I am just wondering if any of you fellas out there have built this kit and if so what was your recomendation of its pros and cons???
I have just purchased it off ebay.
Thanks!!
Robert
I was disappointed in the kit that I had. The turret wasn’t completely molded! I don’t know if it was my kit or what. I used a ton of putty also. I’ve heard if one follows through it turns into a nice build. I wasn’t as patient I’m afraid.
Hmmmm
Well i hope i was’nt as unlcky as you were Tigerman
I knew i should have looked at the kit b4 bying it!!
Damn It
Anyway them are the breaks
Thanks
Robert
i didnt have the problems with mine that the other guy did. wasnt a bad kit…i just didnt like the inaccuracies. basically from what i could tell…they changed the commanders cupola and called it an m1a2 for the a2 model of course. the a1 in which your refering to and that i should probably answer too…:)…mine came out well. i hate the individual tracks…i had to use copper wire on everything because the plastic “rods” on the bustle rack didnt fit correctly! once you get over all of that…its an ok kit! in my opinion 
really need a lot of putty , to seal the crack line and bustle rack can be cover by spares and alice pack …
The kit has been around for a while, since the early 90s. Even when new, it has always been a fidgety build, but for a long time, was the most accurate Abrams around. The new Tamiya M1A2/A1 kit now surpasses it and is a much easier build.
Good model but takes some TLC to build.
Basically, the commander’s cupola and the CITV are the only external differences between an M1A1 and an M1A2, Dragon’s M1A2 is accurate.
Dragon’s Abrams kits are quite good. Thay take a little more work than a Tamiya, but come out looking just as good, if not better once done. They are the most accurate and still have features that Tamiya left off, such as non-slip coating on the hull and turret. The track are not that hard to work with once you know how to do them. They are not a beginner’s model, but are great kits. As MAJ Rob stated, they were considered the best on the market till Tamiya’s new one came out. I think it is only now considered that due to its ease of assembly. I still prefer the Dragon kits, can’t beat the price either.
I built the DML kit 3516 back some years ago, and found it to be a nice looking kit! It had it’s challenges for me, as this was my first experience with indy links, but with some patience, and luck, I came out with a pretty nice representation of an M1A1! Like our armour colleagues alluded, and the price is right also. I think it’s a good kit for someone moving into the beginnings of more challenging projects. Semper Fi, mike
Well after redaing all these replyes it make me feel a little bit better about the kit
and there is still hope for me to pull it off.
Does anybody know of any out of the box or in box kit reviews for this kit…???
Thanks for your coment
Robert
This will work for all Dragon M1A1 kits. It is for the new USMC Iraq kit. The basic kits are all the same with parts added or deleted to make the different versions. As I stated above, good kit, just take your time and it will turn out great.
http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/dragon/dr3533.htm
I have heard nothing but good things about this partucular Dragon M1 kit from some at my LHS.