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Dragon: Two Elefants in One
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Posted: Tuesday, September 04, 2018 - 10:04 AM UTC


Dragon’s series of kits in 2-in-1 configuration are proving extremely popular and to maintain the momentum, the latest newcomer is an Sd.Kfz.184 Elefant.

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Posted: Tuesday, September 04, 2018 - 11:23 AM UTC
Be even better if it was possible to also build a Ferdinand out of the box.
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Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 - 12:13 AM UTC
Did not every Elefant have Zimmerit? I know the Fernindads did not, but after they were sent back for an update to the Elefant, did they not all receive Zimmerit?
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Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 - 01:56 AM UTC
That's what I always thought.
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Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 - 02:01 AM UTC
I wonder if the marking options include a vehicle in winter camouflage?
I've always wanted a white Elephant ......
There is already a pink one lurking at the back of the display cabinet .....

/ Robin
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Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 - 02:29 AM UTC

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There is already a pink one lurking at the back of the display cabinet .....

/ Robin



Oh thank god. I thought I was the only one seeing them.
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Posted: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 - 02:53 PM UTC

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Did not every Elefant have Zimmerit? I know the Fernindads did not, but after they were sent back for an update to the Elefant, did they not all receive Zimmerit?



Correct Eric. I expect the unadorned parts are for those modellers that want to add their own Zimmerit... and who can't find one of the older un-adorned Dragon kits which would have been a cheaper option.

Robin. Thank you for addressing 'the elephant in the room'.

I have always been fascinated by pink elephant syndrome, whenever I drank, all I ever saw were women that looked better than they did when I was sober...
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Posted: Thursday, September 06, 2018 - 04:00 AM UTC
As to making a Ferdinand out of the Elephant kit: if this release is anything like the earlier Dragon releases it will be chock-full of "blued-out" extras that probably would allow anyone with intent and reference material the ability to build any variant of the Ferdinand-Elephant -especially as it includes a non-Zimmerit hull. The main change visually is the commander's hatch on the roof. I dread how much this glorious "new" release is going to cost, though...
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Posted: Thursday, September 06, 2018 - 04:29 AM UTC
MSRP is $69.99.

Hopefully sprue shots can be found to see if any Ferdinand parts are included. I already built their Elefant, and I'd rather do a Ferd over another Elefant.
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