Barcode: 0 89195 87434 4
Case Pack: 36 Pieces per master carton
Box Size: 7.5" x 11.4" x 1.8"
Features:
- Detailed Ku"belwagen newly produced
- Turret and mantlet with realistic zimmerit pattern
- Upper and bottom hull zimmerit details
- Driver’s panel w/detailed interior
- Transparent windshield is accurately replicated
- Realistic fabric weather cover
- Full chassis represented
- One piece sprocket and idler wheel in great detail
- Road wheels injected as one unit – convenient to assemble and saves time
- One-piece slide-molded barrel w/hollowed muzzle brake
- Preformed metal exhaust covers
- Delicate wheels w/authentic tread pattern
- Metal cable included
- Photo-etched parts recreated
- One piece DS tracks
The German Tiger I is one of the most recognizable tanks of WWII. With its
thick armor and potent 8.8cm gun, it terrorized enemy soldiers and tankers.
Dragon has produced a 1/72 scale model of this formidable armored fighting vehicle,
and what’s special about the plastic model is the finely textured Zimmerit coating.
The Mid-Production Tiger includes sharply registered decals representing s.Pz.Abt.506,
a unit established on 8 May 1943. The unit received its first 45 Tiger I's the
following month, and later in the year the battalion’s first combat occurred
in Dnieper on the Eastern Front. In the New Year it participated in the effort
to relieve the Cherkassy Pocket. By the end of May 1944 it had been assigned
to Army Group North Ukraine, and was involved in tough combat there. The Tiger
I decals provide tactical markings for the 1st Company of the 506th Heavy Tank
Battalion.
As a special bonus, the kit includes a small Ku"belwagen. This is significant
as it’s the first time Dragon has created a model of this famous German wartime
car. Although it may be small in 1/72 scale, the model is nonetheless intricately
detailed. Of course, the Ku"belwagen model can be adapted to many different
dioramas, theaters or time periods, as selected by modelers. The fact that the
Ku"belwagen is accompanied by such an impressive Tiger I tank is a real
bonus!
