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Friday, July 12, 2019 - 12:11 AM UTC
Dragon’s popular and new generation StuG.III series already includes 1/35 scale kits of the Ausf.A, C/D, E, F and G. The last one waiting in the wings was the Ausf.B, and now it’s here
Armed with a short-barreled 7.5cm StuK.37 gun of L/24 caliber, the 20.2-ton assault gun was widely used by Sturmartillerie batteries in campaigns such as the Balkans and the invasion of Russia.

As to be expected, the new kit is based on foregoing family members, but it also has a host of new parts specifically created for this early variant of German assault gun. An example is the hatches on top of the fighting compartment superstructure, which are different to those on any other StuG.III variant.
Also new for this release are optional spare-track brackets on the front of the right-hand fender, these being made from photo-etched metal parts. Also new are photo-etched clasps for the front fenders. This Smart Kit contains a full fighting compartment interior.
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Hey Cody, Thanks for the info on the kit differences. I’ll be building an early Blitzkrieg Era Stug for either The French, Balkan and Barbarossa dio and know very little about Dragons early Stug offerings and how they compare to others and which is the most accurate. I look forward to seeing that Stug of yours!
JUL 11, 2019 - 02:03 PM
HA! "DS" Tracks again, I see... Let the moaning begin...
JUL 11, 2019 - 07:48 PM
Hi Nate the Dragon Stug are probably the most accurate, but of course there are still inaccuracies such as the rods I mentioned. The Tamiya kit is very good too, but as with all Tamiya kits you need to improvise a bit more details such as certain weld seams.
JUL 12, 2019 - 07:29 AM
PS- Otherwise, I think it's a very nice looking kit, and I will more than likely invest in one of these once pricing becomes "stabilized"...
JUL 12, 2019 - 08:49 AM
I want to take up your offer on DS track moaning: A: It's crap B: No it's convenient! A: It doesn't sag! B: It sags if you know how to do it A: It melts! B: That's old news A: Friul looks much better! B: But it's expensive Anything I missed? I'm doing metal tracks so it doesn't matter for me. On the kit itself, the ausf A (6860) is a problematic kit and this B shares 99% of the parts. It's just too many versions away from the original G they based on. The superstructure has some serious fitting issues that I discovered too late, and the breech stuck out too much. The instructions didn't help as usual, but compounded by the fact that they piled on too many changes to get from G to A. ps. This News item disappeared for a day... thought something happened to the release....
JUL 12, 2019 - 12:25 PM
Personally I own them all, carefully updating and replacing the older more basic Dragon kits with newer offerings when possible as the original STUGs were pretty basic and brutally simple in terms of detail. I also have built the Tamiya "B" and enjoyed it so I'd like to see how this one measures up but rather doubt I'll ever bother buying another. Bring on the build reviews! And yes, I too haven't got nice things to say about the lazy-ass DS tracks and replace them whenever possible.
JUL 13, 2019 - 03:46 PM
They are also releasing a 6919x which I'm not sure will be available this side of the world, that is a box set paired up with a Sd.Kfz 252 with ammo trailer. It also include: * magic tracks * metal bucket * tool to deform the bucket
JUL 19, 2019 - 03:35 PM
The difference is that in the UK this will probably retail at about £70, whereas the Tamiya kit can be had for £32.50 (and doesn't have tracks that disintegrate)
JUL 19, 2019 - 10:05 PM
Hi there, has anyone got this kit? Any reviews or feedback? Id like to build an Ausf. B, and as far as I know the only options (1:35) are this kit and Tamiyas old'ish kit. I swinging towards Dragons kit, but havent seen many reviews of it?
DEC 07, 2019 - 06:28 PM
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