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  1. 8 hours ago, CDW said:

    What I would like to know, was Bertha really as big as she appears in the photo? She seems to dwarf her husband. Perhaps the name, "Big Bertha" was literal in more than one sense of the words. Look at the size of her hands! Sheesh.

    I haven’t found images of her standing next to him - she’s almost always sitting or is positioned lower, and to your point maybe it is because of her height.   Of course her husband could also have been on the short side too. 

  2. 13 hours ago, Baker said:

    Parlez Français ?😇

     

    Did a google search in French 

     

    https://1914-18.be/2009/12/31/la-grosse-bertha-le-10-aout-1914/

     

    Merci Paul!  (and with that I’ve used up about 10% of my French vocabulary!😆). That is a fantastic link and is going to come in very handy.   (Btw my French will improve as I’m trying to help my son with Grade 9 French …and science🙄)

     

    Scott

     

     

  3. So the Krupp family records date back to 1587.  In more recent times when Fritz Krupp (who expanded the Krupp empire into the construction of warships and u-boats through the acquisition of Germaniaerft) died, his teenage daughter “Bertha” of “Big Bertha” fame, inherited the firm.  As Bertha was a woman, Kaiser Wilhelm II arranged for Bertha to marry a Prussian and through imperial proclamation he took the surname Krupp.  So to Egilman’s point, the ‘military industrial complex’ that was critical to the power of Germany was preserved through this arranged marriage. A photo of Bertha and her husband and of the Essen factory devastated in WW2 from Wikipedia.  

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  4. A photo of the interior of the Krupp factory in 1915.  You can see artillery barrels in production.  This was a huge facility and at that time apparently employed over 60,000.   Post WW1 Krupp made rail cars before moving back to military production in the lead up to WW2. During WW2 a decoy factory was set up about 10km away from the actual steelworks facility Essen to divert RAF bombing from the real factory. Apparently up until 1943 when the RAF identified the decoy factory, approximately 64 percent of all explosive bombs targeted the decoy.  The photo is from Wikipedia. 
     

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  5. On 3/1/2024 at 1:14 PM, pennytimeline said:

    Looks like quite the model, can't wait to see more of your build.

    Thanks pennytimeline!  I’ve been working on various sub-assembles over the past few days. The Takom instructions aren’t awful but sometimes they are lacking in detail and I often jump ahead to see if the order of build should change to ensure the best outcome. Today the weather here is wet and cold so outdoor errands have been deferred to another time - meaning some extra time for me at the workbench!😀    Scott 

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  6. I made a little bit of progress over the weekend - not because this is a mammoth project but more because the routines of life are impeding access to the workbench including but not limited to - a Costco expedition (why does our cart always end up full😳), helping my son with grade 9 science (meaning I need to take a refresher on the periodic table 😳).  Anyway some work on the platforms here.  Take care, Scott 

     

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  7. Hi everyone, my interest in WW1 armour continues.  I’ve completed a Mark IV and Whippet tank and a 10/16 Morser and now continue with the infamous ‘Big Bertha’. A 43 ton monster which apparently they got its  nickname from the wife of Gustav Krupp who owned the Krupp arms works. With a range of 15km they were transported by rail and assembled in place and featured 820kg shells.  Nasty. 
     

    I couldn’t find open source photos to share ~ Wikipedia has a photo of a model but that will soon appear here. If anyone has a photo they wish to share that is not subject to copyright please feel free to add it to the log. 
     

    Scott 

     

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