About this detail of the Tiger
This kit provides 8 decal schemes, some of which are not appropriate for it. This is a summary of how they all match or mismatch the kit's plastic.
TIGER "101" : this is a much later version of Tiger than what the kit builds, e.g. it has spare tracks on the turret. For more details see "Tiger 101 version".
TIGER "111" : this Tiger had the first kind of Feifels although Border's instructions depict it with the second type. It was built around February or March 1943, the same or slightly later than the kit's version of Tiger. Photos of its turret bin are unclear. It seems to have a bin extension of some kind, but it's not the full-width extension that the kit provides.
TIGER "122" : this is a good match to the kit, but the driver's scope holes were closed on this Tiger, and there was a starter shaft on the rear hull wall, which the kit does not provide. The mantlet was the "wide thick" type (part ZK). The Feifels were the second type. At some point the crew of "122" extended their turret bin with an equally large wire mesh basket.
TIGER "123" : this was an "initial" Tiger and it differed from the kit's "early" Tiger in having no turret side hatch, slanted front hull edges, no exhaust shield mounts, no S-mine mounts, a different layout of cables, different side skirts, a different toolbox holder, etc.
TIGER "233" : this was a March 1943 Tiger. It had a turret bin extension that seems to match what the kit provides. It differs from the kit in having a starter shaft on the rear hull wall, and no open holes for the driver's scope.
TIGER "323" : this Tiger is very close to the kit's contents. For more details see "Building Tiger 323".
TIGER "1311" : this is another significant mismatch between decals and plastic. Tiger "1311" had the second type of side skirting, where the segments are of different lengths and not in a straight line. The kit provides the third type. The real Tiger also lacked exhaust shield mounts, had a 5-segment gun cleaning rod, and had no engine sealing plate on the hull roof.
TIGER "S02" : This Tiger started its life as a very good match to Border's kit. It had the "wide" turret bin with curved cutouts on both sides, which the kit provides. But, by the time this Tiger was numbered as "S02", it had been modified. A second antenna, the "star" type, was mounted on the left hull roof, and a long storage tube for it was on the rear wall. The tank had been converted into an ad-hoc "Command Tiger" with two radios in its hull. Another change was that the tank lost its rear mudflaps, and different replacement ones were made.