6577 Flakpanzer I (Premium Edition/Smart Kit)

ps1scw

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June 2006
From: Michigan

6577 Flakpanzer I (Premium Edition/Smart Kit)

Posted by ps1scw on Thursday, October 1, 2009 12:54 PM

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/newkitnews/dragon.htm

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Bish

Member since
December 2002
From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Posted by Bish on Thursday, October 1, 2009 1:39 PM

I was going to go for the Tristar kit, but i might hang on now and see what extras this has. Thanks for the link.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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wbill76

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July 2004
From: Texas

Posted by wbill76 on Thursday, October 1, 2009 1:47 PM

I still have the original one in my stash...will be interesting to see what they apply the "Premium" treatment to. My guess is probably figures and "Magic" tracks but beyond that it's hard to say what else they would do with it.

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Bish

Member since
December 2002
From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Posted by Bish on Thursday, October 1, 2009 1:51 PM

wbill76 wrote:
I still have the original one in my stash...will be interesting to see what they apply the "Premium" treatment to. My guess is probably figures and "Magic" tracks but beyond that it's hard to say what else they would do with it.

You might well be right. Not sure if there's anything they can do to the barrel, maybe put in a metal one, though thats not always the case with smart kits. After reading the review on PMMS i might just stick to the Tristar kit. This Dragon one will probably be about £50, which is a bit much.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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the doog

Member since
January 2007

Posted by the doog on Thursday, October 1, 2009 2:31 PM

I have this DML "regular" kit, and it is a BEAR of a kit! Man, there is SO MUCH detail just crammed into such a tiny vehicle. It's pretty intimidating!

I opened the box and it immediately screamed "STASH!" at me, lol!

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Thursday, October 1, 2009 3:21 PM

I've never heard of Premium Edition and Smart Kit in the same box. I wonder what that means?

Eric

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fomocomav

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April 2003

Posted by fomocomav on Thursday, October 1, 2009 6:56 PM

I was just doing some research on this variant after seeing this post, and I found a picture of one captioned 1942, with camoflage. http://panzerfaust.ca/ArmourWorkshop/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=24 (middle of the page) According to Panzer tracts, this tank should be gray (till 18 Feb 1943, to be exact), when colors changed to yellow. Soooooo, what color would the second color be? Brown, green? Other? I'd hate to use the wrong color.

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Thursday, October 1, 2009 9:37 PM

the doog wrote:

I have this DML "regular" kit, and it is a BEAR of a kit! Man, there is SO MUCH detail just crammed into such a tiny vehicle. It's pretty intimidating!
I opened the box and it immediately screamed "STASH!" at me, lol!

Don't give up Karl.

Just the size of the tracks makes me want to suck my thumb in the fetal position.

Here's the CAD:

http://www.militarymodelling.com/news/article.asp?a=5442:

Eric

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detailfreak

Member since
December 2006
From: t.r.f. mn.

Posted by detailfreak on Thursday, October 1, 2009 9:56 PM

so now we have micro magic tracks. thats just lovely. your comment was priceless tigerman,done near wet myself laughing so hard.

.i know we can send one to WBILL,he'll build it.bill can build anything.

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wbill76

Member since
July 2004
From: Texas

Posted by wbill76 on Thursday, October 1, 2009 11:19 PM

They've swapped out the ammo trailer for the more common type and the Magic tracks are for sure a welcome addition vs. the on-sprue variety. I've previously built the Maquette version so hadn't really been itching to tackle this one anytime soon but someday will get to it. I've already got a replacement barrel and MK tracks for it so there's not much here in the Premium version to entice me to upgrade. Wink [;)]

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Huxy

Member since
April 2008
From: Kristiansund, Norway

Posted by Huxy on Friday, October 2, 2009 2:30 AM

That's awesome.. I may get that! Big Smile [:D]

As for "micro magic tracks", I've built the Dragon Panzer I Ausf. A with "micromagictrakcs". Really, there's no problems at all. Was my first try with magictracks aswell! Smile [:)]