DML Pak 35/36 Kit, Not happy!!

Anonymous

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November 2005

DML Pak 35/36 Kit, Not happy!!

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 11, 2004 8:35 AM

Has anyone built Dragon's Pak 35/36 kit? I started it for a break away form my Jeep and before I start my Tiger. It looks like an old Italeri kit. Flasch, huge sprue to part mounts, massive parting lines, warped parts, and severly blurred details. Then there is the typically butter soft grey plastic in a dragon kit. I will get it built, but for what you pay, it would be much better to work on the Tamiya version and fix the inaccuracies in it and at least have a good place to start and a better finished product. And the Tamiya kit is still $7 online. You do get a nice color instruction booklet, big whoop imho. Give me a photo copy of the Directions and a good set of parts and I would be much happier.

I just bought the Dragon Elefant, I hope it's not as crappy as this one.

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Thursday, November 11, 2004 10:59 AM

I haven't seen anything of this kit, but I guess it's not in line with their recent release of the Pak 40. That one is supposed to be a great kit.
As for your problems, I say just go for it anyways, and build it up. For the most part, Dragon have very decent kits, with a few notable exceptions. I've built their MAZ TEL SCUD launcher, and that was almost as crappy a kit as they get. Pretty much every problem you describe was evident.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 11, 2004 11:25 AM

I am working on the Alan Bison 1 Kit. Same problems. The drive Sprokets on the kit are only detailed on one side. sigh..... Alot of plaster work, sigh again, A few parts even split as I cut them from the spurs. But look at the bright side I like this hobby for the challenges. It sure beats watching the junk they put on TV these days. Smile [:)]

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wbill76

Member since
July 2004
From: Texas

Posted by wbill76 on Thursday, November 11, 2004 11:34 AM

Dragon has some skeletons lurking in the closet and this sounds like one of them. It's often hard to tell, especially online, whether a kit is an old or a new one. Sorry to hear you ended up with a tough nut. I'm sure you'll crack it though and make it shine. Smile [:)]

BP Models

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 11, 2004 1:49 PM

Thanks for the heads up Tediam. I would not have expected this kind of problem from Dragon. Evil [}:)]

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yw18mc

Member since
April 2004
From: sunny imperial beach

Posted by yw18mc on Thursday, November 11, 2004 2:04 PM

Sorry to hear you got a lemon Ted. It happens to us all sooner or later. I just ordered the Elephant today for Tigermans group build. It's suppose to be a pretty decent kit from the reviews on it. Semper Fi, mike

mike

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JWest21

Member since
December 2002
From: PA

Posted by JWest21 on Thursday, November 11, 2004 2:49 PM

Oh, Ted- the black cat has spread his bad luck.

Jason "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -D. Barry

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kaleu

Member since
February 2003
From: Racing capital of the world- Indy

Posted by kaleu on Thursday, November 11, 2004 4:15 PM

The new tooling DML Elefant, Ferdinand, Nashorn and Hornisse are all good kits. The old versions of these kits are real beasts. They aren't in production but can still be found on Ebay and at model shows.

Erik "Don't fruit the beer." Newest model buys: More than I care to think about. It's time for a support group.

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Thursday, November 11, 2004 5:28 PM

That is a bummer, but the Elefant is not. Lots of pieces to play with. Good molding.

Eric

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 11, 2004 5:44 PM

Ted. I have built the DML Pak 35/36 and had no flash or warpage. The detail is better than Tamiya's old offereing of the 3.7mm, but not up to current standards of course. Sounds like you got the lemon out of the batch. I'm sure you can rise to this challenge.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 11, 2004 6:43 PM

PetBat, I think you are correct. The sprues are slimy almost even after washing, like it was a bad cast that sombody said, hell with it, and put it in the box. Perhaps the black cat has crossed my path. But I will put it together. Luckily I have an Aber barrel and eduard PE. That will even the playing field, I hope!!!!

Thanks for all your input,

Ted

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JWest21

Member since
December 2002
From: PA

Posted by JWest21 on Thursday, November 11, 2004 7:19 PM

Perhaps you need to sacrifice a goat to exorcise the bad modelling spirits

Jason "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -D. Barry

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 12, 2004 1:51 AM

Same Problems on the Abrams series M1A1-HA imparticular.

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