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Shanghai Dragon Stug III ausf. F/8 (1/35)
kunjuro
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Philippines
Joined: October 27, 2013
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Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 03:28 AM UTC
Hi folks. Here's my work on the Stug III ausf. F/8 by Dragon from the 90s. Built this for the Tank Destroyer Campaign. Not a great kit (a lot of recycled parts and thus detail that needs to be erased on the fenders which means the tread detail is lost). Their other Stugs are better. Thanks for looking



petbat
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Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 08:04 AM UTC
Very nicely done Nigel. The older kit has its flaws, but it still looks good.

One thing though, the rear light should not be red. It should be a very dark blue, nearly black. The blue is visible when it is lit.



https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/119482

There are also claims that one version was yellow-green when lit up...
americanpanzer
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Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 08:45 AM UTC
Awesome build! Looks good!
dhines
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Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 10:07 AM UTC
Really nice job Nigel, did you have any problems building the tracks. Thank you for sharing with us and best regards..........Dale
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Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 10:18 AM UTC
Looks pretty darn good to me!
brekinapez
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Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 11:26 AM UTC

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Really nice job Nigel, did you have any problems building the tracks. Thank you for sharing with us and best regards..........Dale



Tracks are fine but lots of clean up as they aren't Magic Tracks.

I have this kit.
kunjuro
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Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 06:51 AM UTC
Thanks for all the kind words everyone! I really appreciate it.


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Really nice job Nigel, did you have any problems building the tracks. Thank you for sharing with us and best regards..........Dale



As mentioned by Shell, the tracksbertr OK but they were anoying to clean up. They had 3 to 4 attachment points to the sprues and two circular injection marks on each. Spent most of a saturday just to clean them up. Makes me appreciate Dragon Magic Tracks even more.
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