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Monday, December 02, 2019 - 09:22 PM UTC
The second subject in Dargon's Neo Smart Kit line is a Panzer III Ausf.M as used during the Battle of Kursk in 1943.
A total of 250 tanks of this variant were produced from October 1942 till February 1943. Based on the preceding Pz.Kpfw.III L tank, key design features included a deep-wading exhaust and special seals (to aid river crossings) and the attachment of Schurzen side skirt armor on the hull and turret.

The Panzer III Ausf.M was armed with a 5cm KwK.39 L/60 main gun. This tank was widely used in the gigantic Battle of Kursk in July-August 1943, when nearly 3,000 German tanks clashed with more than 5,000 Soviet tanks.

This kit will come with combat chamber interior and Neo tracks.
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Link and length also looks like a partial interior...fighting compartment maybe.
DEC 03, 2019 - 11:13 AM
I want it!
DEC 03, 2019 - 09:29 PM
My experience with Dragon kits so far: don't even bother when you don't have thoroughly researched the topic in question. I think it was Hamilkar Barkas who said that you have to be in a position where you can ignore the instructions. The parts are mostly there, but you must know beforehand where exactly they go, and which ones to use. I'm currently on the Sd.Kfz.7 "initial" and I have to say he's absolutely right. The instructions are a joke.
DEC 04, 2019 - 08:49 PM
I must politely disagree with you on Dragon kits. While their instructions could be better, way better, I've managed to use them to build a couple of dozen or more.
DEC 05, 2019 - 03:52 AM
I've been building Dragon kits literally as long as they've been available, starting with the original Nashorn kit over twenty years ago and while they have steadily improved in quality (and cost!) the instructions remain dismally obtuse and simply difficult and overly compressed and complex. In short, the kits are great the instructions suck. Their propensity towards re-issue is understandable though irritating and I wish that they would spend as much time & effort on new kits.
DEC 05, 2019 - 09:16 AM
Earlier this year I built a M4A3(75)W and I am just finishing a M4A2 (76). Essentially the lower hulls are the same. Whilst the A3 instructions were okay, the A2 instructions were so bad I had to refer to the A3 instructions to complete it. As an example they completely omitted any reference to the separate mounting units (parts V5 in both kits) that have to be attached to the hull so the VVSS units can be mounted. It was simply a 50/50 chance that I built the A3 first, which should not be the case. Having said that I enjoyed building both kits more than some other manufacturers because of the quality of the molds etc
DEC 05, 2019 - 01:32 PM
I’ve only returned to modelling after a 35 year hiatus a few years ago. So, bring it on Dragon. We all haven’t had the same opportunities as those of you who have seen it before.
DEC 05, 2019 - 01:52 PM
Best of luck following Dragon's instructions or, for that matter, other manufacturers' propensity towards over-engineering components so as to brag about the parts count. Or really silly colour scheme suggestions on purely-fictitious vehicles. Or simply getting it wrong. On the other hand there seems to be about an easy half-dozen offerings of virtually everything ever built, contemplated or sketched on a napkin. Truly the Golden Age of modelling is here and they want to milk it for every dime before we're gone. What cynical insight I display...
DEC 06, 2019 - 08:29 AM
To be honest all these reissues are fine because many missed them the first time. And they should be putting all their time and effort into revising the instructions
DEC 07, 2019 - 01:42 AM
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