German Destroyer comparisons...

Tracy White

Buy Trumpeter's kit?

LOL

Buy Trumpeter's kit?

Any workaround for those PE guns on the Dragon offering?  Aftermarket?  Fancy plastic slide mold technology?

I have a Dragon 1/350 Z39 kit,  the box has been opened for inspection only.

Since I cannot build it, I am willing to trade it via a straight swap for a 1/350 Academy HMS Warspite kit if anyone fancies it.

Dragon's Z39 currently retails for around £47.25 or more.
Academy's Warspite retails for approx £35.99 or more.

UK-based interest preferred but will consider other interests.

Interests via email whjohnsonATfastmail.fm please.

I have a Dragon 1/350 Z39 kit, the box has been opened for inspection only.

Since I cannot build it, I am willing to trade it via a straight swap for a 1/350 Academy HMS Warspite kit if anyone fancies it.

Dragon's Z39 currently retails for around £47.25 or more
Academy's Warspite retails for approx £35.99 or more.

UK-based offers preferred but will consider other offers.

Offers via email whjohnsonATfastmail.fm please.

mstazz62

Greetings fellow modelers! I've done a build review which should be up in a few days over at Modelwarships.com. Until then here's a little teaser:

I used generic railing sets on both builds as well as some scratch bits of P/E to finish 'em up. This is my first review and hopefully not my last. Oh Manstein - Please post pics of your build!

Mark

Mark,

Thank you very much for the build review of the Dragon kit. Will it be possible for you to write up a step-by-step report on the AA guns? Where did you find real pictures to guide your construction?

mstazz62

Greetings fellow modelers! I've done a build review which should be up in a few days over at Modelwarships.com.

It's up!

A couple of shots of my Z-31 in progress. This is about two evenings' work.

One thing to comment on with regard to the instructions; Dragon has you mount the torpedo launcher before the forward stack; as you can see from these photos, the vent that S's down from the rear face if it will be blocked by the forward portion of the tubes if so. As usual, it's more of a parts placement guide than step-by-step instructions, but it's not hard to figure out. So far, I've only found one set of reversed numbers in the instructions guide (very first AA gun, "C" on step one. Pieces H5 and H7 I think.

I have both the Trump and the Dragon kit, as is my usual practice of buying from both, and like each of them for their own reasons...I noticed that each company is now boxing the other's initial offering: Trump the earlier war fit and Dragon the '44 fit...

Felix C.

I suspect the Heller will appear nicer with much less invested.

Squint your eyes and you'll fall for it. I've got the Dragon Z31 kit and the detail fidelity on the weapons alone is more than any PE set could hope to rescue. Yes, it will drive people who don't like tiny parts to tears, and for them I'm sure the Heller kit is fine. "Nicer ," though, is only true if cost is your primary determination of what nice is.

I would like to see a comparo of the $10 Heller 1/400 kit fitted with the PE rails, AA weapons set, and portholes/hatches which is about $20 in PE and compare that to these $50 Z DDs.

I suspect the Heller will appear nicer with much less invested.

mstazz62

Greetings fellow modelers! I've done a build review which should be up in a few days over at Modelwarships.com. Until then here's a little teaser:

Trumpeter's kit:

Dragon's kit:

I used generic railing sets on both builds as well as some scratch bits of P/E to finish 'em up. This is my first review and hopefully not my last.

Mark, it is hard to wait. Next time, wait to post until your build review is up. Would you, please.

Oh Manstein - Please post pics of your build!

Mark

Is this meant to be a joke?

The lighting and angle for the Dragon kit is more flattering...

Greetings fellow modelers! I've done a build review which should be up in a few days over at Modelwarships.com. Until then here's a little teaser:

Trumpeter's kit:

Dragon's kit:

I used generic railing sets on both builds as well as some scratch bits of P/E to finish 'em up. This is my first review and hopefully not my last. Oh Manstein - Please post pics of your build!

Mark

I just received my Dragon Cyber Hobby Upgrade Set for my Dragon Destroyer---sweet...includes PE that rounds out the rest of the railings and a few other fiddly-bits...

VanceCrozier

Manstein's revenge:

 

VanceCrozier:

 

 

Manstein's revenge:

Splinter camo for DKM Destroyers and freighters...???

 

 

Manny... are you debating yourself now??

 

Yeah, and having my head handed to me...

 

 

...having your thread handed to you maybe!

Manstein's revenge

 

VanceCrozier:

 

 

Manstein's revenge:

Splinter camo for DKM Destroyers and freighters...???

 

 

Manny... are you debating yourself now??

 

Yeah, and having my head handed to me...

 

...having your thread handed to you maybe!

VanceCrozier

Manstein's revenge:

Splinter camo for DKM Destroyers and freighters...???

 

Manny... are you debating yourself now??

Manstein's revenge

Splinter camo for DKM Destroyers and freighters...???

Manny... are you debating yourself now??

Manstein's revenge

Actually, I asked someone in the locked thread a question that never got answered?

He said that the Dragon kit had more detail.  I asked for specifics.  He gave none...

Let's start there...

By the way, I'll end up buying one of each (or more) so I'm not really biased towards eiter company, just like a good, honest  debate,..

So many comments on this thread, 13 pages, and I wonder why. It doesn't matter much, I'll end up buying both too. I've got Dragon's and will get Trumpeter's later on. In brief, I may conclude that Dragon's better because it provides more PE parts.

Splinter camo for DKM Destroyers and freighters...???

Splinter camo...

Now about those German destroyer camo schemes...???

Manstein's revenge

 

 

Edit your own post and delete them yourself---what are you trying to do---crash the thread???

 

You might try editing the post where you quoted him too.

mfsob

Yes, manstein, it appears to be the most advanced case of DPD I have ever seen ...

mstazz62

Wow - what a nightmare! Would the moderator please delete those "links" I posted?

Sorry about that guys - won't do that again!

Mark

What's going on in here?