Just pulled the trigger on a Dragon

[kgb424]

Yeah Baby

I just pulled the trigger and bought

A Pre-ordered

Dragon 1:6 Scale 1/4 Ton 4x4 Truck Model Kit

From Plastic-Model-kits.com

Cause I could not find a Hasbro Willy's or a 21ST Century or even a World Of Toys Jeep

They were priced too high or the shipping was crazy or I missed the sell or was out bidded

The last couple I bidded on and lost had broken pieces missing and not every thing was there

At least now I get one with the shovel and axe and gas can and spare tire and mirrors and lights

All the ones I seen were missing one or two of these items and alot of had no windshield

So its a done deal

I can built it a R/C or a model

Need to check it out first

Cause I got AR60 axles and SCX10 axles

And my GCM 4 Ten chassis with leaf springs and RC4WD Toyota axles

I could build me a sick Dragon four linked or leaf springed

Just got to wait for delivery now

[twissted]

They are a great kit. I hope you get it soon. It will be fun to watch. I may go a do another one of these builds. If I do I will buy this kit also.

[kgb424]

I looked online and seen a vidoe of guy opening his Dragon kit

He shows the chassis and floor plan and rear fender panels

And the engine bay is a open area from the bottom

So I could make a motor forward plate and use a SCX10 tranny

Or use the RC4WD R2 tranny and make a tranny mount in the chassis

They showed the hood and cowl and it looks like its notched for a hinge already

I also seen another Dragon Jeep that they took Tamiya leaf spring hangers and had the them mocked up on the plastic chassis

I got extra Tamiya leaf springs and hangers I will have to mock it up and see how it looks

I also seen they sell four link hangers and have seen some builds where they used them

I might make a new chassis and use leaf springs and my Toyota axles not sure if they are wide enough but wheel widers might work

I also seen a couple Dragon builds with SCX10 axles and AR60 axles and they were four linked, some had custom servo mounts, some the servo was on the axle

I need to mock it up with the different axles and see what wheel and hub offset I like

and If I like 1.9'' too make it look more scale or 2.2'' for more ground clearance

[Bitter End]

Yup, all giddy. They just say July release... I hope the delivery is July 1 and not July 31!

[kgb424]

Why Bitter End did you order one too

[Bitter End]

Did You see this one? Lots of high detail shots towards the end of this vid.

[kgb424]

No I did not see it

Thanks Bitter End

I like how it has sound when it starts then idles

Really like the stock rims and tires makes it really look scale

Cool vidoe

[Bitter End]

Originally Posted by kgb424

Why Bitter End did you order one too

I did, a few days ago!

[kgb424]

I ordered my Dragon Jeep on Saturaday from Plastic-Models-Kits.com

And I got my confirmation for my order and payment received today in an e-mail

It says allow five days for processing plus transit time

and they would send Me an e-mail with tracking info when it ships

I seen somewhere on another site the release date was August but a couple other places said July

I will have to wait and find out

[kgb424]

I seen this Ford truck today at Napa

I didn't really take that good of pictures cause the guy was leaving as I parked

He bought the truck that way, the previous owner painted it

But you can see the Camoflauge pretty good

It might not look to bad on my Dragron Jeep

Its something completely different and like the color combonation

I like it alot, it gets me looking for stencils of some sort

Going to check it out

[robbo]

I have one pre ordered as well. Will be like building from scratch lol my current build using a modified Wraith plate with the stock chassis is working out great.

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[kgb424]

Yeah Baby

I just scored 2 1/6th scale trailers for the price of what they wanted for one

One is a G.I. Joe trailer that is missing one brake light and trailer hitch

The other one is a Marx Toys it also needs a hitch

I also have this 10th scale trailer that I part out for the 1/6 trailer

And extra leaf springs for the trailer I could use those and make some hangers

And figure out an axle

I also bidded on a set of replacement brake light for G.I. Joe trailer

Cause if I'm building a Dragon its going to need a trailer or 2

[kgb424]

I could use the longer trailer for Jeep Mutt build I started

The trailer in the pictures is a 21st Century and it has the same wheels and tires as the Mutt

And the rear brake lights are ovel shaped and the fenders are square or flat on the 21st one

The G.I. Joe trailer has a rounded fenders and round rear brake lights

You can see the Hasbro trailer in the pictures above

I'm not sure if the 21st one and the G.I. Joe one are the same size

I could use Axial lightbuckets and make some square fenders

And make the G.I. Joe trailer look like the 21st one

The smaller trailer is a Marx and it could use light buckets

The smaller one might not look to bad used with the Dragon Jeep

Cause the Mutt is bigger than the Dragon Jeep

So the trailer sizes could be scale or close enough

To look right with a small and big trailer

[kgb424]

I found these pictures

of a hard top Mutt and trailer

And soft top Mutt with a open trailer

They are both model kits, not sure the scale

The one trailer has a cover and gas cans attached to the cover

I like it, cause its different

I could take some styrene and bend it the same and make a cover

and buy some 1/6 scale gas cans

In the second picture there are a bunch of gas cans in a row

I could make a rack and use multiple gas cans

Throw in some ammo boxes

[kgb424]

Yeah Baby

I won the set of Rear replacement Hasbro trailer lights for the longer trailer

[kgb424]

I found this picture of a 1/6 scale Jeep

With doors and soft top

I did find a set of doors on Ebay for a G.I. Joe Jeep it said

Some one could add doors to there Hasbro Jeep

It looks good both ways with or without the soft top

The doors have been there awhile

Not sure if they would work on a Dragron Jeep

They are there if somebody wants the doors

[kgb424]

I got my 1/6 scale trailers today

These things are a lot bigger than I thought they would be

They both need trailer hitches

Going look and see if I can find some ideas

Using eye bolts that spin 360 degrees to

Make a Pintle Hook and Lunette Ring trailer hitch

For lots of articulation

[kgb424]

I got another e-mail from Plastic-Model-kits.com today

Reminding me that I can go too their website and check my order and check the tracking

And will email me my tracking number as soon as it ships

So maybe their hinting there shipping soon

And they are hoping they will be shipped with in the next 2 weeks or sooner

Its been 10 days since I ordered my Dragon Jeep

And the waiting is the hardest part

Cause I been looking at 1/6 scale Jeep builds

[kgb424]

Yeah baby

I got a 1/6 Browning M2 50 Cal machine with ammo belt and ammo boxes

I could build a pedestal and a receiver/ammo box mount

And put the 50 in the Dragon Jeep

Even better my 1/6 scale Jeep Mutt already has a pedestal and receiver for a 30 cal machine gun

That was part of the original play set

I could make a receiver/ammo box mount so the 50 look like its belt feed

It would look more scale in the Mutt because of the newer mount

Then it would in a WW2 Jeep because the mount in the pictures with the 50 in the Jeep is too modern for WW2

And if I wanted to really get crazy I could buy 4 Dragon M2 50 cal kits

And build the Quad 50

[BigSki]

Maw-duce FTW. The only thing better than modeling one is to have fired one in combat.