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| Subject: | Perhaps Dragon is a victim of its own publicity |  |
| Date: | Oct 28, 2005 |
| From: | Michael Withington | |
They have trumpeted their latest kits quite loudly, proclaiming them to be the ultimate in accuracy, so it's not surprising that a lot of modellers are looking for faults. Interestingly, the re-tooled Tiger I doesn't seem to have attracted the same criticism. Maybe Dragon should spend longer engineering their kits, instead of releasing so many? And perhaps spend less effort on gimmicks and more on getting the essentials right? Or are modellers simply becoming too anal?
The comment about 'boy's toys' was also interesting. One assumes that Tamiya caters primarily to the Japanese market, and puts out products that customers there want. That's what I assumed was driving Tamiya's policy of releasing pre-painted versions of their existing 1:35 scale models, and designing their new 1:48 scale models with a view to selling them as pre-painted models (hence the metal hulls, which are unsatisfactory from a modelling point of view). Yet the 'boy's toys' comment suggests that at least some Japanese modellers are as dissatisfied with this trend as people elsewhere. |
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 | Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view [IMG] - Satoyoshi Ogino - Oct 28, 2005 |
| . . . Another photo to illustrate [IMG] - Satoyoshi Ogino - Oct 28, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Tamiya...Boys toys.... - R.C. Hill - Oct 28, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view - David Clark - Oct 28, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view - Kazutaka YOKOTA - Oct 28, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Perhaps Dragon is a victim of its own publicity - Michael Withington - Oct 28, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Perhaps Dragon is a victim of its own publicity - Skip - Oct 28, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Perhaps Dragon is a victim of its own publicity - Martin Dogger - Oct 30, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view - larry bernard - Oct 29, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view [IMG] - satoyoshi Ogino - Oct 29, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . That is a very good question - Hans Haase - Oct 29, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: That is a very good question [IMG] - satoyoshi Ogino - Oct 29, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . According to Walter Spielberger - Olve Dybvig - Oct 29, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: According to Walter Spielberger - Satoyoshi Ogino - Oct 30, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: According to Walter Spielberger - Olve Dybvig - Oct 30, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: According to Walter Spielberger [IMG] - satoyoshi Ogino - Oct 30, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: According to Walter Spielberger - Christopher C. Tew - Nov 1, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Krupp Blueprint dimension - Saul Garcia - Nov 1, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Krupp Blueprint dimension - Olve Dybvig - Nov 2, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Krupp Blueprint dimension - Saul Garcia - Nov 2, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view [IMG] - satoyoshi Ogino - Oct 30, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view [IMG] - satoyoshi Ogino - Oct 30, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view - Dave Clark - Oct 30, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view - Thomas Tsui - Oct 31, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view [IMG] - Thomas Tsui - Oct 31, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view - satoyoshi Ogino - Oct 31, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view [IMG] - Satoyoshi Ogino - Oct 31, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view [IMG] - satoyoshi Ogino - Oct 31, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view - satoyoshi Ogino - Oct 31, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view [IMG] - satoyoshi Ogino - Nov 1, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Dragon Panzer IV E, a Japanese modeler's view [IMG] - satoyoshi Ogino - Nov 2, 2005 |
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