Dragon 1/35 IJN Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank
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Re: Dragon 1/35 IJN Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank
So because of Covid we haven’t been spending a lot of time at our holiday house (call them a “Bach” or “Crib” here in NZ) so rediscovered this kit over the holidays in a cupboard. The kit just needs a few touches to finish the build. The main issue is the Dragon “Magic Tracks” have become very brittle and they just shatter when you touch them. I know they are styrene, but it’s almost like they have perished.
I thought about a set of Friul, and assume the Ha-Go tracks will be the same. Due to global supply issues they are out of stock with most hobby shops I use, and to ship direct from Friul is hideously expensive. Fat Frog (the bricks and mortar shop for HobbyEasy) does a set of 3D printed “clickable” links so I’ve ordered those.
On with primer…..one less Shelf Queen
I thought about a set of Friul, and assume the Ha-Go tracks will be the same. Due to global supply issues they are out of stock with most hobby shops I use, and to ship direct from Friul is hideously expensive. Fat Frog (the bricks and mortar shop for HobbyEasy) does a set of 3D printed “clickable” links so I’ve ordered those.
On with primer…..one less Shelf Queen
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Re: Dragon 1/35 IJN Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank
I'm glad you've returned to this build, it's a fascinating little tank
A pity about those DS tracks, but that seems to be a common problem. Good thing you could find a replacement!
How's the COVID situation in NZ? In Europe nobody seems to bother any more, it seems we're finally at a point where it's no more troublesome than an average flu.
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A pity about those DS tracks, but that seems to be a common problem. Good thing you could find a replacement!
How's the COVID situation in NZ? In Europe nobody seems to bother any more, it seems we're finally at a point where it's no more troublesome than an average flu.
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Still recording 10K cases per day but hospitalization numbers way down. We don’t have any travel restrictions, life as normal. Only place you have to mask is healthcare facilities such as hospitals (sensible really, that’s where the concentrations will be). If we get it we have to self isolate for 7 days. Staff shortages have the hospitals on the ropes, I’m not doing my usual volume of elective surgery, most of it is filled up with trauma.Philipp Gross wrote: ↑03 Jan 2023, 12:22 How's the COVID situation in NZ? In Europe nobody seems to bother any more, it seems we're finally at a point where it's no more troublesome than an average flu.
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Thanks for the overview Adam! It's pretty much the same like around here. Right now we're going through a wave of other respiratory viruses, with about 10% of the population being at home sick. Seems like everyone (me included) is now catching up on all the disesases previously prevented by COVID measures.
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Adam Durrant wrote: ↑03 Jan 2023, 08:49 The main issue is the Dragon “Magic Tracks” have become very brittle and they just shatter when you touch them.
I know they are styrene, but it’s almost like they have perished.
Hi AdamPhilipp Gross wrote: ↑03 Jan 2023, 12:22 A pity about those DS tracks, but that seems to be a common problem. Good thing you could find a replacement!
Philipp
It is the DS and not the Magic tracks that have disintegrated?
Or is it the climatic conditions in your Dacha?
And
Yes, I am part of the 10% in the UK of influenza or other respiratory issues other than Covid.
its been 5 days and still no better.
I might actually get through to the Drs surgery before I am better, possibly!
Not had Covid but this is as bad as I have had it for the past 10 years, sinusitis, tonsillitis and UR infection.
Not much I can do other than cough and splutter,
Take care
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Get well soon Steve....I'm at four weeks of coughing and sneezing so far, good luck you'll have it less severe!
DS was Dragon's receipe for vinyl-like tracks that could be glued with styrene cement. It worked fine in the beginning, but then apparently something went wrong with their supplier and they started to disintegrate by themselves all over the world.
I've never encountered the phenomenon myself so far - I guess if they are still good after 10+ years, they are safe?
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DS was Dragon's receipe for vinyl-like tracks that could be glued with styrene cement. It worked fine in the beginning, but then apparently something went wrong with their supplier and they started to disintegrate by themselves all over the world.
I've never encountered the phenomenon myself so far - I guess if they are still good after 10+ years, they are safe?
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Re: Dragon 1/35 IJN Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank
Yeh, “DS” tracks. The material is so brittle it just falls apart touching it
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Dragon makes their own set of plastic tracks for the kit.
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/cyber-h ... nk--410378
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/cyber-h ... nk--410378
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Re: Dragon 1/35 IJN Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank
Thanks Dan, if my foray into 3D resin doesn’t work out I might hunt them down!
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I built the kit years ago using these and I'd like to build another with the floats attached, but only if I could find these tracks again.