Probably the most impressive German artillery tractor of WWI: the Dürkopp 100hp. The factory manual once was sold on Ebay and Jochen Vollert of Tankogad publishing kindly provided me with copies of the technical drawings and illustrations out of the document.
Long time I still had no idea, how the monstrous rear wheels were positioned within the frame. There were some modifications not only in relation to the frame (due to the wheel's bigger diameter) but also in relation to the transmission, as the chain sprocket has moved above the frame, and much more!
In the meantime I discovered by sheer coincidence some cruical documents, that show the frame modifications and also a photo of the gearbox too! And this is, what I am currently workin on...
I have always been fascinated of this huge vehicle since I found these three photos in the stilltime collection. They show the remnants of a Dürkopp in the 1920s at Aldershot.
The model is still available at St. George model. Alas I did not had the time to build up my own model out of this kit – there are a lot of new projects in the pipeline…
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"Siplicity is the ultimate sophistication" -Leonardo Da Vinci-
It is a truly impressive vehicle. Like you, I too have a thing for these huge and unusual artillery tractors. Now if the model was available in 1/72 scale...
-- Edited by CrashandBern on Wednesday 30th of July 2025 11:02:17 AM
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Has anyone else noticed "new and improved" seems to mean it doesn't work as well as it used to?
