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Tuesday, October 30, 2018 - 08:57 PM UTC
There are fewer more famous tanks than the mighty Tiger, and there’s no German ace better known than Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann.
Now Dragon combines the two elements in an impressive 1/35 scale offering that will become available January, 2019
The box contains the very last Tiger I – a Late-Production variant – that Wittmann was commanding during the fighting near Cintheaux in Normandy in 1944. Wittmann had a command tank with ‘007’ emblazoned on the turret.

Until now, it’s not entirely clear who destroyed his Tiger, but the turret was blown off in a bitter confrontation and the entire tank crew was killed. After knocking out some 135 enemy tanks himself during the course of WWII, this was Wittmann’s final battle.

It’s certainly convenient to have everything ‘007’ needs included in one box, and the kit also includes molded-on Zimmerit to save the modeler bother and time.
Not only that, but there’s a brand new figure of Wittmann the legendary tank commander.

Finally, the box-top artwork is produced by the famed Ron Volstad, ensuring that this kit will be a collectors’ item for many years to come.
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Hahaha! Deja vu of Dragon's "collector's item" Tiger which may show up as $400 on Ebay.
OCT 31, 2018 - 05:32 AM
Thanks Cliff for the history lesson ! It's true that a lot of German POWs stayed in Wisconsin and lots of former soldiers emigrated here too. So why not Herr Knispel ? My HS German instructor was a former POW from the Harz region. We also have a Germanfest. The largest German gathering outside of Germany (so the literature states). Prost
OCT 31, 2018 - 07:40 AM
Nice,but I already built a Dragon 007 a few years ago,still have it on the shelf.But its better then spending big bucks on the Cyber Hobby white Box kit.
OCT 31, 2018 - 08:51 AM
Kurt Knispel was killed during the war. His remains were discovered a few years back, identified by his dogtags. As for the kit, I'm afraid Dragon missed the boat and are trying to play catch up, trading on past glories. The Rye Field Model of this tank is readily available, as good if not better and a whole lot cheaper than the Dragon.
OCT 31, 2018 - 09:20 AM
You know the history lesson was a whole lot more interesting than the announced re-release of Wittmann's Tiger which appeared earlier in the Cyber Hobby domain under kit #6610. In the same re-release frenzy Dragon back in 2005 released their Tiger 1 Late Production "super kit" ( 6253) that included, among an impressive pile of extras, a Gen 2 figure that arguably represented Wittmann himself. And no sign of DS tracks here, thank you. So it would be interesting to see how this latest incarnation fits in the Dragon pantheon of Tiger 1 kits.
OCT 31, 2018 - 12:44 PM
Did David Byrden help out on this one or is this just a recycling of the Cyberhobby White box kits that were supposed to be limited editions?
NOV 02, 2018 - 09:47 AM
There were a large number held in Georgia, as well. A small town near me (Tallapoosa) has a museum with a photo of an SS officer who ended up settling there and raised three sons who all enlisted in the U.S. military and fought for us in Vietnam and later. I actually wrote a topic proposal for a college history class on how the German POWs found greater acceptance in the state than the local black population did at that time.
NOV 02, 2018 - 11:20 AM
I love the documentary about the German POW’s that we’re interned at Aliceville Alabama.They we’re all DAK,the old footage showed them marching in formation from the trains to the camps,still in DAK uniforms,and caps with all the locals looking on.They stated that the onlookers were watching to see if they had horns and tails.Due to army reps,they ate better then the locals,lived quite well,many worked the local farms and factories.Some loved it so much,they returned after the war to settle in the states with their families.Fascinating story.
NOV 02, 2018 - 12:40 PM
Well, considering conditions in post-war Europe, who could blame them?
NOV 02, 2018 - 02:22 PM
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