Panzer IV Ausf.D
Kit Comparison
Dragon Kit #6265 - Tristar Kit #35023
1:35th Scale
Kit Comparison
Turret side panel Images
*Left and right sides of the Dragon turret, note rain channels above doors do not extend far enough down at the back and the visors are too pronounced in profile.
*Left and right sides of the Tristar turret, note correct rain channels above doors and correct profile of visors.
*The middle bolt of the three above the left vison should be fractionally higher on the Tristar kit.
*Turret side visors showing correct profile and sizes of the Tristar visors compared to the plans and reference photos.
*Side hatch parts for each kit.
*Issues with the turret hatches
*Key locks are round on the Dragon hatches with the correct rectangular locks on the Tristar hatches
*Dragon visors with incorrect profile but correct on the Tristar visors,
note there should also be a small gap between pistol port bolts
and visor on the Tristar hatch, as the visor is a separate part this is easy to address.
*Internal latch handle too small on Dragon hatch.
*There are two small sighting mirror brackets on the inside of the left hatch only,
these are on the Dragon hatch but not on the Tristar hatch.
*The Dragon visors have clear vision block inserts but are open on the Tristar blocks.
*Also note the inside pistol ports face the same direction on both hatches, i.e. with the port closest to the hinges on the left door and facing away from the hinges on the right door.
The Dragon doors have these correctly oriented and with the ports being separate parts on the Tristar doors you can attach them correctly but watch this as the instructions show the left door port facing the wrong way.
*The Dragon hatches are too small in depth and slightly too long when compared to the plans.
This may come about because if you lay the hatches directly onto the plans the Dragon hatches are the
same size as the plans, but you must take into account the sides of the turret are on an angle and the flat plans distort this measurement.
You must check the size against the side profile plans to get the correct sizes which show the results as below.
