T-Tango Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 On the doorstep when I arrived home at lunchtime, hot from Hong Kong, a Dragon 1/35 Pz.Kpfw.I Ausf.A boy is it small, compared the lower hull against my KT and it looks like a 1/72 scale model, but with 420 parts this is gonna be a lulu to build providing I can stay sane. I'll post pics in due course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Nice choice Pete. Can't wait to see piccies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 Cheers Daz, not quite sure what camo scheme I'm gonna do it, but I saw one of a vehicle, not this one, from the Russian Front winter 1941/42 which I've been dying to try out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Didn't know what one of these was so I just google imaged it, wasn't they small? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 Didn't know what one of these was so I just google imaged it, wasn't they small? Yeh! compared to my KT it looks 1/72 scale, I've just had a look in the box and some of the parts are microscopic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Here is mine...before I crushed it due to some tracks problems. Otherwise, it was a very pleasant build. This was the A before the reboxing with parts to build the interior of the panzer. Is yours the latter box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Hi Pete. Cant wait to see your "winterised" PzKpfw I mate. Cheers Daz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 Here is mine...before I crushed it due to some tracks problems.Otherwise, it was a very pleasant build. This was the A before the reboxing with parts to build the interior of the panzer. Is yours the latter box? Yes it's the modified version with interior and "magic tracks", supposedly you just wave a magic wand over the bits and they make themselves. ( I wish) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Yes it's the modified version with interior and "magic tracks", supposedly you just wave a magic wand over the bits and they make themselves. ( I wish) When you use the right way to build them, it's not so difficult. I wish I'd wait to this day to build my Pz I.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 (edited) Posting the Dragon Poster pic to save taking countless number of pics of plastic sprues. Pete von Princeofpanzers. Edited May 2, 2008 by T-Tango Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Looks interesting Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 Looks interesting Pete A job and a half Mish, believe me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 One small gripe about this Dragon kit, most of the parts, although they are attached to the main sprues as you would expect, they are also attached to a piece of sprue that is not attached to anything, anything up to 3 of these per part, which to me seems totally pointless as other manufacturers don't need to do this, are all Dragon kits like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Yes. It has certainly something to do with the general precision and details of their various kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 Yes.It has certainly something to do with the general precision and details of their various kits. Just done some surfing and it seems as though Dragon do this to eject the parts from the moulds so that they can keep the ejector pin marks to a minimum and so give crisper and better detail to the parts, with the minimum of clean up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted May 4, 2008 Author Share Posted May 4, 2008 I know it's not a picture of the Pz.Kpfw.I, but this is the camo scheme I'd like to do for the Russian Front Winter 1941/42. Any comments? Pete von Princeofpanzers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted May 6, 2008 Author Share Posted May 6, 2008 First update pics of the Pz.Kpfw.I. And just for a laugh I've photographed it alongside the KT to show the difference in size. All comments welcome. Pete von Princeoflittleandlargepanzers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Looking good Pete. And tou've painted the Transmission the right colour. Very well done mate. Cheers Daz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted May 6, 2008 Author Share Posted May 6, 2008 Looking good Pete.And tou've painted the Transmission the right colour. Very well done mate. Cheers Daz It was a stab in the dark Daz, good ol' Humbrol 30 Dark Green, by the way I assume the floor would be Panzer Grey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 The floor would be red primer mate with the crew compartment German Interior Cream. Pete I thought you had done the Transmission in Tamiya Field Grey which is the corect colour, but never mind mate. You've done an excellent job so far. Cheers Daz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted May 6, 2008 Author Share Posted May 6, 2008 The floor would be red primer mate with the crew compartment German Interior Cream. Pete I thought you had done the Transmission in Tamiya Field Grey which is the corect colour, but never mind mate. You've done an excellent job so far.Cheers Daz The transmission aint stuck in yet mate so I can soon do it grey, no probs. Thanks for the input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 It's ok mate. Sorry I thought the Transmission was stuck in mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 Ok, another interior question the equipment behind and to the right of the drivers seat in the pics, what colours should this be painted? Would it be painted Field Grey as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 That would probably be interior cream to Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 That would probably be interior cream to Pete. Thanks Daz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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