Dragon Nashorn 3 in 1 Kit 6386

You're welcome! I have some more pics of that Hummel, so if you need anything, feel free to ask! The only significant difference should be the gun and the ammo racks...

Any time you're dealing with a '3-in-1' or '2-in-1' you've got to pay extra special attention to parts and other things more than usual on Dragon instructions, that's for sure! Think of it as a little 'extra' challenge in exchange for the options provided. The Nashorn's a good kit, looking forward to seeing what you do with it IB! Roy's right about the parts you've got backwards, should be fairly easy for you to correct that though.

gotcha covered I build I'm working on the dragon Stug 3 B I have found a bunch of wowhoes in the destructions for this one to so I just winged it kit came out real good , good      luck on the Nashorn I did one of the other Nashorn kits couple years ago came out real nice.         ACESES5                        ON BENCH DRAGON STUG 3 B

I cross posted and made an edit with an additional comment about parts F32.  Be sure to check that

Thanks a bunch Roy for the calification on M9 and  the templates. I will make a note right now.

Phil. What do these spacers/templates look like? This is one of those armor questions I am not up on.

Part M9 is the travel lock releasing cord/line.  If the gun barrel is in the travel lock, the crew can release the lock by pulling this cord/line.  Then the lock falls back and the barrel is freed.  

The templates (N14 and N15) that Phil is referring to were sadly glued to many earlier modeller's kits.  Even ones that appeared in magazines.

At least the directions call out to definitely NOT cement those templates in for kit 6386.

I noticed a possible mistake: parts F32 are glued in backwards and too far inward.  They are armored shrouds for the brake system and should open to the rear and not to the front.   Aren't they in the spots where parts E21, E22 belong?

RATS!!! I knew I should have asked someone before doing thos struts. Oh well. I got out the nail polish remover out and removed them and I will reatempt tonight.

Thanks SchattenSpartan for the help.

Dragon instructions are a lot of fun ain't they

I still can't decide if I should get a Dragon Nashorn or go for the AFV kit, so I will be watching this one.

Remember not to glue the spacers/templates to the walls of the lower portion of the fighting compartment. These are only used to set the location of a couple of small parts and are not a part of the model.

The instructions now say clearly "do not cement" but in earlier iterations of the kit, it was unclear and many have fallen into this trap.

Previous versions used the infamous "photo instructions" and the spacers were there one moment and gone the next.

Your'e off to a nice start!

I totally agree: The Dragon Instructions can be really confusing.

Regarding those brass struts: Here's a pic of a Hummel I took this summer: