fov king tiger turret question

[stefano]

hi guys
Today i have seen at a local shop the fov 1/32 scale king tiger 80054
It seems to be a Porsche turret version but the gun barrel seems to be from the Henschel one
Also if you see some pics of this particolar model you can see the same tank having either the Porsche gun barrel or the Henschel one
Is this possible ...? the same model ?"
Can someone plaese explain to me what is going on?
also go to
www.flyingmule.com/products/um-80054
thanks for your reply
stefano

[PanzerArm]

I wrote about this topic in depth some time ago, discussing the accuracy of the FOV Porsche king tiger and 21st Century's Porsche king tiger.

viewtopic.php?t=17951&postdays=0&postor ... 2&start=20

A simple answer to your question is the real 332 did not have the barrel that FOV gave it, however, other Porsche king tigers, like 334 (you can see a pic in the linked thread) did have that type of barrel.

-Kevin

[PanzerArm]

And here's another thread with more info:

viewtopic.php?t=17825&highlight=king+tiger+332

It's towards the bottom. I think you were even involved in this thread Stefano .

-Kevin

[stefano]

hi Kevin
thanks for refreshing my memory and for the reply
Yes you are rigth the barrel fov gave it is not correct
Is a pity that with a little effort fov could have given it the proper barrel
Amazingly in the pic i sent in the previous tread from the flyingmule websites this tank has the correct barrel
how is it possible?
stefano