The T28 (another poor kit from Dragon) the M103....same and maybe later this year the M6. The problem is, other manufacturers who DO make an effort will be less willing to invest time and money on such obscure vehicles now that DML have done them.

What was wrong with T28 by the way? I know some suspension or something but come on, you can barely see the bottom of roadwheels once its completed. Had absolutely no problems building it and it still is my fav model from my shelf

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What was wrong with T28 by the way? I know some suspension or something but come on, you can barely see the bottom of roadwheels once its completed. Had absolutely no problems building it and it still is my fav model from my shelf

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They botched when calculating dimensions, track width is off, the whole width is off. This throws off the whole proportions, when you see the Dragon kit built, just doesn't look right.

I'm glad I still have the Accurate Armour resin kit.

Cheers,

Christophe

Jason,

On your photo of the M103 with the M48 and M60, it looks like the M103 hull is the same length as the M48 hull. Is this correct or just the perspective from which you photographed these three at?

Jon

The 103 is a bit longer than the 48. Not too much, but it is larger, maybe a foot or so. The nose looks the same, but isn't. The position of the driver's compartment is the same relative to the centreline of the turret, but the nose and the front roadwheel station are further forward and all the roadwheels spaced closer together to get the 7th roadwheel into the slightly longer space.

So you have a lower hull that is longer by a foot and an upper hull that is the same length to the driver's station _starting at the back_. This means that the slope of the glasis in front of the driver is shallower to smooth out the contour.

Jason,

It seems like you got a very early kit before, perhaps, they had worked out the production process properly. The warping and especially the distorted/melted front fender are signs that the sprues are coming out of the moulding machine without having had a proper chance to harden. A few more seconds in the tool and this doesn't happen.

Contact DML on their facebook page. Apparently they have been very responsive to messages there.

Paul

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What was wrong with T28 by the way? I know some suspension or something but come on, you can barely see the bottom of roadwheels once its completed. Had absolutely no problems building it and it still is my fav model from my shelf

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They botched when calculating dimensions, track width is off, the whole width is off. This throws off the whole proportions, when you see the Dragon kit built, just doesn't look right.

I'm glad I still have the Accurate Armour resin kit.

Cheers,

Christophe

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Beyond that, some significant gaps and trimming needed to get the upper hull to match up with the rear plate, a lot of simplified and missing details, and some pointless photoetch that doesn't add any detail and doesn't actually go together without modifications. It does look impressive when completed though, much like this kit, I suspect.

I have to bite my tongue...

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I have to bite my tongue...

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What exactly is the point of a post like this? If you don't want to say anything, don't even post. Unless of course, you just want to draw attention to yourself.

The first thing that came into mind when reading this was a little kid skipping down the street singing "Nah, nah, na-nah-na, I know something that you don't! Nah, nah, na-nah-na . . ."



KL