In this the second of three news stories covering Italeri new releases we take a look at the Pz.Kpfw.VI Tiger I Ausf.E mid production in 1/35th scale.

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Will they ever stop to produce more and more Tigers? Who on earth should buy & build all those Tigers?

It will be interesting to see how the zimmerit compares to Dragon's.

In fairness Ingo this is a cleaned up model of an old kit with some added bling. I like the kit as while it will never challenge DML in the Tiger 1 market it provides zimmerit, a simplified engine, and the basics of photo etched parts, so depending on how you feel about accuracy it is still a fair looking model with options.

The review says; taleri has had a fiddle with their Pz.Kpfw.VI Tiger I Ausf.E mid production model and re-released it

Can anyone point me to a previous Italeri "mid production" Tiger? I saw one announced but I never saw it released.

David

Well, the Zimm and hull sprues look to come from their "late" kit (with the steel wheels - can't remember the number offhand), alomng with the PE. The others must come from whatever "early" kit Italeri offered - I know there was one but again can't name it. The experts will have to see if this mix&match produces a valid "mid", but I'm assuming it still has the symetrical turret that pushes the gun off-centre...

Any idea about likely price? Low cost can justify a lot of surgery!

Tom