Tiger I early version

model kit from Academy Plastic Model Co. Ltd.

 

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Tiger I early version

Scale: 1 / 35

This Tiger kit is unusual in providing internal detail for all of the compartments inside the vehicle. Gun, engine, transmission, ammunition storage, crew positions, radiators etc. are all included.

The kit represents an "Early" Tiger. Decals for 5 vehicles are included. There are individual-link tracks and photo-etched vent covers.

Tiger I early version; box art

This model kit could be made more realistic, or assembled more easily, by attention to these points:

  • Commander's Seat
  • Ammunition bin beside driver
  • First kind of ventilator fan
  • Track tension
  • Colours for radiator compartments
  • Commander's shield
  • Vertical periscope
  • Drum cupola
  • Breathing tube holders
  • Beam
  • Crew hatches in hull
  • Beams under the 25mm roof
  • Support for scissors scope in early cupola


These are reviews or descriptions of the kit:

  • modelingmadness.com
  • ampsnz.hobbyvista.com
  • www.panzer-modell.de

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