Just been looking at some kits on ebay and came across this kit.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dragon-1-35-6286-Sd-Kfz-181-Pz-Kpfw-VI-Ausf-E-Tiger-I-Initial-Production-/181294748488?_trksid=p2054897.l4275

I remember Vinnie Branigan ordering me one back in 2005.
Wish I had of kept it now as there as rare as rocking horse poo

I have one of these.
If building it would represent an equity loss of £500, then I can't afford to build it.

Hobbysearch now lists a Tunisian Tiger coming from DML. Not sure if this is the exact version that the Cyberhobby kit is, because of the machine translation. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10321344

Oh, no, this is quite a different version.

David

Will that new DML tiger come with just the one decal option?

We're still sorting that out. I gave DML a long list of decals that could be used, but I think they only want to include two or three options.
One thing is already settled; the kit won't include a standard "thick" mantlet. So I hunted down Tigers with the "flat" mantlet.

David

Nice to here that, but the price of it ...

Is this an "out of the box" tiger 131 from dragon? If so I'm sold.

That's exactly what it is.

David

Is there any model shops in the UK taking pre-orders?

Asking £500 ($750) for a 1/35 Tiger 1 kit is one thing and getting it is quite another! I think this particular seller has periodically been touting this kit at silly prices for some time now.

That said, they only have to get lucky once with a punter who 'has to have it irrespective' don't they.
Gary

A recent auction from Ebay, DAK Tiger sold for 400 Euros. The auction starting price was 1 Euro!!!!
It was on my watch list, but far beyond my budget limit

http://www.ebay.de/itm/DRAGON-Cyber-Hobby-Nr-1-6286-Sd-Kfz-181-Tiger-I-Initial-DAK-1-35-NEU-/221728876953?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&hash=item33a0122999&nma=true&si=Q0mdCHnQohcLRFWw8FWdEKBpKGk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

I guess my only question is why bother paying those insane prices when there is a very good DAK Tiger conversion available from Tiger Models for around 60 USD. Buy that, plus the Dragon early Tiger, plus a decent set of photo-etch and perhaps some individual track links. Add to that Star Decals DAK Tiger set, and you get at least what is included in the CyberHobby kit, at a fraction of the price - or am I missing something? :-)

I personally see no need for the Cyberhobby kit, but then again I am no Tiger expert, so perhaps the kit includes something extra special that you can't get anywhere else?

The TMD conversion looks very good. But I wonder why it boasts "final drive armor w/o cut-outs at top" when all of these tanks HAD the cutouts?
Anyway that's a tiny detail. Star Decals have a bigger problem; they give us turret numbers filled with red. I believe the real ones were filled with black.

David

I believe it's the more recent Initial Tiger I (kit #6600) that's best suited to a Tunisian Tiger conversion, not the early (Cyber-Hobby #9142) Tiger, but David will correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not sure one needs the entire TMD conversion kit, either; the early Feifel set, which costs just $20, is essential though. I also bought the Voyager PE set, which includes some resin bits and metal cleaning rods, etc. I think all I need now is the Star Decals set.

newTMD is referring to MMiR Modeler's Guide tot he Tiger Tank, pg. 35, Fig. 1C as a reference for the Oct `42 drive armor version.
Just checked and the Vorpanzer cut-out is clearly missing in the book.
The D6600 kit`s drive armor has the cut-out by default.

Perfect, and bravo! Now when people ask how to build 131 it won't require a laundry list