swimmer25k Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 I'm interested in this subject, but each one is a bit different. Which is better? Dragon or Trumpeter Patriot? Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dehowie Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Dragons recent black series releases are reminiscent of Trumpeters early days. Ie innacurate. The Trump A team works in the armor department where they have a huge array of fabulous and accurate armor kits. The Patriots with Hemtt are very nice and full of detail. I would be grabbing it ten times before I touched the Dragon one after the M-60, Saladin and other black release's which gave all been highly criticised for accuracy problems. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sharkmouth Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 I agree with dehowie as Trumpeter's offering is far more detailed and challenging to build. The Dragon kit will be far easier and simpler in assembly and engineering. The Trump A team works in the armor department where they have a huge array of fabulous and accurate armor kits. dehowie, no A team at Trumpeter, simply many enthusiasts who submitted loads of photographs and measurements for them to use. I am hoping, with all the information that they received, that the new Sukhoi ground attack aircraft from Hobby Boss) will be wonderful. The Su-9/11 is supposedly very good. Regards, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vince Maddux Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 If you want it now, then its Trumpeter all the way since Dragon's kit isn't in the shops yet. I have built the trumpeter kit and I really enjoyed building it. Now that I've built the Trumpeter kit, I'm not going to even bother with the Dragon kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swimmer25k Posted May 15, 2016 Author Share Posted May 15, 2016 Awesome input. Thanks for the quick replies. Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Keep in mind....... Both Trumpeter and Dragon kits are based on the Patriot PAC-2 missile system, which was in service during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. It has since been supplanted by the PAC-3 system during the late 1990s. The biggest difference launcher-wise visually between the PAC-2 and PAC-3 is that the PAC-2 has 4 missiles, the PAC-3 has 16. Trumpeter Dragon The only kit, so far, that is a PAC-3 version is the 1/72 Aoshima kit.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
2qwik4u Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) Dragon will also be coming out with a PAC-3 trailer. AFV Club is going to be joining the party as well with a PAC-2 trailer and HEMTT. Link over on Armorama. I'm probably going to wait for the AFV Club kit. EDIT: Looks like the AFV kit is actually a Trumpeter reboxing with some extra parts. But you'll get the tractor and trailer in the same kit, although it looks like it will be without the radar trailer. I'll probably still wait for the AFV kit. -Dave Edited May 15, 2016 by 2qwik4u Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vince Maddux Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Trumpeter as announced a PAC-3 and showed CAD shots on their Facebook page. It looks like they are going to sell it with the the tractor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neeko Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 I agree with dehowie as Trumpeter's offering is far more detailed and challenging to build. The Dragon kit will be far easier and simpler in assembly and engineering. dehowie, no A team at Trumpeter, simply many enthusiasts who submitted loads of photographs and measurements for them to use. I am hoping, with all the information that they received, that the new Sukhoi ground attack aircraft from Hobby Boss) will be wonderful. The Su-9/11 is supposedly very good. Regards, I'm in the finishing stages of a Trumpeter Su-11 build. The kit is amazing. Night and day difference between that and the Vigilante kit of theirs I made a couple years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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