Squadron has one DraMi kit available. I’m sure they will carry the entire line once they become available.
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Just received my first Drami kits. Armoured 4x4 with 50 cal and the panzerjager I. Both boxes say Beta on them, they may not be the final versions. The boxart is the same, but the colors pop, may be filtered or AI manipulated. Box sides are white, nothing on the back of the box. Inside the sprues are the same, but the plastic is tan, like RFM. Instructions are full color, so a bit easier to read than dragon 3 color ones. all the clear parts and pe are included, just not on the dragon card. Decals are Drami, not cartograph, but I see no issues.
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You may wish to compare with my recent acquisition (originally posted within the “Modelling the MBT-70” thread but copied in its entirety for completeness’ sake:
After a voyage on a not-so-slow boat from China, for the princely sum of 46 quid, we have Drami’s Kpz-70; first the box art, which has been modified (around the 20mm cannon and the faces), and poor old Ron Volstad’s signature is not to be seen:
The plastic has now changed to green and the tracks to black:
They still haven’t opened up all the hatches - although I don’t quite know why I was expecting they would, so for me, out with the pin-vice drill to open up the Gunner’s hatch:
They do include a gun barrel for the 20mm though:
which is annoying as I’d prepared the ground with these (to be honest the main armament is moulded well enough):
What they have included is a complex 3D printed addition to the 20mm cannon mechanism; it’ll be fun removing that little lot:
Infuriatingly, this is not covered in the instructions at all; perhaps it’s intuitive - we can but hope. Of course, only relevant for those modellers who want the 20mm mount deployed as in action:
So, to sum up, a reasonable price; a colour change of plastic (including the tracks) and some extra detailing. What’s not to like? It is labelled on the box top as a “Beta version”; one can but hope that say, an “Alpha version” will be the US model. Hope that is(!)
As I indicated, added for the wider discussion; I’m certainly glad that the kit in this case, is still obtainable. I look forward to the extra detail on the 20mm in due course.
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