Pz.Kpfw.VI Ausf.E Sd.Kfz.181 Tiger I (Late Production with Zimmerit) 1/35 Trumpeter

The German Tiger tank was active in Africa and Europe starting in 1942 and it was the first tank-mounted application of the high-velocity 8.8cm KwK 36. Over 1,340 were built from 1942 until 1944, when Tiger II was introduced and the title ‘Tiger I’ was applied to the Tiger tank retrospectively. Although expensive to manufacture and heavy on fuel consumption, Tiger I had a fearsome reputation with the power to kill an enemy tank more than a mile away. Features of the mid-production Tiger I included a new turret with smaller commander’s cupola and rubber-rimmed road wheels. Late production Tiger I had steel road wheels. Tiger 131 at the Tank Museum in the UK is the only surviving Tiger I in running order.

Trumpeter recommends using AK Interactive’s Real Colors paint for this kit!

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Product Details:

Scale: 1/35
Skill Level: 3
Length: 9.4”
Width: 4.2”
Parts: 510+
– Painting and assembly required
– 16 sprues
– One decal sheet
– One photo-etched fret
– Individual track links
– One-piece upper and lower hulls
– Slide-molded lower hull and turret
– Two optional zimmerit coat sheets
– Illustrated instructions and paint guide
*Cyanoacrylate glue is required for photo-etched parts*

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Paint Guide:

A. Tank No. A12, 9./Pz.Rgt. GroBdeutschland, Romania-East Prussia, summer 1944
Dark Yellow RC60
Olive Green RC47
Red Brown RC68
Gunmetal RC15
Black RC1
Wood RC19

B. Tank No. 312, 3./s.Pz.Abt.505, Poland, July 1944
Dark Yellow RC60
Red Brown RC68
Yellow RC7
Gunmetal RC15
Black RC1
Wood RC19

C. Tank No. 912, 9./SS-Pz. Rgt.3, Totenkopf, Poland, August 1944
Dark Yellow RC60
Olive Green RC47
Red Brown RC68
Gunmetal RC15
Black RC1
Wood RC19

D. Tank No. 132, commanded by SS-Oscha. Walter Knecht, 1./s.SS-Pz.Abt.102, Cologne area, Germany, September 1944
Dark Yellow RC60
Olive Green RC47
Red Brown RC68
Gunmetal RC15
Black RC1
Wood RC19

E. Tank ‘Colmar’, 6^th Cuirassier Regiment, Trier area, Germany, late 1945
Olive Drab RC23
Yellow RC7
Gunmetal RC15
Black RC1
Wood RC19
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