$40 ain't going to get you much not in 35th scale.
Now if your not bothered about accuracy or adding metal barrel and engine grills and such then go with the Tamiya kit and build it out the box.
But if it's accuracy you want then $40 is not going to cut it.

Have you thought of the Tamiya 1/48 kit they are about 30 odd dollars.

I'd add Tamiya's "Tiger I Early Production
reference 35216"

The "world of tanks" kits are by Italeri, and as far as accuracy is concerned, there are many, many things wrong with them. More than I care to list.

Academy's 13264 is better, but it has a few things that look slightly wrong in shape. More important for you, it doesn't represent any Tigers that were painted grey.

For a grey Tiger, you're limited to Dragon's 6600 or its earlier incarnation 6252. Also there's Rye Field's 5003. It's valid to paint that grey but the instructions don't say so and the appropriate decals are not provided.

David

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I'd add Tamiya's "Tiger I Early Production
reference 35216"

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It doesn't build any grey Tigers.

David

Pretty disgusting display here. A community full of like-minded people, sharing their passion.

Then this.

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The "world of tanks" kits are by Italeri, and as far as accuracy is concerned, there are many, many things wrong with them. More than I care to list.

Academy's 13264 is better, but it has a few things that look slightly wrong in shape. More important for you, it doesn't represent any Tigers that were painted grey.

For a grey Tiger, you're limited to Dragon's 6600 or its earlier incarnation 6252. Also there's Rye Field's 5003. It's valid to paint that grey but the instructions don't say so and the appropriate decals are not provided.

David

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David, sir, please explain this to me.

How is it you know more about German armor than Academy? They're an entire company whose business is... making models! On model-making.eu they show the instructions for the Academy model and one of the paint schemes is grey!

I can understand old kits from the 70's and 80's being inaccurate, but now there's this little thing called the"internet". I don't think there's a kid today that would be caught dead doing something as nerdy as building a model. So who are these companies' customers? Anal old guys waiting to rivet count their kits into the ground, that's who! So if they know their customers are paying attention, why put out kits that can be picked apart by someone with a coffee table book and an internet connection?!?!?

As to the Dragon kits, more than $60 and you give me rubber band tracks! RUBBER BAND TRACKS!!! What happened to magic tracks? Forget it. No dice. I'd rather get a Tamiya kit, add indi-links and actually have fun building a good looking model. Maybe not super accurate, or a thousand+ pieces but fun.

Off to my dude cave to finish my 1974 vintage Tamiya M3 Stuart, incorrect tracks and all!

Rant over.

Also there's Rye Field's 5003. It's valid to paint that grey but the instructions don't say so and the appropriate decals are not provided.

David

My point is, why is it one guy (David) knows more about the German Tiger than an entire company? I'm sure David's knowledge comes from a genuine interest and he probably isn't even motivated by profit. Academy and other companies actually are motivated by profit and have an obligation to make an honest product. With all the resources model companies have they should be able to do this. Academy saying their kit can appropriately be painted grey, when it can't, isn't cool!

How is it you know more about German armor than Academy? They're an entire company whose business is... making models!

On model-making.eu they show the instructions for the Academy model and one of the paint schemes is grey!

why put out kits that can be picked apart by someone with a coffee table book and an internet connection?!?!?

s it because Tiger 332 should be finished in color/s for the N. Africa campaign? If so, what would be the appropriate color/s?