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Dragon Pz.Kpfw.I Ausf.A Interior: Visible?

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Dragon Pz.Kpfw.I Ausf.A Interior: Visible?
Posted by EBergerud on Saturday, April 16, 2011 9:11 PM

Don't have a Pz I and suppose I can't live without one. Dragon has a kit with full interior. The last tank I did was a Dragon Pz 38T which also had a full interior but had few ways of making anything important visible unless you did major surgery. Anyone familiar with this version (kit 6356)? Is it made to show off some of the innards? If not there may be better alternatives.

Eric

 

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Posted by Bronto on Saturday, April 16, 2011 11:10 PM

The only way to see the interior is through the open hatches.

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Posted by Bish on Sunday, April 17, 2011 6:18 AM

I have this kit in the stash. And no, theres nothing special to help you see inside, just open hatchs. But the hatchs on the Pz I are fairlylarge given the size of the vehicle, so i am hopeing this will help when i get round to building it.

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Posted by Njal Thorgeirsson on Sunday, April 17, 2011 10:42 AM

Of course the word 'full' is relative when it comes to plastic interiors, because if you really want to make it entirely accurate and complete, you'll have to add a ton of wiring and small parts as well.And in the modelling owrld, its usually better to hint at something more detailed and intricate than actually take extra measures to ensure that absolutely every detail can be seen. So what I'm saying is you should get that dragon panzer I (or maybe the tristar one with the full engine compartment too) and just leave the top turret hatch open. This will give your interior a more busy and intricate appearance than like cutting open the side of the tank in an attempt to show it all off. Additionally, the inside of the turret is the most interesting part of the whole interior, so its also beneficial that thats what can mostly be seen, with the fighting compartment being only peripheral.

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Posted by Hinksy on Sunday, April 17, 2011 12:08 PM

Hey Eric,

This is one of of my all time favourite builds. I love my early very war Panzers and when I saw this I just had to build it!

Njal has hit the nail on the head imo - the turret is a point of great interest to everyone who looks at this build.

Obviously it's VERY small but it's a fairly simple build and definately not your regular Dragon mindbender! 

I assembled and painted the full interior - I didn't expend much time on it as it's totally invisible unless you remove the turret or leave the tiny vision ports posed open.

I wanted to show as much turret detail as possibe i.e. the two MG's and the gunners seat.

Top view down into the main turret hatch:

The rest of the interior which I didn't spend much time on as only the rear cross hatched seat, box and MG magazine racks are just about visible:  

 

One thing that isn't supplied but should be there is the chain pulls for the smoke candles. They are 42 link per inch AM blackened chain and make a big difference: 

You'll have plenty of fun with this build - believe me!

To be super accurate I should have really painted her in the early war brown/grey cammo but decided on straight Panzer Grey as it's a colour I like to work with.

Best of luck,

Ben Toast

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