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Post by Boots on Jan 21, 2019 13:15:33 GMT
Annoying to say the least mucker but ya made `em look 100% better  Thank goodness for the red arrows  |
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Post by Marco on Jan 21, 2019 15:34:20 GMT
Great red arrow save Carl! (and the Arrow Head did not save the Chiefs!)
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Post by CarlRF on Jan 21, 2019 19:12:19 GMT
Ian, Pete, Boots , Marco , appreciate your comments mates .  The red arrows have been busy on this build . |
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Post by CarlRF on Jan 22, 2019 1:03:06 GMT
Great red arrow save Carl! (and the Arrow Head did not save the Chiefs!) I didnt realize anyone out of the Spokane area knew anything of the Chiefs , Marco. That was a close game alright . The Americans were a tough team .  |
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Post by Paul B on Jan 22, 2019 8:58:55 GMT
Wait till we see the tracks  . You're doing fine Carl |
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Post by Marco on Jan 22, 2019 15:18:08 GMT
Great red arrow save Carl! (and the Arrow Head did not save the Chiefs!) I didnt realize anyone out of the Spokane area knew anything of the Chiefs , Marco. That was a close game alright . The Americans were a tough team . I like the Chiefs, I remember when Joe Montana played at Arrow Head and they had a Brazilian kicker too (two years ago, I think). But I love to see Mahomes playing. The boy has a tougth arm and do some very good runs too. I think the people of Kansas will see this young QB win a SB... This is just a thought... About the Patriots, nothing much to say. Brady is, in fact, one of the best football players ever. |
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Post by CarlRF on Jan 24, 2019 5:01:00 GMT
Some more Dragon engineering and instructions at their finest .  |
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Post by Snipersmudge on Jan 24, 2019 7:12:10 GMT
LOL! it's getting funnier! |
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Post by Paul B on Jan 24, 2019 8:49:17 GMT
Yep, I remember that also  |
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Post by Boots on Jan 24, 2019 13:13:17 GMT
Aaaaah...nothing like a good `ol set of Dragon instructions to keep the `ol grey matter fresh Carl |
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Post by Paul B on Jan 25, 2019 19:31:51 GMT
Carl I had just had a look inside this old Dragon kit  .  I still cannot find the connection for the gun mantlet to the cover  . So I reckon you'll just have to butt fit the bugger and live the set elevation angle  . It's too much of a biggy, unless you want to play with later in the sand pit |
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Post by Armorguy on Jan 25, 2019 19:36:25 GMT
Typical Dragon, great kits, sh*tt* instruction manuals.
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Post by CarlRF on Jan 25, 2019 21:43:22 GMT
Paul they just kinda skip over the gun mount  .I dont know how in the #ell dragon figured the barrel was supposed to fit into the mantlet but I used some white plastic and came up with a method . The barrel and assembly drops to the deck when lowered past 90% and I needed more fabrication to correct that . All in all I spent way to much time getting it all worked out .I'm going back to Tamiya after this build . I think I have a Tiger I in the stash somewhere . Guy you got that right . I built their M1A2 Sep a few years ago and that had some weird fit problems also and its a newer kit release , guess Dragoon just continues with their old mistakes . |
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Post by Paul B on Jan 25, 2019 21:46:54 GMT
Nice fix for a design fail |
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Post by CarlRF on Jan 25, 2019 21:50:46 GMT
i'll post some pics later , you'll probably be in bed |
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Post by Paul B on Jan 25, 2019 21:57:13 GMT
Dunno about that, just got myself a Whisky and I'm testing some camo stuff  |
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Post by alexb on Jan 26, 2019 3:44:05 GMT
I built that one back in the day. It's a character builder...to put it mildly. I used styrene strips to build up the mount area for the gun. I remember mine was always crooked. I ended up using it for a what-if Panzer IV and would eventually toss it in the bin.
That kit is one of the old Gunze Sangyo kits DML reboxed so you could check some of the Gunze Panzer Iv builds. There's no telling what the original used. Wait until you get to the thoma mesh shields. I'd suggest replacing the nylon mesh with metal mesh like from a screen repair kit. The kit's nylon mesh is pretty bad.
That said, I wish you luck with it and I'm sure you'll have a much better go at it than I did.
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Post by CarlRF on Jan 26, 2019 6:28:14 GMT
Paul I bet your not up now Alex I looked at that nylon mesh and stainless steel pe thats in the kit and I dont want to mess with it either . I see there is a pe replacement from ABOR for the mesh "thoma screens " so I might go with them . More red arrows  The pe in this kit is stainless steel and hard as hick to bend . I replaced the pe gutter flange over the turret side hatch with some white plastic strip . The arrows at the gun mantlet are to show where plastic strip was needed to cover a hole in the top and the other is to show where plastic strip was used to keep the gun from nose diving .  |
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Post by Paul B on Jan 26, 2019 7:02:04 GMT
You be right there Carl . Nicely tackled indeed fella |
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.I dont know how in the #ell dragon figured the barrel was supposed to fit into the mantlet but I used some white plastic and came up with a method . The barrel and assembly drops to the deck when lowered past 90% and I needed more fabrication to correct that . All in all I spent way to much time getting it all worked out .I'm going back to Tamiya after this build . I think I have a Tiger I in the stash somewhere . 
The pe in this kit is stainless steel and hard as hick to bend . I replaced the pe gutter flange over the turret side hatch with some white plastic strip . The arrows at the gun mantlet are to show where plastic strip was needed to cover a hole in the top and the other is to show where plastic strip was used to keep the gun from nose diving .