FOV Tigers arrived Today

Fritzkrieg · Post by **Fritzkrieg** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:10 pm

I received my FOV Tigers from SmallJoes today. I was pleasantly suprised, I thought the paint aps were more toyish, from what I had seen on line, but the finish, is nice and matte. I may keep one in the original camo, the other is going to get a tri-color make-over.
The fold up front and rear fenders was a nice suprize. The removable cable was unexpected. I was hopeing for an MG, I could mount on the turret. Unfortunatyl, one of my tanks arrived with a broken hatch.
I was tring to find a ref. for the FOV Tigers paint scheme, this is the closest I could find

Pleskau, Russia - 1944

Has anyone found a more exact match?

YT · Post by YT » Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:58 pm

I would love to see some pictures.

popeye357 · Post by **popeye357** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:39 am

Yeah...what the Frak???

gouchy · Post by **gouchy** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:40 am

Hope this is useful?

Reference from Dragon 1/72 diecast, courtesy of Dragon Models USA

1/72 Tiger I "#307 Mammut Battalion" (Early Production), Sd. Kfz.181, sPzAbt 502 Kurland, Eastern Front 1944 w/Zimmerit

1/72 Tiger I "#307 Mammut Battalion" (Early Production), Sd. Kfz.181, sPzAbt 502 Kurland, Eastern Front 1944 w/Zimmerit

There seems to be a crest on the front of the tank near the driver, a shield with crossed hammers? Found on wiki that its from - Panzer Abteilung (heavy battalion) 101, 1st SS Panzer Div "Leibstandarte"

grockwood · Post by **grockwood** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:42 pm

I received mine this week also. I haven't taken it out of the box but what I see I like so far. Not perfect but I rate it higher the their Sherman or their LAV.