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Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 01:15 AM UTC
Two new announcements for Dragon Models has two World War Two Axis powers tanks in 1/35 scale coming our way.
Dragon keeps the tanks coming, and there are two more great looking announcements, one a Panzer IV Ausf.D fit for the desert, and the other a Japanese Ha-Go. The Panzer IV will add another variant of this famous German tank to the growing ranks of Panzers from Dragon. The kit looks to include some new engineered parts and the one piece DS track. For the Ha-Go, the kit is to be highly detailed with newly designed machine gun mold and one piece DS track.

6779 – Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.D DAK Tropical Version
6777 – IJA Type 95 Ha-Go Hokuman Version

According to Dragon Models, both kits are slated for a May 2013 release, so I would presume they should be on retailers shelves very soon.
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Gotta have the type 95. I knew there would be more variants coming out.
MAY 16, 2013 - 02:39 AM
DDragon also has a new s.IG 33 auf Pz. III kit coming along, per a previous thread/announcement today. They all of course sound like generally cool kits. But my enthusiasm ebbs, as these all have those DS tracks, and, frankly, I don't like them. I do, fortunately, have a couple more Pz. III/IV magic-track link sets which I could use But when those are gone... Bob
MAY 16, 2013 - 09:16 AM
I like the DS-tracks and i believe many others do too... Much better then cleaning up each seperate link...
MAY 16, 2013 - 07:45 PM
Nice... a Ha-Go I can deal with without pulling my hair out on separate links! ~ Jeff
MAY 17, 2013 - 12:14 AM
Hi, All! Here we go again... Two more warmed-over kits from DRAGON. Somehow, I just can't get very excited over ANOTHER Pz.Kpfw.IV... The second kit of the HA-GO however, is on my list, but that's as far as I'm going to go with the Type 95. I've got one of the EXCELLENT KA-MIs, and am anxious to get one of the KA-MIs with Floatation Pontoons. As an aside, yeah, DRAGON's "MAGIC TRACKS" are great stuff, but so are their "DS TRACKS"... I'd have to admit that I like the "DS TRACKS" a bit more than the single-link style. In my opinion, I can't see why the manufacturers couldn't compromise and, for example, use the same style of "Link-and-Length" tracks as TAMIYA's IS-2, with the top run of tracks having "built-in" track sag... The "DS" units are perfect for US-built stuff, as American Armor uses "live" tracks, which require tight track tension. I've found that I can simulate track sag with "DS" tracks by building-up the suspension with the track tension a little bit looser, and then applying a bit of cyano-glue to the UNDERSIDES of the track in-between the sprockets, return rollers and front/rear idlers, depending on which vehicle I'm building. I've been around for a while, and I am one of those old guys from the "Dark Ages", when we had NO aftermarket to speak of, or CAD-designed kits containing anywhere from 100 to 10,000 slide-molded parts. We are SOOOO spoiled today...
MAY 18, 2013 - 10:55 PM
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