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The Tiger IIs were in the wooden crate. The Wittman came in cardboard.Threetoughtrucks wrote:Isn't this the tank that came in the wooden crate?
When it came out I loved the detail, just didn't go for another scale because there was nobody making 1/16 guys to go with it.
Is there anyone making support troops in 1/16 now? I remember seeing detail pics of this FOV Tiger, and loved it. Not enough to pay so much for it when we have a 21C Tiger with an interior for what? almost a tenth of the cost?![]()
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Are you talking about 007 FOV Wittmann Tigerpickelhaube wrote:I don't know . With the all steele wheels it just looked so much like the 21st Tiger at 10 times the price. It is big and heavy with good detail but kind of anti climatic. I know that is regarded as his death ride but there is some debate about the model . I have a couple of sources saying that it should have been with a little earlier year with rubber wheels. Historicaly correct or not . I think it would have been cooler with the rubber wheels.
But the 21st Tiger has only the tenth of detail and accuracy.Threetoughtrucks wrote:I remember seeing detail pics of this FOV Tiger, and loved it. Not enough to pay so much for it when we have a 21C Tiger with an interior for what? almost a tenth of the cost?![]()
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But considering that there are plenty of pics of the Tiger's 007's wreck, I think it's pretty conclusive that 007 is a Late model Tiger.pickelhaube wrote:I don't know . With the all steele wheels it just looked so much like the 21st Tiger at 10 times the price. It is big and heavy with good detail but kind of anti climatic. I know that is regarded as his death ride but there is some debate about the model . I have a couple of sources saying that it should have been with a little earlier year with rubber wheels. Historicaly correct or not . I think it would have been cooler with the rubber wheels.
The only picks I have seen is the turret upside down showing the basket. I have a European Militaria Magazine with the guy who took the pics of Wittman's death ride and he even has one of the wheels from the wreck. It is rubber.GooglyDoogly wrote:But considering that there are plenty of pics of the Tiger's 007's wreck, I think it's pretty conclusive that 007 is a Late model Tiger.pickelhaube wrote:I don't know . With the all steele wheels it just looked so much like the 21st Tiger at 10 times the price. It is big and heavy with good detail but kind of anti climatic. I know that is regarded as his death ride but there is some debate about the model . I have a couple of sources saying that it should have been with a little earlier year with rubber wheels. Historicaly correct or not . I think it would have been cooler with the rubber wheels.
Wittmann's Tiger S04, December 1943. Not the base dark yellow colour painted over with winter camouflage whitewash. The markings on the 88mm gun signify the 88 victims that Wittmann had claimed up to the time of his being awarded the Knight's Cross in January 1944.
Wittmann's first operational Tiger I, Russia 1943. This vehicle was used during Operation Zitadelle which took place in and around the Ukrainian city of Kursk. Note the summer camoflage pattern and the turret number 1331.