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Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 12:05 AM UTC
An update posted by Dragon Models shows a test build of the recently announced M48 American Tank.
With the recent announcement of the M48A3 by Dragon Models showing a lot of interest, Dragon is now showing off the test build of this tank. The new kit looks to be a decent kit with clear parts for view ports and the one piece DS tracks.

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The drawing on the box shows the cover, so maybe they include it as an add on or something. It's a terrible oversight that will limit the sales and that might hurt future releases of Vietnam era models. Dragon already has discontinued most of their Vietnam line.
MAY 16, 2013 - 11:29 PM
Yea,I'll still buy one
MAY 17, 2013 - 01:03 AM
I cannot agree more. This indeed is a shame if DML sells this kit w/out the covers. It will be an expensive kit and they may realize that their resources were wasted when the sales become low.
MAY 21, 2013 - 03:58 PM
HLJ and Hobbysearch have the Dragon kit in stock
JUN 04, 2013 - 02:42 AM
Why don't they have options with these kits anymore? I mean, the option of adding a cover, or the light... it wouldn't cost that much more to include them. ~ Jeff
JUN 04, 2013 - 03:39 AM
my guess would be that they just missed it. I have a Legend set for the Tamiya that I picked up for $10. That takes care of the canvas cover on the mantlet, the sprockets with holes and the search light. That leaves just the cover on the .50 cal turret to make
JUN 04, 2013 - 03:50 AM
Also (and I do not own any reference material) wouldn't this be more popular with aluminum wheels or was that primarily on the M60? ~ Jeff
JUN 04, 2013 - 04:12 AM
pretty sure the aluminum wheels were on the M60 and even they went back to the M48 wheels
JUN 04, 2013 - 04:28 AM
When were you in the 1/11th, I was in A troop in Fulda back in the Sheridan and M60A1 days. The 48 kit is disappointing I crewed and commanded M48A5s in the NG for 7 years. So I know them well, never saw one without the cover. The Dragon hull would work as a 48A5 conversion with some borrowed parts from Academy. Leaving out the cover is like leaving the main gun off. Guess I'll wait this out. Some times 48s could use aluminum wheels as replacements. The rule was both wheels had to be the same type on the same axle. They could be mixed on the tank. But take it from a M60/48 taker aluminum road wheels sucked. They had steel wear plates to keep the center guided from chewing them up and they were forever coming off. Constant maintaince headache. Tom
JUN 05, 2013 - 09:03 AM
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