Hi, Bob! I agree that their kits are impressive. But they have overdone it in some ways. Little tiny parts that have to be glued in place that otherwise could have been made part of the larger one. THAT is frustrating to say the least!

In Response To: Hi Charlie, I think I have that kit as well. I wish Mini-Art would do more of their stuff in 1/24 but their kits are very impressive in 1/35. I recently got one of their 1/24 Lanz Bulldog tractor kits and it's really cool. I have another ordered as well. *NM* ()

I can't imagine the number of sprues that would be in a 1/25 or 1/24 kit! The box would have to be humungous! Here's the D-7 as of a couple of days ago. Inside the track frames are springs and other parts that will never be seen. The same with all of the linkage that will be under the operator's floorboards. See those white pieces? Those are replacements for little parts that were so fragile they broke when I was taking them off the sprues. They also included some photoetched parts that are so small and flimsy they are nearly impossible to work with. Long thin brass strips that are linkages to the carburetor for the pony engine and the injectors for the diesel. When I get it done I'll post some pics of it along with the 3D printed D-7 I did a year and a half ago.

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Coming along... *PICS*
- Wow! What a rig! So the Panzer must have been spoils of war? *NM*
  - Yes, the US Army grabbed captured tanks whenever they could. A lot of them got shipped to Aberdeen Proving Grounds so they could compare them against US tanks. The Germans would often set fire to their tanks or blow them up to keep them from being captured. *NM*
    - Super interesting project!
- Hey Terry! Got just the load for ya. A D-7 dozer in 1/35 scale.
  - Neat, but I wanted that German tank--more colorful that way. *NM*
    - And I know what you mean about tiny 1/35 parts... *NM*
  - Hi Charlie, I think I have that kit as well. I wish Mini-Art would do more of their stuff in 1/24 but their kits are very impressive in 1/35. I recently got one of their 1/24 Lanz Bulldog tractor kits and it's really cool. I have another ordered as well. *NM*
    - Hi, Bob! I agree that their kits are impressive. But they have overdone it in some ways. Little tiny parts that have to be glued in place that otherwise could have been made part of the larger one. THAT is frustrating to say the least!
- Something about this project just really appeals to me. *NM*
- By the way, the name Dragon Wagon came not from '"draggin" equipment, but because these big engines belched fire out the exhaust pipe on occasion. Weird things you learn when you're doing research on a project... *NM*
  - Yeah. It's on my bucket list to build in 1/25 scale. *NM*