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Reading Dragon Instructions
Posted by adapar24 on Friday, January 19, 2024 2:02 PM

Hello,

My first Dragon model Pz.kpfw.III Ausf.M.

Why are some of the parts highlighted in blue?

 

Thanks in advance

 

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  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Friday, January 19, 2024 3:58 PM

They are parts not used for your version.Dragon uses sprues from different versions in several kits,you usually end up with extras for your scrap box.

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    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Friday, January 19, 2024 7:19 PM

Aha1

 Thos are the ones you Don't use for the version of the kit you are going to build. I collected a lot of 1/700 ship parts when I built a bunch of their 1/700 ships. Now if Icould just get a kit hull that i could all that stuff on!

fox
  • Member since
    January 2007
  • From: Narvon, Pa.
Posted by fox on Friday, January 19, 2024 9:15 PM

Wishfull thinking TB.  

Stay safe.

Jim Captain

 Main WIP: 

   On the Bench: Artesania Latina  (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Saturday, January 20, 2024 12:29 AM

adapar24

Hello,

My first Dragon model Pz.kpfw.III Ausf.M.

Why are some of the parts highlighted in blue?

Thanks in advance

Dragon gives so many spare parts. Sometimes, an entire sprue is included because you might need a small piece from that sprue. Entire spare turrets, etc.

The down side to their mix and match method is that there might be multiple sprues that have the same letter, i.e. two sprue "M" or two sprue "E". This makes things interesting since there could be more than one part "2M" or "4E".

There is actually a market for excess Dragon parts sprues, so don't through them away.

  • Member since
    August 2020
  • From: Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia.
Posted by Dodgy on Monday, January 22, 2024 5:28 AM

Well mate, my first dragon kit will be my last due to their terrible instructions.

I long to live in a world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Monday, January 22, 2024 6:56 AM

I've built many fine builds from Dragon kits,yes some errors,but certainly not insurmountable, no reason not to enjoy some if their great German armor.

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    January 2024
Posted by adapar24 on Monday, January 22, 2024 9:40 AM

Thank you!

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    January 2024
Posted by adapar24 on Monday, January 22, 2024 9:41 AM

Thank you all!!!

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    August 2022
Posted by ThanosForever on Monday, January 22, 2024 3:45 PM

I give Dragon:

9 out of 10 in selection of choices - seriously, by now they've got to have every single one of the most significant vehicles from all the countries involved in WW2 covered 

9 out of 10 in detail - they set the standard in the 2000's that the newer companies are now following

6 out of 10 in ease of build - despite the technical & detail assistance of folks like Tom Cockle they certainly seem to insist on throwing at least one doozy of a curve ball into each one of their kits

1 out of 10 on availability - I don't know what their strategy is in the US but in Canada they basically stopped supplying the retail distributors altogether, so they're now effectively gone altogether from the stores except for any old stock the store has; thanks to inflation and greed any Dragon kit (no matter how small the finished model will be) that can still be found in a store is priced at a minimum in the $75 to 100 range and up; I've never looked up their prices online, as I usually just don't have the resources for online shopping, but what they did in the Canadian market is just inexcusable IMO

Dragon is like flipping a coin, except instead of heads or tails you either get Harvey Dent or TwoFace depending on how the coin lands. As far as the major companies go they're just a very different breed of cat altogether. 

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