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Dragon: Small StuG III Ausf F
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Posted: Monday, December 05, 2016 - 04:53 AM UTC


Dragon announces for next year a new StuG III Ausf. F with mostly new parts.

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Posted: Monday, December 05, 2016 - 07:12 AM UTC
Would it be possible to mention the scale in the future when you make these announcements? I only build 1/35 and would rather not click on items that aren't relevant to me if I can help it.
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Posted: Monday, December 05, 2016 - 07:27 AM UTC
One piece wheels and tracks - "groan"
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Posted: Monday, December 05, 2016 - 08:07 PM UTC

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One piece wheels and tracks - "groan"


Is this an easy-build meant for war-gamers? Dragon seems to be increasingly going in this direction in 1/72.
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Posted: Monday, December 05, 2016 - 08:19 PM UTC

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One piece wheels and tracks - "groan"


Is this an easy-build meant for war-gamers? Dragon seems to be increasingly going in this direction in 1/72.


Except much less affordable than the ranges already avalible for wargamers
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Posted: Monday, December 05, 2016 - 08:49 PM UTC
I'm afraid I must second brekinapez's comment above.
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Posted: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 - 03:04 AM UTC
Yawn. Another WWII German subject
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Posted: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 - 06:59 AM UTC
Yup, another "Quick Build", with all the limitations that it imposes/provides. Sad!!
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Posted: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 - 08:17 AM UTC
Think of the children ! All those young girls who assemble and paint the pre-builds, this is so much less stressful.
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Posted: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 - 08:40 PM UTC

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Think of the children ! All those young girls who assemble and paint the pre-builds, this is so much less stressful.


Thought they used robots!
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Posted: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 - 09:15 PM UTC

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I'm afraid I must second brekinapez's comment above.


Carlos already put "small" in the news title, isn't that a good enough clue this isn't going to be a 1/35 release?
brekinapez
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Posted: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 - 12:25 AM UTC
Where I'm from there are a number of folks who collect/build 1/16 and 1/6, so 1/35 counts as small.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 - 01:04 AM UTC

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I'm afraid I must second brekinapez's comment above.


Carlos already put "small" in the news title, isn't that a good enough clue this isn't going to be a 1/35 release?


But it could also have been a baby or young adult Stug .... deceptive !!!
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Posted: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 - 04:39 AM UTC
Give the guy a break! He lost 5 secs. out of his life he'll never get back!
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Posted: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 - 04:59 AM UTC
Back to that topic... why read news in the forums...? if you read it in the News section it tells you the scale in the heading... if the editor added "1/72" to the title then it would appear twice in the News heading... so they are specifically told not to do that... the forum post is for discussion of the news item...


DaGreatQueeg
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Posted: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 - 05:11 AM UTC

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Back to that topic... why read news in the forums...? if you read it in the News section it tells you the scale in the heading... if the editor added "1/72" to the title then it would appear twice in the News heading... so they are specifically told not to do that... the forum post is for discussion of the news item...


This. Most of us know and were just poking a bit of fun at the "big scaler" who got scarred by braille Personally I like looking at all scales and releases regardless of genre as I'm a non-discriminator when it comes to building models. If something takes my fancy I'm in. Still news is always a hot chance to get in the off-topic wrong scale, wrong release, where is my "X" posts, goes with the territory I'm afraid ....

cheers
Brent
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Posted: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 - 06:06 AM UTC
Yes, why is it that in "/news" the scale is always indicated but in the discussion area no similar definition is given? Clearly I would vote for a mandatory statement of scale in both cases.
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