Hi all,

Im just looking for opinions and information.. i'd like to build a 1:35 Jagdtiger and wanted to know peoples thoughts on kits. I would like to build the Henschel variant, no zimmerit, also im looking for the normal L55.

Can anyone recommend suitable kits? Im thinking possibly the Tamiya 'mid' variant Otto Carius kit.

I will likely also upgrade with an aftermarket barrel, P/E set for engine covers and tool clasps etc. as well as aftermarket tracks, so any comments recommendation for those would be great. I have only used voyager aftermarket sets to date, I think they are good but as they have all I have used I guess I cant say if others are better or worse!

I find it interesting that the Tamiya kit is nominated as a 'mid' version. I think there were only 80 odd Jagdtigers produced in total so how varied are the 80 tanks? I know there were 10 or so Porsche variants, and the rest were Henschel. But what other variations are there? Some earlier tanks had zimmerit, but is there any other differences in the 80 or so tanks produced?

I was also thinking of a 3-tone hard edge camo pattern, but im not sure if any examples exist of this?

Thanks in advance for any tips or information!!

Nice build Sam how do you find the masterclub tracks compared to fruils.


Cheers Ben

Cheers Sam, I can imagine that build taking up a lot of time.

Out of interest have you got this Jagdtiger in camo yet as it looks like a great subject you have going there.

Cheers Ben.

Hi all,

Im just looking for opinions and information.. i'd like to build a 1:35 Jagdtiger and wanted to know peoples thoughts on kits. I would like to build the Henschel variant, no zimmerit, also im looking for the normal L55.

Can anyone recommend suitable kits? Im thinking possibly the Tamiya 'mid' variant Otto Carius kit.

I will likely also upgrade with an aftermarket barrel, P/E set for engine covers and tool clasps etc. as well as aftermarket tracks, so any comments recommendation for those would be great. I have only used voyager aftermarket sets to date, I think they are good but as they have all I have used I guess I cant say if others are better or worse!

I find it interesting that the Tamiya kit is nominated as a 'mid' version. I think there were only 80 odd Jagdtigers produced in total so how varied are the 80 tanks? I know there were 10 or so Porsche variants, and the rest were Henschel. But what other variations are there? Some earlier tanks had zimmerit, but is there any other differences in the 80 or so tanks produced?

I was also thinking of a 3-tone hard edge camo pattern, but im not sure if any examples exist of this?

Thanks in advance for any tips or information!!

Thanks for the feedback Sam. Sam is the Tamiya kit you show in the photos the mid/otto/35307? it looks great, have you a paint scheme in mind? Funny though I just noticed the 35307 kit doesn't include fenders? Did 'mid' jagdtigers leave factory with no fenders?

Your 1/16th build is insane! There are some builds I see which I think would be a shame to put paint on, as the paint hides some of the story of the build, and how much work goes into them, yours is definitely one! fantastic.

I have seen some renderings of Jadtigers in dunkelgelb only, no other paint - is that correct? does anyone know if any of the X marked vehicles were plain dunkelgelb?