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Building the Dragon 25pdr w/ Trailer

Conclusion

Having purchased a fair number of DML kits and knowing how much detail and finesse they are capable of putting into a box, a lot of which can often seem like overkill, I cannot help but be disappointed by the effort that has been put into this kit of what is arguably one of the best known artillery guns of WWII. The kit has been over simplified, with not enough thought going into how the end user may wish to display their model, either as a gun in action or being towed by a vehicle.

Having said that, the mouldings are of a very high quality and there were no imperfections that I could find; other high points are the general buildability plus the inclusion of the figures. There are, too, some very nice touches, and if the same level of thought and detail had been apparent throughout the model it could have been a must-buy product. The model as built straight from the box cannot however accurately represent a gun either towed or in action without some significant scratch work, this especially being the case if you wish to show it being towed.

I must admit that I could be being too critical due to having regular access to real 25pdr guns in full working order, and a number of the observations I have made may be of minimal interest to many modellers, but it just seems to me that DML has rushed this kit into production, and as a result it doesn’t live up to what we have come to expect from them and know them to be capable of.

The sample for this review was courtesy of DragonUSA.