Matt Szefer shares with us a review of the Zvezda King Tiger with Henschel Turret.

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Just curious about the plastic, in the past I have found variations in the plastic that comes from Zvezda, from brittle to soft. Nice to know it is the Dragon molds, just wonder on the quality of the plastic.

Nice review Matt,

Looks like I got a dud kit as mine was full of molding problems, particularly on the turret roof which suffered from many sink marks. I don't think the turret sprue is from kit 6208 as there is a molded on weld seem around the cupola which is not present on the dragon kit.

Just a note on the decal options and marking guide. They are pretty much fit for the bin if accuracy concerns you. For example, the 505 option should indicate a tri-colour scheme and 332 had a yellow outline to the numbers, not white. Most of those marking options will also require zimmerit.

Still, for the price it is a good kit.

That is a problem I have found with Zvezda kit, inconsistency. I have read that obtaining good plastic in Russia is difficult.

It is just the old, original Dragon King Tiger, looks like, with the not great wheels, and those tracks! Much better off getting a more recent Dragon kit.

And from past experience i could get two Zvezda kits for the cost of one of the more recent Dragon kits. Some of us just can't afford the high quality and instead want the best value. From past experience I can say Zvezda kits are a good value with even the ancient crappy ones being a fun build.

Nice review, thanks. This kit is not a mystery anymore

I bought a few Zvezda kits, this one looks ok. You need to put extra work into their kits to "doll them up", but, that's the fun part of it.