Wow nice to have it back,but I paid about $38.00 last time around.Times have changed for sure.

As I'm sure it's biting at us that were resurrecting a very old thread but, same here Anthony. Actually I only paid $30 and free shipping from Hong Kong (if only I could find more DML deals like that! But I did get a StuG IV for $25 so adding that one to the list). Frankly, IMHO, I think that a lot of DML's kits should be priced closer to the $25-$50 mark than where they are currently but that's how I value it.

"all new tooling with bonus parts" . Any details on this ?
Dragon's never been shy with advertising but this is the first I've heard of this.

Sean

I understood that statement to be a leftover, applicable from when the kit was first released, so at the time it was all new tooling with bonus part - but not related to the reissue kit being any different from the original kit (since they're the same kit number).

Hmm, good point. You're probably right.

Sean

From the Dragon USA website...

Main Features:

Turret:
- Most accurately shaped cupola on the market
- MG and ammo cradles made from separate parts for maximum detail
- Cupola with interior details
- Two types of turret roof ammo compartment panels
- Two types of wind sensors
- Wind sensor can be modeled in active or stowed position
- Newly tooled oil pan
- Realistically modeled turret body with accurate details top and bottom
- One piece slide molded bustle rack rails
- Photo-etched mesh floor for bustle rack
- Photo-etched Bustle Rack Extension
- Accurately depicted catch for holding hatch in open position
- Delicately modeled periscope on loader's hatch can rotate and includes a working cover
- Correctly modeled turret cable conduits
- First M1 kit ever to include accurate detail on the underside of the turret rack APU
- Accurat BFT system antenna
- Slide molded smoke discharger is realistically designed to point in six directions
- Smoke discharger storage box holds extra grenades and can open/close
- Two types of smoke grenades
- Realistic smoke discharger bracket
- Stowage boxes on both sides can be opened/closed
- GPS-LOS device with correctly patterned transparent parts to reveal electronics inside
- Cover for GPS-LOS device can be positioned open/ closed at an accurate angle

Gun & MG:
- Fully workable gun mount bracket is made from pre-formed metal parts
- Muzzle and turret sight are slide-molded
- Metal gun barrel w/ recoil action
- Barrel is made from fine multiple parts for greater detail
- Accurately modeled bolt details on underside of gun barrel
- Hinged protective cover for mantlet
- Gunbreech can be elevated to firing position
- Newly designed ammo belts for both M2 and M240 MGs
- MG feed cover can be opened to reveal interior slide molded details
- Photo-etched ammo bracket allows MG to be modeled without ammo box
- Separate ammo boxes with removable lid for MGs
- Two types of ammo cases

Upper Hull Armor Deck:
- Two types of driver's hatches available
- Driver's hatch can be assembled open/closed; with interior details
- Engine deck accurately designed for sequenced assembly, just like the real thing
- Photo-etched parts for engine deck grills
- Fuel caps can be assembled open/closed with fuel filler details
- Slide-molded emergency pull handle
- Photo-etched air intake grills are elevated for authentic look
- Slide-molded exhaust and air intake panels
- Exhaust and air intake grills are modeled as separate parts
- Newly designed exhaust deflector
- Taillight wiring assembly accurately modeled
- Two types of tow hooks
- Accurately designed NBC panels with superb details
- Accurately modeled heater air intake plug
- Headlight lenses have patterning on inside surface like the real thing
- Metal cables for front fender springs

Chassis:
- One-piece bottom hull uses a three-direction slide mold for ultimate detail
- New road wheels with accurate details on both sides
- Transparent oil gauge on wheels accurately modeled
- New suspension arms are the most accurate to date
- Newly designed sprocket with accurate details, complete with mud scraper
- New toothed suspension arm connections enable smaller increments when positioning wheels on uneven terrain
- Track tensioning rod is workable for accurate positioning of first suspension arms
- Newly designed suspension assembly
- Side skirt armor panels are scale thickness
- Movable side skirts work like the real thing
- Slide-molded skirt lifting hook with optional photo-etched part
- Workable tow bar assembly recreated in superb detail
- Tow bar assembly can be modeled in towing or stowed modes
- Accurately modeled rear tow ring
- Two types of hull air intakes with corresponding photo-etched grills
- Exhaust deflector can be made from photo-etched parts

BONUS parts:
- Photo-etched jerry can rack
- Photo-etched hinge cover plates for loader’s hatch
- Photo-etched cable mounts
- Optional cable heads w/o mounts
- Bonus slide-molded track connectors
- Bonus spare rubber pads for treads have detailed texture
- Bonus spare road wheel
- Photo-etched details for front fender hinges
- Optional replacement plate for mud scraper
- Optional round sprocket plate
- Photo-etched chains for fuel caps
- Bonus jerry cans (2 types)
- New Cartograf Decals

Pretty sure this is from the original release back in '07 or so.
If they were coming out with a revamped re-release they would be trumpeting it far and wide.

Sean

I don't recall a spare road wheel, but that shouldn't get hearts aflutter.

If they really wanted to add a good "bonus" to the reissue, I would've liked to have seen the standard BRE from their M1A2 kit provided in this kit as an alternate to the screen one provided.

"New" Dragon M1A1 kit 3535 arrived today 10-27-2014. The only difference that I can see is that there is no metal barrel option and the Magic Tracks are gone. Rubber bands only. All the plastic spruce, PE, and decals look the same. Kinda disappointed for the extra $$$.

Old on the left..."New" on the right...



rubber bands...

As I said in the other post on this...

Sounds good to me. The plastic barrel is more accurate and looks better anyways and the magic tracks suck. What do the center guide teeth on the tracks look like, solid for T-158 tracks, or hollow for T-158LL tracks?




Yes, the original issue had a spare road wheel in it as well. It looks like just the track swap and the deletion of the metal barrel are the only changes.

Looks like only hollow teeth for the T-158LL tracks. Photo in the other thread... (sorry for the cross reference confusion. I will let this posting lapse now and continue on the other).

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/201596