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Dragon PZ III G question.
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Posted: Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 06:07 AM UTC
I was looking over the various Dragon/Cyber/? Panzer III's G's and all I have found are the very old tropical G an early G and the wading tank. The tropical kit is the way too old kit, the early G is hard to find, and over priced, so I was looking at the wading tanks.

I don't want a wading tank, and after looking at the various sprues it looks like you can build a standard G from what's in the box.

Is that true, or should I consider finding a reasonably priced early G smart kit?
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Posted: Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 07:22 AM UTC
Have you got the kits numbers?
Makes it easier to check if I have the one you are curious about ....
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Posted: Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 08:43 AM UTC

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Have you got the kits numbers?
Makes it easier to check if I have the one you are curious about ....
/ Robin


Dragon 6773 1/35 Pz.Kpfw.III(5cm) (T) Ausf. G - Smart Kit

I knew I was forgetting something. I found one under 50.00 shipped, so I'll give it a try.
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Posted: Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 08:57 AM UTC

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Have you got the kits numbers?
Makes it easier to check if I have the one you are curious about ....
/ Robin


Dragon 6773 1/35 Pz.Kpfw.III(5cm) (T) Ausf. G - Smart Kit

I knew I was forgetting something. I found one under 50.00 shipped, so I'll give it a try.


No luck, not in my stash.

Have you tried searching the net for the instructions? They usually show sprue images and maybe those could show if the parts for standard Ausf. G.
/ Robin
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Posted: Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 09:39 AM UTC

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Have you got the kits numbers?
Makes it easier to check if I have the one you are curious about ....
/ Robin


Dragon 6773 1/35 Pz.Kpfw.III(5cm) (T) Ausf. G - Smart Kit

I knew I was forgetting something. I found one under 50.00 shipped, so I'll give it a try.


No luck, not in my stash.

Have you tried searching the net for the instructions? They usually show sprue images and maybe those could show if the parts for standard Ausf. G.
/ Robin


Found the review of the kit here, but I wasn't sure based on the pictures of the kit and instructions. I found a kit for 43.00 shipped, so I ordered it. After reading the comments from Dragon about it, they say "based on the previously released G", so with luck, it will have what I want.
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Posted: Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 09:50 AM UTC


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Posted: Saturday, September 29, 2018 - 10:12 AM UTC
I went there and looked over the instructions and sprues, and at the parts in the review here. I was concerned there is one sprue that's specific to the base G model and would not be in the diving version. After doing a comparison, and not seeing an obvious difference, I decided to ask.

None the less, I decided to get the kit, once I found one in my price range, and see for myself. Thanks for the help.
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