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Dragon: Wittmann's Command Tiger
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 05:06 AM UTC


Dragon will be releasing soon a magnificent representation of Wittmann’s Tiger I (turret number ‘S04’) with 88 kill marks on barrel.

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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 12:18 PM UTC
Well, if I'm not mistaken it's typical Dragon with RE-releasing stuff they had been offering on and off for a while already... does that really keep us stay tuned? I don't know, I tend to get more and more bored by those "/news"...
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 02:15 PM UTC

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Well, if I'm not mistaken it's typical Dragon with RE-releasing stuff they had been offering on and off for a while already... does that really keep us stay tuned? I don't know, I tend to get more and more bored by those "/news"...


I wish Dragon could do a series on all of the "rides" used by Otto Carius. I don't think he owned a car before the war but I am fairly certain that he owned a few after the war.
A civilian car from the period 1946 to 1990 could be usable in cold war dioramas with military vehicles moving through civilian streets.
/ Robin
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 03:04 PM UTC
This isnt a re release is it ? I know this kit exists in 1/35 but not in 1/72 or does it ?
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 03:25 PM UTC

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Well, if I'm not mistaken it's typical Dragon with RE-releasing stuff they had been offering on and off for a while already... does that really keep us stay tuned? I don't know, I tend to get more and more bored by those "/news"...


Keep in mind it's 1/72, I think this specific model is their first (although there is a 1/35 one which has the same boxart).

There is a Dragon Armor 1/72 also, but it comes already assembled and painted.
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 05:18 PM UTC

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Well, if I'm not mistaken it's typical Dragon with RE-releasing stuff they had been offering on and off for a while already... does that really keep us stay tuned? I don't know, I tend to get more and more bored by those "/news"...


Keep in mind it's 1/72, I think this specific model is their first (although there is a 1/35 one which has the same boxart).

There is a Dragon Armor 1/72 also, but it comes already assembled and painted.


Oops, got me I totally overlooked the 1/72nd scale button. My mistake Still: It doesn't scream "/news" so much anyway cause we all know it's not the first early Tiger in 1/72nd scale ever offered... The stale feeling of boredem still lingers around the corner
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 05:26 PM UTC

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Well, if I'm not mistaken it's typical Dragon with RE-releasing stuff they had been offering on and off for a while already... does that really keep us stay tuned? I don't know, I tend to get more and more bored by those "/news"...


Keep in mind it's 1/72, I think this specific model is their first (although there is a 1/35 one which has the same boxart).

There is a Dragon Armor 1/72 also, but it comes already assembled and painted.


Oops, got me I totally overlooked the 1/72nd scale button. My mistake Still: It doesn't scream "/news" so much anyway cause we all know it's not the first early Tiger in 1/72nd scale ever offered... The stale feeling of boredem still lingers around the corner


That is about right.
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 05:53 PM UTC
This Tiger was not at Kursk. It was issued to Wittman's unit when they refitted in Italy in August 1943.

This Tiger was probably not Wittman's. It appears to be the company commander's tank, painted up with kill marks for the photo session. Why they would not use Wittman's tank I don't know. Perhaps it had damage.

This is a Command Tiger as stated, but Wittman was using a standard Tiger at this time, as far as I know.

David
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 06:17 PM UTC

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This Tiger was not at Kursk. It was issued to Wittman's unit when they refitted in Italy in August 1943.

This Tiger was probably not Wittman's. It appears to be the company commander's tank, painted up with kill marks for the photo session. Why they would not use Wittman's tank I don't know. Perhaps it had damage.

This is a Command Tiger as stated, but Wittman was using a standard Tiger at this time, as far as I know.

David


Ooops.
Maybe it is still a nice kit of a company commanders tank
/ Robin
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 06:50 PM UTC
Dragon already have the "Tiger I and Tiger Aces" set, which is their 1/72 "Late" Tiger I believe, coupled with five crew members in relaxed poses, but with the common small scale problem of closed hatches, meaning the crew have to hang around like they've been locked out (try finding a wartime photo like that).

This on the other hand appears to be an "Early" Tiger with new decals, and if the 1/35 predecessor is anything to go by, the crew may well be new and look like this:



- which would be new in 1/72 I think. I guess we don't know if the hatches will be openable on the kit; the 2009 Initial prod kit appears to have had opening hatches at the front as well as on the turret, and also had an etched sheet.

Finding decent crew in 1/72 is not that easy, so anything new in that area is welcome, although if the above "love in" is what will be included, they are not particularly adaptable, I guess.
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Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2017 - 07:26 PM UTC
Another 1/72 Tiger l with mis-shapen muzzle brake? "FAKE NEWS"!!
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Posted: Saturday, October 07, 2017 - 10:31 PM UTC
The photo-op figurine set is kind of interesting... Should have come with a photographer figurine.
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Posted: Saturday, October 07, 2017 - 11:36 PM UTC

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The photo-op figurine set is kind of interesting... Should have come with a photographer figurine.




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