Dragon's initial Nashorn

Thanks, deafpanzer, I may have a set on its way -- will let ya know. 

Found an online source for DML's SECOND Nashorn, but apart from the color profiles, it seems pretty useless.

I have DML #6001 instructions but I haven't built it yet.  I can scan and email you if nobody else has one to spare.  

Oh, and the purchase arriveed in today's mail!  But it is lacking instructions.  Does anyone have a spare set of Dragon #6001 Nashorn instructions? 

That makes a helluva lot more sense.  Thanks!

Brumbles

Marder = marten (not a particularly aggressive bird, named before the convention started?)

I thought this was named after the Marten that is a part of the ferret family. Those are pretty aggresive.

Not exactly. Just to confuse things a bit the Hornisse mounted an anti tank gun but was later renamed Nashorn. Brummbar was a self propelled close support artillery piece. 

As a reminder:

Insect names, self-propelled artillery:

Hornisse = hornet

Grille =cricket

Wespe = wasp

Hummel = bumble bee

Aggressive animal names, self-propelled AT (mostly) guns:

Nashorn = rhinoceros

Brummbar = grizzly bear

Marder = marten (not a particularly aggressive bird, named before the convention started?)

Elefant = elephant

Hetzer = baiter, or badger

Kit 6001 occupies a kind of unique place in DML's history...it was one of the very first kits they put out that was all their own tooling and also one of the first ones they had to go back and "revisit" to correct errors and reissue under a new kit # because of the problems.

doog, the Nashorn/Hornisse are essentially the same vehicle if you're talking about the early version...the Hornisse was the original name before they renamed them to Nashorns since "insect" names were reserved for artillery pieces (like the Hummel and Grille) and more aggressive names for AT platforms like Nashorn used instead. Call it the psychology of German vehicle naming conventions! 

The Nashorn/ Hornisse are essentially the same vehicle but with different exhausts, it I'm right?

Here's a detailed walk-through of my Hornisse if you're interested. Might help you out.

I built it many years ago, probably around 96 or 97. I dont know about accuracy issues, but I can say it was not a difficult build. It looks like a Nashorn when built.

Here is a build reveiw of it. Read and decide for yourself.

http://ampsnz.hobbyvista.com/reviews/Kits/kits1.35/WWII/Germany/SPG/Nashorn/nashorn.htm

This being there first armored kit, I imagine there are some issues. I can't think of them off hand. I know they took on some Gunze kits and redid them in styrene, but I can't say if this was an all new molding or not.