What's crazy, impractical and bigger than a Maus...

[Luddite]

Ratte!!!  I may have to pick one up.   

Next up the Russian KV-6?

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

What, the tomb of Rameses IX? 

[Old Chilly-arch]

Paperweight

[Marcust34]

On reaching the nearest major river the Ratte halts - regardless of whether or not there are bridges available.

Did it not have snorkel system so that it didn't have to ever use a bridge (as they worked out that much) so they just found a shallow bit of banking and drove across? (in theory).

Any guesses on the Miles Per Gallon?

[Techno]

Welcome to the forum Marcus !

I'll guess 4 gallons per mile.

Cheers - Phil

[Ithoriel]

Given that the "Maus" was expected to consume just over 9 gallons per mile on roads and 25.5 gallons per mile cross country I'd suggest fuel consumption would be several times that for the "Ratte" or, at a rough estimate, more fuel than the Third Reich could sensibly have supplied without successfully taking the Caucasus oilfields intact.

Even the comparatively light-weight, at 124 tonnes, Karl Gerat 600mm Morser moving at a sprightly walking pace was expected to consume between 7 and 10 gallons of fuel per mile.

Whether from sheer impracticality or allied action I reckon it was doomed to be the world's most expensive pill-box in next to no time.

None of which will prevent tread-heads from buying quite a few of them

If I can find the cash I might even get one myself - as a monument to human stupidity/ objective marker for Late War games set in and around Kummersdorf!

Would far rather have seen the Sdkfz 303 "Goliath"/ Sdkfz 231 8-rad / Pz II "Luchs" / Soviet B-4 203mm howitzer / Soviet Quad AA MG (ground or truck mounted) etc. but I can understand the commercial interest in producing the "Ratte" instead.

[Techno]

Stroll on !!
Mind you.....It IS a very large bit of kit...So perhaps I shouldn't be surprised !!
Thanks for the info I.
Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Is there really no 8-rad in the Pendraken catalogue? 

[Matt J]

To be really silly how about a P 1500 Monster please

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1500_Monster

I really want one of these 

[Ithoriel]

Is there really no 8-rad in the Pendraken catalogue? 

There's a late war 234 but no early war 231/232

To be fair the main difference is the mudguards so I'll probably just get a 234 and fight the urge to get out the clippers, files, scalpel and Green Stuff!

[barbarian]

I may or may not do a goliath for personal use.

Perhaps.

Maybe.

[fsn]

You'd have to have a troops of Rattes. One on it's own is fit for nothing.

[Leon]

Would far rather have seen the Sdkfz 303 "Goliath"/ Sdkfz 231 8-rad / Pz II "Luchs" / Soviet B-4 203mm howitzer / Soviet Quad AA MG (ground or truck mounted) etc.

Does no-one do a Mk IV tank in 2mm scale...  

To be really silly how about a P 1500 Monster please

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1500_Monster

I really want one of these 

Now that would be fun to mould up and cast!  You'd have to do it in quite a few separate pieces, and it wouldn't be cheap.

[fsn]

Them's not Goliaths - them's 10mm Rattes!

[Matt J]

Now that would be fun to mould up and cast!  You'd have to do it in quite a few separate pieces, and it wouldn't be cheap

looking at some of the images you can use the Ratte hull (modified) add the gun (similar to 14" rail gun) - 2 part resin cast. Do the 4 supports in metal. Simples  .

Ratte £30, Monster say £40-£45. I'd buy one 

plus you'd sell 10 infantry packs to man it 

please