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Saladin Mk.2
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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2015 - 03:14 AM UTC
Neil Gardiner gives us a detailed account of the stages in his build of Dragon's Black Label Saladin.

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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2015 - 10:52 AM UTC
Excellent feature of a beautiful build. Thanks for sharing Neil.
I'm getting me a Dragon Saladin
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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2015 - 04:29 PM UTC
I just completed mine, a great build ! I too am NOT a rivet counter, and other than the lack of interior parts , I enjoyed this build !!
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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2015 - 06:33 PM UTC
Very nice. I like it!!
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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2015 - 09:28 PM UTC
Very interesting, and a well-done build feature.
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Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 01:38 AM UTC
it's just such a disappointment [IMO]! Dragon used to be fantastic, but then they took a re-focus to Disney licensed toys in the knee... Your build looks very good mind.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 05:08 PM UTC

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Posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 08:56 PM UTC

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Dragon used to be fantastic, but then they took a re-focus to Disney licensed toys in the knee...




Looking at their website and FB about 50% of Dragon's new or announced releases this year and all the new toolings [excluding BL which I've already said is almost certainly cheaply made in comparison to Meng etcs new tools] have been Marvel related who are now owned by Disney so I expected DML had made producing for the latter companies to be their main focus instead of military kits.

Timothy.
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Posted: Sunday, June 28, 2015 - 01:23 PM UTC
Neil I think you are too kind in your review but very helpful. I think this model does not deserve a Black label name (as if I know what is a Black Label). It was a model I have waited for so long to replace the Tamiya kit but was a disappointment anyway.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 - 06:56 AM UTC
Lovely, thanks
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Posted: Thursday, July 02, 2015 - 05:27 AM UTC
Neil, thanks for building it. Your skills are inspirational to me (that is not a subtle criticism of Dragon). Love the groundwork. You definately sold another Saladin for Dragon - to me!
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Posted: Thursday, July 09, 2015 - 05:16 AM UTC
Thanks for all the kind comments folks
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