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Comparing Panzer IIIs: Dragon vs. Tamiya

Result

Both kits were much fun to assemble although Tamiya is a nose length ahead of the Dragon model (excluding the tracks and the air intake lattices). Although I made partly somewhat exaggerated detail improvements to the models based onto the excellent book “Achtung Panzer” ("Attention tanks") concerning the Panzer III, one gets quite good models also when building them straight from the box and just adding minor improvements.

Sources

Achtung Panzer No.2 Panzerkampfwagen III - , Author: Hiroshi Ichimura, Dai Nippon kaiga ISBN: 4-499-20578-6

Panzerkampfwagen III - Der Panzer der Blitzkriege Waffen-Arsenal Band 187, Author: W. Fleischer, Verlag: PODZUN-PALLAS-VERLAG, ISBN 3-7909-0732-4

Kampfpanzer III Waffen-Arsenal Band 122, Author: H. Scheibert, Verlag: PODZUN-PALLAS-VERLAG, ISBN 3-7909-0393-0 Panzer Colors II- Camouflage of the German Panzer Forces 1939 - 45, Author: Bruce Culver & Bill Murphy, Squadron/Signal Publications 1976 (2002), ISBN 0-89747-057-5

Panzerkampfwagen III und seine Abarten, Author: W. Spielberger, Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart ISBN 3-87943-336-4

Panzer III, Author: Wolfgang Fleischer, Podzun-PALLAS-Verlag GmbH, ISBN: 3-79090-732-4