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| Subject: | Re: JS-2 Comparison - Tamiya vs Dragon |  |
| Date: | Feb 18, 2008 |
| From: | Danny Egan | |
I think you'd really have to go point-by-point with the kits to make a comparison (gee, whata great idea for an article). Both look pretty good, frankly, and both benefit from additional work.
A couple things on the Tamiya kit strike me as better than DML's:
* The roadwheels look better, with a light cast texture, and are closer to actual diameter according to what I've read.
* The muzzle brake looks better.
* The engine deck intake vents have detail under them. This is easy to add to the DML kit, but you'd don't have to do the extra work on the Tamiya kit.
I would just add that the DML kit tracks also have knockout pin marks on them. OTOH DML did a couple hull versions that are not (yet) available from Tamiya, and includes a Dushka in one version of their IS-2.
Whether the Tamiya kit is worth twice the money is a judgment call, not something anyone can determine from a review or set of measurements. I think it just depends on how you like to build. |
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 | JS-2 Comparison - Tamiya vs Dragon - Scott A. Bregi - Feb 18, 2008 |
| . . . Re: JS-2 Comparison - Tamiya vs Dragon - Danny Egan - Feb 18, 2008 |
| . . . Re: JS-2 Comparison - Tamiya vs Dragon - Chris Hibbs - Feb 18, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: JS-2 Comparison - Tamiya vs Dragon - Scott A. Bregi - Feb 18, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Hibbs why aren't you out catching bad guys? - Chris "Panzer" Mrosko - Feb 19, 2008 |
| . . . Not at all - Gerald Owens - Feb 18, 2008 |
| . . . Re: JS-2 Comparison - Tamiya vs Dragon - Janusz Smolinski - Feb 18, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: JS-2 Comparison - Tamiya vs Dragon - Alex Borsboom - Feb 19, 2008 |
| . . . Re: JS-2 Comparison - Tamiya vs Dragon - Andrey Mikhalenkov - Feb 19, 2008 |
| . . . Re: JS-2 Comparison - Tamiya vs Dragon - Alan Mckenzie - Feb 19, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Price Comparison - Tamiya vs Dragon - Scott A. Bregi - Feb 19, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Price Comparison - Tamiya vs Dragon - Alan Mckenzie - Feb 19, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . Dohhh! I meant to say I paid $35.... - Scott A. Bregi - Feb 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Dohhh! I meant to say I paid $35.... - Alan Mckenzie - Feb 20, 2008 |
| . . . Re: JS-2 Comparison - Tamiya vs Dragon - Gary Cooper - Feb 20, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Same old problematic based Kit? - Bob Layton - Feb 20, 2008 |
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