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Dragon Hummel
seanmoriarty
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, January 02, 2012 - 06:23 AM UTC
Hi All,

I'm looking to pick up a Dragon Hummel, in perticular kit #6150. before I commit to buy, I wanted to ask a question.

I've heard stories of some of Dragon's older Hummel and Nashorn kits being absolutely terrible due to poorly fitting parts. So bad they're only fit for scrap or the bin.

has anyone built #6150 and can they tell me, does it suffer from these problems????
Big-John
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Posted: Monday, January 02, 2012 - 07:09 AM UTC
Tony Lee built kit 6321 here,

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/142205&page=1

and here is a review of 6150

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/dragon/dr6150.htm

I would say you should be ok, the bad kits were back in the day when they Branded the box with DML.

I started the nashorn, but never finished it.
seanmoriarty
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Posted: Monday, January 02, 2012 - 07:18 AM UTC
I had a look at that previously, but found it didn't offer much help, especially as it's only a review of the contents.

What I have been searching for is a build feature, or correspondence from someone who's completed that specific kit.
c5flies
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Posted: Monday, January 02, 2012 - 08:28 AM UTC
Here's one in progress...looks very good to me so far:

Hummel
wedgetail53
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Posted: Monday, January 02, 2012 - 11:56 AM UTC
Sean

There have been three iterations of the Nashorn and Hummel to date, and I would strongly recommend steering away from the earlier kits - they weren't much chop by all accounts.

The latest Nashorn is 6386 - recommended.

Regards

Rob
seanmoriarty
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Posted: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 - 01:57 AM UTC
I had looked at that, but I'm wanting to do an Initial Prod. Hummel.
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