Hi all, a little help please.
What would be the best 1/35th Tiger 1 available to use as a Hungarian Army example and why would this or that kit be the best choice.
Cheers

Rod,
I used the DML 6253 "Late" Tiger I. At the time, none of their kits came with zimmerit and I used the Cavalier set for the model. From what I've gleaned from research over the years, S.Pz.Abt 503 or 506 supplied the tanks. They were not new, but turn-ins when the either of those units transitioned to Tiger II's. As far as markings go, I have yet to see one with distinctively "Hungarian" markings. Most pics I've seen have been plain yellow with red or black turret number. Remember the Hungarians only got 10 tanks and assigned them to the 2nd Hungarian Armored Division. When I built mine, I ended up making a decal of the Hungarian flag, placing it on a piece of aluminum foil and draping it over the corner of the turret stowage bin to differentiate it from the its German brethren. Hope that helps.
Regards,
Georg

Thanks Gorg appreciated, most informative

Gee I an't even spell your name right.
Sorry Georg

Hi Rod,
If you take a look at the 'Tiger für Ungarn' section at the TIIF site, here:
http://www.tiif.de/thread.php?threadid=227&sid=
You'll see and read that they received a mix of Tiger types from the 503 and the 509.
Most of the photos appear to show late Tigers with either the 40mm roof or the 25mm roof.

You'll see one Tiger under the title: 'Tiger-123/ehem.Mittermeier'.
This kit, Dragon 6416, represents that one specific Tiger:

A great kit straight out of the box (with ATAK zimmerit) :


The 6416 kit is also probably the best kit to represent the Tiger '214 (ex509)'. This one:

..though you'll need to change the front side-hull extensions.

A couple of the others;
'Tiger 122/503 od.ehem.Mittermeier' and 'Tiger 300'.
Look to be late Tigers with the 40mm roof, so you could use this kit, Dragon 6404:

..or this kit, 6383, if you don't want to do your own zimmerit:


Personally I'm a fan of the 6416 'Kurzmaul' kit, just because it's features are a bit different.
Quite a rare kit now but can still be found at a normal (non-ebay) price.

HTH, Grant.

Thank you so much Grant for your complete response. Guess it is now time to spend my monies.