On May 21, 5:55 am, Ken Moore <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am searching for a paper model of a radar station or a parabolic
> dish used for a radar antenna.
> I thought that I remembered seeing one on one of the German papermodel
> websites but could not find it.
>
> My intention is to use the model to game the British commando raid on
> the German Bruneval radar site during WW II.
>
> For more information on the raid.
> See:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Biting
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
A quick Google for images of "wurzburg radar" (without the quotes,
even) returns many images and some alternate spellings. I didn't spot
any paper models but there's at least one really nifty 3D model for
sale, and a boatload of reference pics if you want to roll your own.
There are at least three basic kinds of "Wurzburg" radar units though;
a small mobile unit built on a trailer, a larger fixed unit mounted on
a post sunk into the ground, and an even larger monster that needs
what looks like a poured concrete foundation. From this book cover:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bruneval-Raid-Stealing-Military-Paperbacks/dp/0304362212
the Bruneval unit was one of the "post" ones. However, on-scene
accounts of the pre-raid aerial photography, and the raid itself,
mention a "ten-foot dish" which sounds like the portable unit.
A parabolic dish is fairly straightforward to model (unless you want
all the support struts etc., but what scale [how detailed] are you
talking?) and the rest of the installation is either a boxy cabin with
a ladder/stairs and some struts and stuff to hold up the dish, or a
smallish trailer and a couple boxy shapes for the electronics.
Mark L. Fergerson
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