Dragon 6102 - first Dragon and first GB!
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At first, I thought of using a block of cheese.
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4 yellow colours from spray cans. Unfortunately, neither of them match the yellowness of the real image. If anyone has a good suggestion for a *spray can* colour, please do offer it 🙂
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Tracks assembled. To my chagrin, I did break exactly one piece too many for the tracks to be workable. Dragon only provided two spares (out of 80), which seems a bit cheap to me. But then, I'm definitely a beginner. Cheers!
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Yellow colour used it Tamiya spray TS-3 Dark Yellow.
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With my current skill level, this is close to being complete for me. Constructive criticism is welcome!
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Comentários
17 March 2017, 01:35
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German halftrack track links are insanely complicated! I will probably never build another one without Magic Tracks.
23 March 2017, 13:44
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If you get them cheap try Friul Tracks made of metal...much easier!!
23 March 2017, 15:41
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I saw a video of another guy recommending the use of the needle glue (Revell, Faller, etc.) for putting the top piece on which connects the track links. I've used Tamiya extra thin for this build, which was probably not the easiest route for control of the glue. I feel that if I find the right method and practice, it might not be so difficult. Maybe I am too optimistic.
27 March 2017, 20:51
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More or less finished the kit by now, according to my current skill level. I've recorded much of the build process, so in time, I will put up a build video on my YouTube-channel (Spur1Denmark). There's a picture of the spare parts for those interested in this. Number of track links used for each side: 39.
I have to say it was an utter pleasure to build this Dragon kit from 1998, because almost no sanding was required, and at the same time the high part count really makes it feel like an achievement once it's done. A huge amount of fun, and I've bought lots more because of this very good experience.
Happy building everyone!
29 April 2017, 19:56
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Building my first Dragon kit, and having lots of fun, even if the tracks are fiddly! This will be a learning project, and I probably have already broken just too many track pieces trying to make them flex for it to be movable afterwards. In any case: lots of enjoyment 🙂