V2 ballistic missile
The V2, for Vergeltungswaffe 2, also known as the A-4 was the world's first ballistic missile. Used by Nazi Germany in the last years of WW2 against targets in the UK and later in Belgium and The Netherlands, V-2s killed more than 8000 people, mostly civilians. At the time there was no defence against a weapon like this.
One of the things I do for a living is calculate missile trajectories. This is the granddaddy of them all and I've been thinking about building one of these ever since I saw a real one at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington last year, but never got around to building it.
the model is built to a scale of approximately 1/43, which makes it suitable for use with minifigs. If I have some time in the near future, I intend to build a Meillerwagen -the trailer that the missile could be transported on and that was used to erect the missile before launch- and its tractor and perhaps a service gantry.
V2 ballistic missile
The V2, for Vergeltungswaffe 2, also known as the A-4 was the world's first ballistic missile. Used by Nazi Germany in the last years of WW2 against targets in the UK and later in Belgium and The Netherlands, V-2s killed more than 8000 people, mostly civilians. At the time there was no defence against a weapon like this.
One of the things I do for a living is calculate missile trajectories. This is the granddaddy of them all and I've been thinking about building one of these ever since I saw a real one at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington last year, but never got around to building it.
the model is built to a scale of approximately 1/43, which makes it suitable for use with minifigs. If I have some time in the near future, I intend to build a Meillerwagen -the trailer that the missile could be transported on and that was used to erect the missile before launch- and its tractor and perhaps a service gantry.