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Great news Pickelhaube is going to make a 1/18 Hetzer!

* Sweet ! ! ! That's pretty cool. It's about time I guess. Neat little movie too.

........ You think $250.00 is a little too high for a kit like this ? ... or should we wait on a Tamiya R/C Fully Optional one ?


- MG

It would be a good price if the model was actually being printed one at a time (so to speak). It's hard to tell from the post if it was simply designed in 3D and then re-produced with injection molding or what.

If they are 3D printing them, they would have to be able to do this in 1:18 as well. It's very easy to rescale the file and then hit the print button again.

I think it is made out of resin.If that is the case,that explain the price.resin is expensive and the parts will have to be hand made.It includes decals and photo-etched parts.Many 1/16 tanks also don't include optional early and late option parts.
I think because the Hetzer was not a very large tank it may not dwarf the 1/18 tanks when display side by side.I will like to see a picture of that Hetzer next to the 1/18 Tiger.My guess is that considering a real Hetzer is smaller than the Tiger they would look about the same size.Have anybody on this forum have one to compare the sizes?

We could compare sizes using smaller-scaled Hetzers and Tigers. The effect would still be the same. I've got 1:32 scale and 1:72 scale examples of both tanks. I also have a 1:35 scale Tiger, which I could sit next to a 1:32 scale Hetzer. That would be a closer visual approximation between a 1:16 and 1:18 vehicle.

I will be doing a Hetzer probably during the end of the year.

The Tiger II first.

If you guys can wait .

The 1/16 Hetzer is 15.28" long
A 1/18 FOV Bravo Tiger 1 is 14" long
No it would not look right next to a 1/18 Tiger
(but it will look very nice next to all my 1/16 armor and support vehicles)

Here are some shots of a 1:32 21c Hetzer Model next to Tiger I models of differing scales:

Correctly Scaled -- 21c 32x (1:32) Hetzer & FOV 1:32 Tiger I:


Incorrectly Scaled -- 21c 32x (1:32) Hetzer & Dragon 1:35 Tiger I:


The above setup would most closely resemble what a 1:16 Hetzer would look like next to a 1:18 Tiger. The figures on the Tiger are 1:35 scale whereas the figure in the Hetzer is 1:32.

actually, it would look a bit worse than in tman's pics. The size difference between 1/16 and 1/18 is 12.5%. Between 1/32 and 1/35 is about 9.1%. An extra 3.4% greater difference may not sound like much but it will be noticable for sure.

So if you don't like what you see in tman's pics, you'll hate using a 1/16 hetzer with 1/18 tanks. If you don't mind what you see in tman's pics at all, then you'll probably be ok with a 1/16 hetzer with 1/18 tanks.

if you're on the fence after seeing tman's pics you probably wont' like using a 1/16 hetzer with 1/18 tanks.

The 1/16 Hetzer is 15.28" long
A 1/18 FOV Bravo Tiger 1 is 14" long
Like Aferguson said..it would look a bit worse than in tman's pics
It would look plain goofy
it would not look right next to a 1/18 Tiger or a 1/18 Panther

......... well , in "tmans" pic ,.. the incorrctly scaled depiction of the 1/35 Tiger I & the 1:32 21st. Hetzer is quite the opposite. It's actually quite correct , as the 21st. Hetzer is actually closer to 1/35 . "Actually". It is a mix/match of both scales.



- MG

pickelhaube wrote:I will be doing a Hetzer probably during the end of the year.

The Tiger II first.

If you guys can wait .

Now that i know you will make one,i would rather wait for yours Pickle.

TankAce wrote:

pickelhaube wrote:I will be doing a Hetzer probably during the end of the year.

The Tiger II first.

If you guys can wait .

Now that i know you will make one,i would rather wait for yours Pickle.

I second for 1/18 Hetzer & TigerII.

A King Tiger & a Hetzer would be fantastic. What would this great hobby be without you guys.