Luft46's Blog

In the last week I have been to Peenemunde, a very decrepit Russian missile launching sub, a naff Polish fort which had some guns you could play with, Hangar 10 aircraft museum and today the Munster tank Museum.

Below are a few photos in relative order. If I included even 5% of the photos I have taken this blog would never get uploaded.

In the last week I have been to Peenemunde, a very decrepit Russian missile launching sub, a naff Polish fort which had some guns you could play with, Hangar 10 aircraft museum and today the Munster tank Museum.

Below are a few photos in relative order. If I included even 5% of the photos I have taken this blog would never get uploaded.

So it’s still Sunday afternoon in Berlin but has just ticked over in Monday in Australia, technically late but not from my viewpoint.

Like many big cities Berlin has a lot of museums. In a week there is no chance of visiting them all.

I’ve been fortunate to squeeze in the Technology Museum and it was well worth the visit particularly up in one corner as this was more Luft46 in style with many of the usual suspects.

I’m only going to put a few photos up and you can play guess the object at home.

And lastly I was at a flea market and picked up a railway sign to go with my others.

Thursday I ventured out in the cold damp day to see the Flaktower. This was the one in the French sector that was mostly blown up leaving about a quarter of it now accessible. After blowing it up it was covered in a mountain of rubble that was not disturbed until 2004 when some curious explorers went in with the aid of an excavator. They’ve been working on expanding access ever since.

You go in at the first level down from the roof and proceed downwards.

Access is tricky with you being required in the first section of steps to stay 3 metres apart so there was no snowball effect if someone slipped. You then had a short section where you had to duck a little to get across to the next section. Hard hats were mandatory and some sections featured quite a view down which I only took partly advantage of.

Most of the photos are from the tour company as except for outside photos no photography was allowed.

View over Berlin.

Today went to the Espionage museum that cover from the distant past through to today.

Yes this is a bit unscheduled but as I am now in Berlin on holidays this seemed a suitable time to do an update.

I was last in Berlin in 1994 so much has changed. The cleared area where the wall was is mostly filled now. The Pergamon Museum is much the same internally but the external area is much changed as they have added an extra area at what was the side.

A nearby building that had bullet marks from WW2 was unchanged.

Bullet holes from 1945

A bit more done before I go overseas.

No real issues with just trying to get everything together.

Despite the longer weekend not much really got done due time other commitments. The horizontal beam is now ok and has had a bar attached and is ready to prime. The turntable is also attached to the main base and the control cabin is also done. The pivot bar I broke is nearly repaired also after I managed to lose half of it on the floor. I may get some small bits of work done this week as there are a few small things I can do.

In the background you can see some bits from the Huma Ta 283 which got a little sanding on the engines when I had a chance.

A very small amount of fettling has been done including cutting out one resin piece. Work unfortunately intervened today and by the time I finished the mojo had disappeared.

Tomorrow is a public holiday and provided the external people do nothing I should have no work to do.