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| Subject: | Becuase in the end it is cheaper for them |  |
| Date: | Apr 22, 2006 |
| From: | David Nickels | |
It used to be that a kit mold had just the parts to make one basic kit, and if a variant was needed, at least a new sprue or two was required. Also, tooling didnt seem to be developed with the notion of having some common parts seperate from the rest of the kit for extra kits.
Now, with the Dragon kits, the extra parts and complexity actually save Dragon money in the long run. Like the Panzer IV E suspension... by making the leaf spring covers seperate, and giving two kinds (only one in the kit is to be used on the E) Dragon can stick the same tree of parts in the Ausf D kit and use the other cover without any extra time or money being spent. Things like wheel hubs are usually isolated so more sprues can be opened/closed for extra variants. Same with fenders with no holes and seperate tool clips. Instead of making new fenders for each Panzer IV because the tools were in different locations and the locating holes would be different, make indi tools, seperate clips, and plain fenders. One set of Panzer IV fenders would work for nearly every variant.
I think some of it is also engineering or lack of technology. Dragon molds some assemblies in five parts that Tamiya molds in one part (that looks like it was made up of five parts). This sort of over-engineering is funny, since Dragon can mold some very complex items very well, yet other complex things are molded in lots of un-necessary parts. Sort of over-engineering. I notice, too, that some Dragon kits, like the Panzer IV, while they may have unnecessary parts or options, still fail to do something more basic. The IV E kit has every possible filler and access hatch and cap seperate, including things I would never build in the open position... except they don't have the provision for the radiator cap to be opened. now that seems obvious to me. Go figure. 1000 parts and tons of options and extras, but no radiator cap. |
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 | Why Dragon makes complicated models? - Evgeny Grechaniy - Apr 19, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Why Dragon makes complicated models? - R.C. Hill - Apr 19, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Why Dragon makes complicated models? - Glenn Bartolotti - Apr 19, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Why Dragon makes complicated models? - Brian Bocchino - Apr 19, 2006 |
| . . . Because we as modelers wanted them do do it! - Scott A. Bregi - Apr 20, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Why Dragon makes complicated models? - Kevin Close - Apr 20, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Why Dragon makes complicated models? - Glen Billett - Apr 20, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Recoiling barrels "dumb" until... - Ken Hartlen - Apr 23, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Recoiling barrels "dumb" until... - Dan LeClair - Apr 24, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Why Dragon makes complicated models? - Evgeny Grechaniy - Apr 21, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Why Dragon makes complicated models? - Michael Wawrow - Apr 21, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Why Dragon makes complicated models? - James Wechsler - Apr 21, 2006 |
| . . . Come on, What other kit do you get so much bang for the buck? - John F. Steinman - Apr 21, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Why Dragon makes complicated models? - Evgeny Grechaniy - Apr 21, 2006 |
| . . . Becuase in the end it is cheaper for them - David Nickels - Apr 22, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Becuase in the end it is cheaper for them - Evgeny Grechaniy - Apr 23, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Not Just Dragon - Paul A. Owen - Apr 24, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Not Just Dragon don't forget Italeri and Heller - Skip - Apr 24, 2006 |
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