Unf*cking a Dragon Models K5 I bought used.

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March 10, 2021
that's the subject...
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March 10, 2021
Some damage and missing parts. Not even to talk about the paintjob...
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March 10, 2021
Again missing parts and damage
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March 10, 2021
brush-painted by the previous owner, revell or humbrol enamel paint was used by the looks
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March 10, 2021
dragons K5 does not have a wooden deck as it seems
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March 10, 2021
no wood on the dragon kit? A task for the printer I gues
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March 10, 2021
base is broken in two
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March 10, 2021
more damage
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March 10, 2021
Repair starts by removing the rails.
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March 10, 2021
the joints of the tracks have to go, a rail was between somewhere between 15 and 40m long and the joints much more simple than what dragon does here.
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March 10, 2021
thanks god, the rails and wood blocks were not glued onto the base.
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March 10, 2021
Reenforcing the joints on the base
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March 10, 2021
getting rid of gaps
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March 10, 2021
braking up the surface
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March 10, 2021
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March 10, 2021
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March 10, 2021
keeping everything streight while the glue settles.
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March 10, 2021
wood blocks are back in and the base is primed.
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March 11, 2021
Base layer for earth and dirt
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March 11, 2021
2 layers of grey as a base color for the gravel
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March 11, 2021
wood an metal perpared for a 1st wash
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March 11, 2021
some prototypeing for the wood. Base had it's first wash.
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March 12, 2021
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March 12, 2021
prepared with buff and "Dark Tracks" for the wash
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March 12, 2021
after "Africa Korps Wash"
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March 12, 2021
Blocks finally installed
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March 12, 2021
finished base painting the railroad bed. Now it's time to tackle the rails themself.
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March 13, 2021
Here I have to start. Some tracks lost a few cm due to them being glued together
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March 13, 2021
cleaned them up
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March 13, 2021
3D printed the lost lenght and some more realistic rail connectors.
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March 13, 2021
Basecoat of Gunmetal over Gloss Black, dursted with Track Rust
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March 13, 2021
Looks already better to me : ) Weathering and touchup have still to be done. But it's good to the point where I can start with the cars.
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March 13, 2021

Comments

9 10 March 2021, 23:34

Neuling
Good luck with that ........

11 March 2021, 09:38

Rui S
Oh yeh, 👍 I'm in😎

11 March 2021, 11:36

David Taylor
Pardon the pun,how big is that.

11 March 2021, 17:32

tankbrusher
David Taylor 109cm long, 15cm wide, 58cm high.

11 March 2021, 19:13

playtime 222
+1 for the title alone

11 March 2021, 19:46

Martin Oostrom
This should be interesting...

11 March 2021, 20:05

Hekimpd
No doubt you'll have this looking amazing.🙂

12 March 2021, 01:10

Villiers de Vos
Great progress.

26 March 2021, 04:41

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I recently bought a new Trumpeter Leopold and together with it a already build up Dragon one as well. The Dragon Leopold was clearly a beginners project. Let's see if can repair and upgrade it at least a little bit.

K5 Leopold

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1:35 Railway Gun 28cm K5(E) 'Leopold' (Dragon 6200)

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