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Dragon 1/35 Tiger I Late Production with Zimmerit kits


Peter Browne

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Looking for a Dragon 1/35 Tiger I Late Production with Zimmerit.  There are six (and a bit) kits that I can see:

 

Kit 6253 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/dragon-6253-pzkpfw-vi-ausf-e-sdkfz-181-tiger-i--108329  (zimmerit separately applied thin plastic)

 

Kit 6383 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/dragon-6383-tiger-i--135737

 

Kit 6406 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/dragon-6406-tiger-i--121918

 

Kit 6800 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/dragon-6800-wittmanns-last-tiger--1178142

 

Kit 6947 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/dragon-6947-tiger-i--1202716

 

Kit 6947SP https://www.scalemates.com/kits/dragon-6947sp-pzkpfw-vi-ausf-e-tiger-i-late-production-w-zimmerit-normandy-1944--1303861

 

and then kit 6484 which is a mix of early and late https://www.scalemates.com/kits/dragon-6484-pzkpfwvi-ausfe-sdkfz181--1314240

 

Putting aside the kits with separately applied zimmerit (plastic film parts), any recommendations or otherwise? 

 

With 6947 and 6947SP, as far as I can tell they are the same kits, except the SP kit seems to have PE fenders judging by the extra image of brass fenders on the box cover.  I haven't seen any reviews of either kit though.  I assume these kits would be the better of the options to have slide mouldings given the recent production.

 

 

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I built 6383 recently and loved it. I am not a Zimmerit purist, but loved the representation and what was achieved with the slide moulding technology and the fact that I did not need to apply any post Zimmerit treatment. If I was home in Australia I would take some more pictures but, as I am still stuck in Europe, I only have this grainy photo.

 

Tiger_1

 

Ray

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Thanks Ray, that Tank does look good.  I wish you luck getting home!

 

Coincidentally I was just watching Panzermeister36's video on that 2008 kit.  I'm wondering how and what, if anything, the later of those kits have improved up to kit 6947, released in 2020.

 

 

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Just now, Peter Browne said:

later of those kits have improved up to kit 6947

 

Have to hand that one over to the rest of the BM team although knowing dragon I expect it is the same moulds.

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