We welcome back Andy Renshaw who gave us an in-box review of Dragon's Armoured Jeep last year, and now returns with this feature to finish things off in detail.



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Thanks!

Very nice, makes me want to start the one I have to night.
When I start mine I will refer back to you're article .
Dave

Well done Andy, thanks! This will be a great asset when I get started on mine

Thanks for the review and build, Andy. This one will definitely help when I start mine.

You're welcome guys. Hope the notes help. When I get a spare hour or two behind the workbench again, I will probably have a "putty session" and roll out some blankets, tarps etc for a few projects in the works, and add a bit more gear to this build. Need to add a cammo net to the front as well. I will update with more photos when I am able!

I now have the SAS "commando car" in the review pile, so much of the same will apply to it. Thinking of doing a NWE SAS jeep out of it vs. the North Africa version (which I feel like has been done to death of late!)

The why for the bracing along floor and outer wall of Dragons armored Jeep is answered with the release of their SAS Jeep kit number 6745.Looking at the poster for it the two piece body tub could explain it.
With all the releases of SAS Jeeps they all have the bracing removed from the grill, retooling of the molds right, which means added coast to kit right.Wouldn't it been simpler to tell the modeler on the instruction sheet to remove the bracing.

wow, I looked at the poster, and you are right! well, if the upper and lower are separate, it will make it MUCH easier to remove the bracing.

Still, I have to scratch my head as to why they needed it to begin with. The 1993 Tamiya mold is a single body, with no bracing.
and of course, Dragon STILL forgot the vertical structural braces that ARE found on the real thing just forward of the driver/passenger cutouts.

The figures look nice...

Andy

Andy Looking back through Dragons releases the SAS patrol commander #6724 released in Nov of 2012 has the two piece body, at that time they could have added the vertical structural braces on the side of the body.
I wonder if the armored Jeep kits will use the old molds of the one piece body or the new molds of the two piece body. Like you said it will make it much easier to remove that bracing on the floor if you want.
Dragon must have been thinking a head thought it would help with the alignment of the two piece body parts.
Dave

Hi David... I have #6724 and the body is one peice. Maybe those box illustrations ns are not exactly what is in the box.