tigerman

 

 

Bish

 

 

tigerman

 

Bish

Will be watching this. I am with you on those DS tracks, its a pity you could not have picked up the original boxing with DS tracks. Its rather annoying that they change parts but don't indicate this with a different number.

 

 

 

 

If you are talking about the orignal Panther G late, it didn't come with the steel-wheels and came with the magic-tracks. I'm sure that's what you might have meant. 

I'm on board. I love panthers!

 

 

 

 

No, i was reffering to this Steel wheel kit. The origional release came with Magic Tracks. Dragon have 'updated' some of their kits by replacing the magic tracks with DS, but they have not changed the kit number.

 

 

 

 

My mistake. I didn't realize this

 

Well you know Dragon, they never like to make things easy

Bish

 

 

tigerman

 

Bish

Will be watching this. I am with you on those DS tracks, its a pity you could not have picked up the original boxing with DS tracks. Its rather annoying that they change parts but don't indicate this with a different number.

 

 

 

 

If you are talking about the orignal Panther G late, it didn't come with the steel-wheels and came with the magic-tracks. I'm sure that's what you might have meant. 

I'm on board. I love panthers!

 

 

 

 

No, i was reffering to this Steel wheel kit. The origional release came with Magic Tracks. Dragon have 'updated' some of their kits by replacing the magic tracks with DS, but they have not changed the kit number.

 

My mistake. I didn't realize this

SchattenSpartan,

Thank you ... you're so right! They must be machine gun magazines. I guess my aged brain just isn't making connections like it used to.

Also thanks for explaining what the initials DS stand for in this thread.

DS tracks are basically classic rubber band tracks. They are made out of some kind of plastic ("Dragon Styrene") instead of vinyl, so they're easier to work with and usually more detailed than Tamiya tracks for example.

However, they still share most issues with their vinyl counterparts. They never really "sit" right and the individual track links are poorly defined compared to working tracks and Magic Tracks.

They are a downgrade for what I assume are cost saving measures. I really don't like where Dragon is heading recently and I have very little incentive to buy their new releases. (way more expensive, downgraded versions of their older kits)

Regarding your FT question, I'm pretty sure those are MG drum magazines.

I'm not an expert on the FT at all, but I do remember some of the MG variants getting a new Reibel MG at some point in the 30s. That one used magazines that look just like the objects in your model.

Following this WIP with great interest. You made me rush to one of the closets in which I have some of my stash, pull out the box and check for the Magic Tracks: What does DS stand for?

I know this is OT, but do any of you know what the round object inside the hull of my Meng 1/35 French FT-17 are? I'm totally ignorant about armor, and the little research I did was of no help. They sort of remind me of land mines but I'm usually wrong when I guess without a clue. Here's what I'm referring to - and please, do forgive the odd, off topic question.

tigerman

 

Bish

Will be watching this. I am with you on those DS tracks, its a pity you could not have picked up the original boxing with DS tracks. Its rather annoying that they change parts but don't indicate this with a different number.

 

 

 

 

If you are talking about the orignal Panther G late, it didn't come with the steel-wheels and came with the magic-tracks. I'm sure that's what you might have meant. 

I'm on board. I love panthers!

 

No, i was reffering to this Steel wheel kit. The origional release came with Magic Tracks. Dragon have 'updated' some of their kits by replacing the magic tracks with DS, but they have not changed the kit number.

Bish

Will be watching this. I am with you on those DS tracks, its a pity you could not have picked up the original boxing with DS tracks. Its rather annoying that they change parts but don't indicate this with a different number.

 

If you are talking about the orignal Panther G late, it didn't come with the steel-wheels and came with the magic-tracks. I'm sure that's what you might have meant. 

I'm on board. I love panthers!

Will be watching this. I am with you on those DS tracks, its a pity you could not have picked up the original boxing with DS Magic tracks. Its rather annoying that they change parts but don't indicate this with a different number.

I’m looking forward to seeing this one come together!

Oh very cool, thanks for letting us follow along.

Once I actually get to work with them, I'll tell you guys my thoughts on the AM sets I'm using.

And yes, I did paint my instructions. Sprues are color coded in each step and I painted all the parts that are going to be replaced with PE in orange.

Cheers,

Clemens