Das Werk has a new kit on its books - aa bad-ass looking AA gun called the 2cm Salvenmaschinenkanone SMK 18 - Typ 2 - this one, like the previous 3cm Flakvierling 103/38. This 35th scale kit features EIGHT 2cm barrels and looks even more capable. See a little about the kit and the gun itself in our preview...
Preview: Das Werk's new 1/35th scale Salvenmaschinenkanone SMK 18-Typ 2 in plastic, CAD & in history.
Preview: 2cm Salvenmaschinenkanone SMK 18 - Typ 2
From: Das Werk
1:35th scale
Item No# DW35005
History of the 2cm Salvenmaschinenkanone SMK 18 - Typ 2:
Aside from the physical attributes evident in the existing prototype; calibre, number of barrels, overall dimensions, the function of the elevation and traverse mechanisms, etc... very little is known for certain about the Salvenmaschinenkanone (SMK) 18 Typ 2.
Its 8 barrels were designed to fire simultaneously, sending an enormous amount of metal into the air with each cycle of its massive bolt.
It would have been operated by a crew of 3-4 operators. The aiming mechanism controls were operated by the crewman in the right-hand seat. The loader(s) would have been located on the rear platform.
Charging handles were located on either side of the breech block and were reachable from the rear platform.
The technological and manufacturing challenges encountered in getting all 8 chambers to successfully and safely fire at a high enough rate to justify the adoption of this weapon over other proven weapons of the period relegated it to the role of future museum piece almost from the outset.
This new kit from Das Werke:
A followup to their previous 3cm Flakvierling 103/38. This 35th scale kit features the experimental set up that until now has only been created in some scales in a rather difficult to put together with resin or 3D printed kit in a few scales.
3D CAD drawings of the kit...
The same profiles with some colour to add some life to them
This new kit from Das Werk kit Features:
- Highly detailed breach and carriage assemblies
- Working elevation and sight mechanism
- Choice of optical or iron sights
- Positionable stabilizer arms
- Photoetched detail parts
A test kit put together with photoetched parts evidently visible
There are two colour variations provided in this boxing, One from the Rheinmetall Test Shooting Range in 1939, the other from an Unknown Unit, Berlin, 1945 in a more "What-If" version...
This kit looks to be released we hope in time for Christmas - and you can find out more about the kit on the Das Werk Website
