Reading Dragon Instructions

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.

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!

Wishfull thinking TB.  

Stay safe.

Jim 

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.

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

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.

Thank you!

Thank you all!!!

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.