In fairness all that is being pointed out is the weaknesses in the model for those that persue perfection as regards accuracy rather than as a model. For those who want to build a model none of the accuracy issues being raised should matter.

Hi Allan; does your keyboard have "period" and "capital" keys? Would be easier reading with them!

I know there's been more than a little debate recently about commenting on kit's unseen, but even for me (and I'm a builder/painter) Tiger 1s are like Shermans, there's so much information around about them if you're going to release one you need to get it right. This is probably just a case of "filling in the range" and not a real attempt to get it right, after all everyone has to have a late Tiger on offer.

>> "if you don't like it then don't buy the kit" But I never said that I didn't like it. Why are you answering a question that I did not ask? Maybe you're talking to the readers? In that case, I agree, they need not buy it if they don't like it; and I was helping them to decide whether they like it.

These sorts of discussions are vital for AM manufacturers to know when corrective parts are needed, too. One may still purchase an imperfect kit and "fix" the problems. While it's an airplane, my build of Wolfgang Schnaufer's final Bf-110-G4 show that a flawed kit can be improved on. The ancient Revell kit required some major surgery and corrections, but did not fix all the kit's problems. Nevertheless, it allowed me to build a treasured airframe at a time when Dragon had not yet released their fine kits.

Mr. Byrden, you are always one of the most helpful guys, with no hesitation to share your knowledge, and most of the modellers who care about accuracy are grateful for that. But there is always people who don't get the point, and question any critic to new models... I guess they asume that everybody should be a "whatever" builder, caring nothing about how the real things are. If anyone is happy with the "looks like a duck" parameter, good for them, but leave other people to look for doing things better... and consider keeping silent in that process. I for one thank you very much for pointing out all those wrong parts of this Academy's kit.

Hugo; Thank you, I hope the comments are useful. David

A big Thanks to mr Byrden from me too :-) I already have a few Tiger I's, probably a few ducks among them so I can ignore this fowl by Academy. Saves some space in the stash ;-) / Robin

All depends on what this "fowl" is going to cost, including any necessary corrections, time spent doing them, etc. compared to, for instance, DML 3 in 1 Tiger l, which is pretty well complete.