Regelbau R683 - 21cm K39 (21cm canon) Casemate - 3D printed model

 

The Regelbau R683 is a massive casemate for the huge 21cm (210mm) gun Skoda K39/40 and 3 were used as part of the Crisbecq battery.

 

The battery started originally with six 155mm guns which were then moved and replaced with these three giant casemates and 210mm guns. The construction of this casemate was considered incredibly difficult due to the large scale and materials required to produce them. 

In June 1944, the garrison of the Crisbecq battery was made up of 320 soldiers under the orders of the Oberleutnant Zur See (navy rank for lieutenant) Walter Ohmsen.

Like the other German batteries along the Normandy coasts, Crisbecq was bombarded extensively by the Allied air force on the night of 5-6 June 1944. 598 tons of bombs were dropped: dozens of German soldiers were killed during this attack and all the anti-aircraft guns as well as one of the 210 mm pieces are destroyed.

The guns were assaulted by the 101st airborne in an unsuccessful attack. And on the morning of D-Day at Utah beach the 210cm guns opened fire on the allied armada, at around 8AM on the morning of D-Day the guns were silenced by ship artillery. 

One gun was re-comissioned and the defenders fortified themselves and lasted until the 11th of June where they escaped under the cover of night, abandoning the battery and rejoining the German forces nearby. 

 

This is a multipart model and is printed in PLA

 

The model measures approx.:

346mm x  240mm x  104mm  @ 20mm (1/72) Scale

328mm x  228mm x  99mm  @ 1/76 (00 Railway) Scale

286mm x  199mm x  86mm  @ 1/87 (HO Railway) Scale

249mm x  173mm x  75mm  @ 15mm (1/100) Scale

156mm x  108mm x  47mm  @ 10mm (1-160) Scale

Digital Taxidermy is a new design studio producing ranges of 3D printed models and STL files for home printing. Our little world has spawned a series of science fiction stories set in our world under the heading ?A Jolly Fine Dystopia? these stories and the models are heading towards a tabletop skirmish and RPG game still to come.

 

The model is printed in PLA at a 0.3mm layer height. It will have a texture consistent with filament printing.

Smaller scales may be substituted for print in ABS-like resin.

Some clean up and finishing may be required. 

Models are supplied unpainted and It will be printed to order, allow max 10 days for production.

It will be printed to order.  More items like this, STL files and short sci-fi stories are available from our website. Hunt in the virtual wilds for the Digital Taxidermy, you might like what you find.

Some of the images supplied are computer generated and are for reference. They are images of the files that will be 3D printed.

15mm 1:100 scale

20mm 1:72 scale modeler

28mm scale 

1:76 for 00 railways

1:87 for H0 railways

1:144 scale

1:160 N Scale railroad