Anti-Aircraft Gun 88mm

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Lineol model, camoflaged version, sliding mechanism

Now it was on Hausser/Elastolin to respond to this much more attractive model from its main competitor Lineol. In the Price List of 1938 and a typewritten company internal list there is specified an anti aircraft gun (3 parts) under the internal number 748N.

Unfortunately both sources do not provide a picture which would allow identification of the model. However its resale price was specified as RM 13.50 in the second source which is nearly twice as much as the price of RM 8.25 for the equivalent Lineol model. It may be possible to assume that Hausser did not see a chance of introducing this model to the market and therefor produced the cheaper version 748½ which was then sold for RM 6.25. This model was first offered in 1939 under the internal number 748½. However this model again is not very detailed and missed a lot of the features of the original weapon. To my knowlegde it was only produced in grey painted colour before and during the war. For a short time after the end of the war this model was produced again, but this time painted in olive green.

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