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DML - New Sd.Kfz 250 Variant
jimbrae
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Posted: Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 04:14 AM UTC
Dragon Models have announced their latest Premium Edition release featuring the Sd.Kfz 250 chassis - DRA 6425 - Sd.Kfz.250/8 NEU 7.5cm K.51 L/24 Gun. The report on this new model can be seen:

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!

wbill76
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Posted: Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 06:30 AM UTC
Jim,

Do you know if this one's going to be an all-new tool "Smart Kit" or a "Premium" kit upgrade like they did with the 250/1? The 250/1 "Premium" kit had some problems like a missing transmission, visors that were the wrong size, interior detail issues, etc. so if this one is a new-tool I'm hoping they corrected those this time around as well as giving it the "smart" treatment.
H_Ackermans
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Posted: Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 06:32 AM UTC
It's a Premium Kit of the earlier kit no 6102.

Wether that bodes well or not only a box-review or build-up will reveal.
jimbrae
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Posted: Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 06:39 AM UTC
Yep, Premium - don't know where I got the 'Smart-Kit' thing from at all....

Ahhhh... DragonUSA have just modified their website, i'll swear, that when I picked this up, it WAS listed as Smart Kit....
wbill76
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Posted: Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 06:48 AM UTC
That dampens my enthusiasm a little bit, but like Herb I guess we'll have to wait and see what the actual kit looks like and whether or not they just threw in extra sprues from various other kits for the 7.5cm gun and superstructure along with the 250/1 Premium sprues to get to this one.
desertfox42
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Posted: Monday, September 22, 2008 - 01:18 PM UTC
The more the merrier! The 250 is one of my favorite Wehrmacht platforms. Hopefully the upper and lower hull will fit together a little bit better.
jphillips
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Posted: Monday, September 22, 2008 - 02:33 PM UTC
Does anyone know, what ever happened to all those German halftracks after WW2? Did they continue, in Soviet service? Did the Soviets pass them on to the Syrians or the East Germans?
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