WARNING! Info on Dragons 1/72 scale tracks

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Do not paint these with any solvent based paints, it will not dry and it will ruin the tracks. However if you use an akrilic like tamiya as a base coat, then you can paint over that. I just ruined a set of elephant tracks due to this. Bill

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Thanks for the warning here Bill! Since I usually paint my tracks this will really help avoid any problems.

Hang in there Bill, maybe Dragon will send replacements.

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To be honest Guys, I’m rather disappointed so far with those new Dragon kits… Bought the M1A1 Abrams and more recently the Panther G and I can not help looking at them and seeing toys rather than models. The Panther’s metal hull is a bit of a pain. Will make it harder to do any work on it.

I mean both are quite good in some respects, probably better than the other Abrams and Panther G kits around (comparing with the Hasegawa Panther G in particular), but I’ve seen better details in many other kits from Revell, and from Emhar, and even to some extent from Italeri/Esci. And I do think that despite their excellent details, those vinyl tracks are a step backwards comparing to the Esci and Revell link/section type of tracks…

What’s your opinion…?

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Haven’t built one, but they look good in the box.

Actually, I have the built-up Jagdpanther (gadzooks!), and I quite like it.
Very nice for a “toy,” actually!

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Ive found it to be acurious mixture of great and sub-par toy like. Example. The strum tiger i’m building has really crappy sprockes, but it has the correct double middle road wheel. So here combing a revel kit and a dragon kit really gives some great results. I havnt buil the dragon panther kit, but i have the revel of germany one, and that is by far the most fantastic piece i have seen. Also dragonis bringing out a lot of new releases so what the hey. Combing two kits ot make a super one, all for under 20.00 stillisnt bad. Ive found dragons tracks to be super detailed, no sinkholes. Just the painting problem, now solved. I lookforward to working in new mediums, so i dont mind the white metal. Bill

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Thanks for the heads up Bill. I hope you are able to find replacement tracks.
mark956

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Was it dragon or hasegawa that produced 1:72 RC tanks… Maybe they’re somehow related?