Monday, May 31, 2010 - 09:48 PM UTC
This year's Shizuoka Hobby Show in Japan, saw Dragon Models announcing a spate of New releases. By way of an update (as we now have details, here's an update of what to see in the next month or two in 1/35th scale.
6572 - Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf.B (Smart Kit)

Manufacturer-Announced Details are:

- Newly tooled AA gun mount w/MG34 included
- Completely new upper hull for Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf.B
- Newly tooled Pz.Kpfe.II Ausf.B turret
- Full of compartment interior details including the newly designed MG ammo storage, floor texture, radio equipment etc.
- Authentic details on turret bottom
- Fully detailed engine deck and fenders
- Gen2 MG34 w/gun mount
- 2cm Kw.K 30 gun w/correct detail
- Slide-molded gun barrel w/hollow muzzle
- Driver's visor can be displayed open/closed
- Rounded frontal hull fully detailed
- Well-defined detail on ZF-4 scope
- Antenna trough correctly done w/photo-etched brackets
- Photo-etched exhaust shield realistically produced
- Engine compartment ventilation grills exquisitely detailed
- Fenders w/detailed tread pattern
- Fuel tank reproduced w/firewall assembly
- Driver's hatch can be positioned open/closed
- Detailed suspension system
- Air filter w/delicated detail
- Photo-etched jack brackets w/accurate jack
- Accurate details on hull bottom
- Detailed drive sprockets
- Road wheels and return rpollers rendered w/full detail
- Detailed idler wheels
- Detailed injection-molded on-vehicle tools w/brackets
- Additional set of on-vehicle tools without brackets
- Highly detailed Magic Tracks


6606 - Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.N w/Winterketten s.Pz.Abt.502, Leningrad 1943 (Smart Kit)

Manufacturer-Announced Details are:

-Brand new winterketten track w/realistic detail
- Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.N w/accurate details
- Rifling inside gun barrel
- Gun shield tooled for Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.N
- Gun sleeve has fine detail
- Add-on armor tailored to 7.5cm Kw.K. L/24 gun mantlet
- Turret made from 3-directional slide molds
- Fenders w/pattern detail on both top and bottom surfaces
- Slide-molded engine deck for Pz.Kpfw.III
- Slide-molded stowage bin specific to Pz.Kpfw.III
- One-piece slide-molded lower hull w/exquisite detail
- Fully detailed weld seams on hull bottom
- Optional extra armor on fighting compartment front plate
- Optional brackets for extra hull top armor
- Injection-molded tow cable for engine deck
- Idler wheels w/photo-etched parts
- Slide-molded torsion bars included
- Slide-molded hydraulic shock absorbers are well detailed
- Detailed suspension swing arms
- Detailed road wheels and sprockets
- Final-drive housing covers are separate parts for maximum detail


Finally, announced in 'poster' form (details to come shortly) is:

6646 - Sd.kfz.164 Nashorn Command Version

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thanks for the heads up Jim. they have released 3 items that i want, being the M7, the new tiger and the PZ.III. shame their kit's are somewhat pricey
MAY 31, 2010 - 10:05 PM
For Darkside subjects they look very good. I don't think they are that pricey anymore. I pulled my remaining DML T26E3 pershing out of the Shed the other day and it had a $49 price on the box and a 1996 date so given that a standard AFV is about $60 now (In Aust) and its 14 years later I actually see them as pretty good value considering what you get in the box compared to their earlier kits. Of course that is only related to local pricing but for a kit of that quality I see them as fairly priced - I don't like how they behave but their kits are great and I think the prices are Ok. Al
MAY 31, 2010 - 10:31 PM
This looks very good for anyone wanting to do an earlier Pz II. I'm glad it looks like they've finally made one where you can position the radio operator's hatch open. In all the victory parades that featured Panzer IIs, you always see the operators sitting on their open hatches. I guess with the up-armored C's and the F's, they didn't have much time for parading, so it's no big deal to leave it closed, but it sure seemed a shame not to show all of that interior detailing.
JUN 01, 2010 - 12:34 PM
I'm definitely getting the Panzer II. The assembly for the engine deck is actually the same as with DML's last Ausf.C, I'm not sure about the Ausf.F though. But yeah, it is a shame to leave all that closed when you're given a really good interior to build.
JUN 01, 2010 - 09:32 PM
They say this kit has a new upper hull for the II-B and, if you look at the CG view describing the fenders having pattern on upper and lower surfaces, you can see the opening for the radio operator's hatch. I have both of the previous II's and they definitely ignore this opening, so I guess I'll be buying this one, too.
JUN 04, 2010 - 11:42 AM
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