I present it here. This time the first print was not correct, so I changed the design to inforce some weak areas and thought, now it will work.
Print # 2 was better, but still far away from perfect or even acceptable. This time even some parts missed completly. So I changed the design again, partly redesigned most of the model new and waited for print numer # 3of the Maus trailer.
By the way, the Reichsbahn had only two of this trailers, the Wehrmacht only two Maus prototypes. At this time I already had more then they ever had. So I redesigned the rest of the model, changed some parts with a complete new design and waited for print # 4.
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| some of my misprinted versions, none of them was perfect |
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| 1/144 Maus transporter |
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| the final perfect print of the Maus transporter |
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| Bottom view of the Maus transport waggon |
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| 1/144 Maus tansporter with the two end parts |
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| front and end part of the Maus transporter are moveable |
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| there was not so much space left, the Maus fits perfectly |
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| the complete set, Transporter and the Cando Maus |
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the final Version and painted
some Background Information About the Maus
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Wikipedia (dt)
a Picture with the Maus on the Plattform can be found here
And here the a very nice built diorama, from where I got the Inspiration to build this plattform Trailer in the scale 1/144.
