Hi folks;

I'm going to start my foray into 1/72 scale with Academy's Dragon Wagon kit. Before I begin, are there any opinions out there of this kit? Has anybody built one and how did it turn out for you? I'm not an 'out of the box' kind of guy so I'd like some tweak lists too if there are some please. About the only thing I noticed right off was that the tires seems to be a little oddly shaped. Their profiles seems about too square but that's about all so far.


thanks;

Bob

Hi Bob,

I havn't built mine yet, but here is a review that was done for this kit. Has some good info about what to look out for etc.

I printed it out for when I build mine. Hope it helps.

Jeff

1/72 Dragon Wagon Review

Thanks Jeff, that's a big help!
cheers;
Bob

Hey Bob
i came across this link for OKB Grigorov photo etch sets and these two sets are a little more than half way down the list. Here is the full cab and there is an intricate set for the chain drive as well
just thought id pass this along to ya! Goood luck and cheers to your build!
dR3W

Here is a Link form a German forum I´m an,too.
Against a while frank times a Dragon Wagon. It´s a very good build.
Here is a shown step by step build ion this site.

Hope that can help you.

http://www.modellbauforen.de/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?s=7ec17d07f10e56bc605b5c3e46b389c8;act=ST;f=17;t=14119

Cheers Daniel

Thank you gentlemen, very helpful indeed.

cheers!

Bob

Hi folks

Thanks to Jeff, Andrew and Daniel here who have been very helpful. I was also hoping to get some feedback from anyone who's built the kit and things to watch out for, likes and dislikes etc. Especially any tweaks that were identified for accuracy purposes.

cheers
Bob

Bob,

You really picked one mother of a kit for experiencing 1/72. IPMSUSA has a particularly good review of a build and you can find it HERE. Doing a general 'Net search will yield quite a few articles pertaining to the kit. The most troublesome aspect that most builders found was with the suspension and wheels. One fellow even went so far as to build a jig to aid in wheel alignment.

Good Luck!

Cheers,
Jan

I built it strait from the box not one problem lovely kit

Thanks Jan and David, appreciate it.

cheers;
Bob

There a lot of very large and very visible pin marks to be dealt with on the wagon section.

Thanks, I'll watch for those!

cheers;
Bob