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Weird problem - Dragon StuGIII Ausf, G Smart Kit 6581 - Missing sprue

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  • Member since
    December 2015
  • From: texas
Weird problem - Dragon StuGIII Ausf, G Smart Kit 6581 - Missing sprue
Posted by DESooner on Monday, January 18, 2016 2:08 PM

I was working this morning on this kit, which I've been building for about the last month (I only have time to model on weekends for a couple hours). I bought this kit probably 7-8 months ago and I didn't open it when I received it (generally I buy 4 or 5 new kits every two weeks and place them to the side to build later). I know when I opened the box to begin building it, I looked through the contents generally, but I don't specifically go sprue by sprue through the kit...Guess I will start now, but not sure how that will help - usually when I buy a kit, I buy two of them for spare parts, broken pieces, screw ups, etc. but for this one I didn't (which tells me I bought this awhile ago before I started buying two at a time). If I had the spare kit, I could solve the missing sprue...which I will order this afternoon...

 

What I am interested to know is how often do kits arrive missing something? Is anyone model company more known for frequently having missing sprues or parts?

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, January 18, 2016 7:24 PM

I have never had a whole sprue missing.  I have had a part missing here or there, but never a whole sprue. 

I am pretty confident that if you contact Dragon Care, Dragon's Customer Service Dept., they would replace the sprue.

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  • Member since
    September 2013
  • From: San Antonio, Texas
Posted by Marcus McBean on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 6:51 AM

Yes, contact Dragoncare they replaced a damage part from one of my kits in a week.

  • Member since
    November 2008
  • From: Central Florida
Posted by plasticjunkie on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 4:35 PM

It has hapenned to me several times and now I have gotten into the practice of opening the box as soon as I receive it and inventory all the contents. Not long ago I purchased a couple of Kitty Hawk kits from Squadron and one was missing the pe fret. I contacted Squadron and they sent me the missing pe.

Contact Dragon Customer Service and they will send you the missing sprue. 

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