rockpaperscissor
06-24-2014, 01:56 PM
I just finished this model of the Nazi Bell, which was a free download over at paper-replica.com. Jules did a terrific job designing this kit. It has very few parts, but builds up into a really nice looking model. The little Nazi guy in front is there to lend a sense of scale.
The Bell legend is very mysterious. Assuming for the moment that the whole story is true, it was an SS experiment in an alternate form of propulsion, using contra rotating cylinders of something called "red mercury" or "Xerum 525". Supposedly when this engine was fully wound up, it resulted in an anti-gravity effect, and the machine had to be chained to its platform to keep it stable and tethered in place. It gave off a type of radiation when in operation, and unsuspecting scientists were sickened early on. SS General Hans Kammler was in charge of the project. The program had to be shut down quickly as the Red army advanced westward, and the machine was moved. Legend has it that when the project was scrapped, over 200 slave laborers and 65 scientists working on the Bell were executed per Hitler's orders, such was the sensitivity of the research. Kammler seems to have disappeared. He was not one of those picked up during America's Operation Paperclip, and the Russians deny any knowledge of his post war whereabouts. The Bell was never found, officially, although eye witness descriptions of it and the unidentified flying object allegedly recovered in Kecksburg, PA 20 years later are suspiciously similar, right down to the cryptic symbols around the base.
The build was straightforward, with no problems to report. I chose to score the tall piece with the swastikas so it would more neatly mate up with the parts on either end of it. I may still add the tethering chains if I can find something suitable. That's about it. I wasn't able to find a thread on this kit, either here or over at Zealot, so I thought I'd share. I only took one photo - it looks pretty much the same from every angle.
The Bell legend is very mysterious. Assuming for the moment that the whole story is true, it was an SS experiment in an alternate form of propulsion, using contra rotating cylinders of something called "red mercury" or "Xerum 525". Supposedly when this engine was fully wound up, it resulted in an anti-gravity effect, and the machine had to be chained to its platform to keep it stable and tethered in place. It gave off a type of radiation when in operation, and unsuspecting scientists were sickened early on. SS General Hans Kammler was in charge of the project. The program had to be shut down quickly as the Red army advanced westward, and the machine was moved. Legend has it that when the project was scrapped, over 200 slave laborers and 65 scientists working on the Bell were executed per Hitler's orders, such was the sensitivity of the research. Kammler seems to have disappeared. He was not one of those picked up during America's Operation Paperclip, and the Russians deny any knowledge of his post war whereabouts. The Bell was never found, officially, although eye witness descriptions of it and the unidentified flying object allegedly recovered in Kecksburg, PA 20 years later are suspiciously similar, right down to the cryptic symbols around the base.
The build was straightforward, with no problems to report. I chose to score the tall piece with the swastikas so it would more neatly mate up with the parts on either end of it. I may still add the tethering chains if I can find something suitable. That's about it. I wasn't able to find a thread on this kit, either here or over at Zealot, so I thought I'd share. I only took one photo - it looks pretty much the same from every angle.