Sd.Kfz.182 "King Tiger". (Completed)
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Moritz FentzahnCount me in. I am curious of the Performance of this meng kit. Cheers
Andrea Morris@James. The kit includes link & length tracks. I only bought the workable track set after I discovered there is a major problem with al the road wheels toeing inwards & so putting the tracks out of alignment! Watch Scale- Model-Medics' review/build of this kit on his YT channel. He had to do some serious surgery to correct the issue. The kit has, so far, gone together beautifully.
Andrea MorrisShe is in primer and has had a coat of RAL7028 dark yellow, the first colour of a three colour camo scheme.
Andrea MorrisDetail painting, decaling & weathering done. So it must be final reveal time! What a great kit, although I would recommend the workable tracks in order to solve the wheels toe-ing in issue.
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Tiger II is the common name of a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B, often shortened to Tiger B. The ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 182. It is also known under the informal name Königstiger (the German name for the Bengal tiger), often translated literally as Royal Tiger, or somewhat incorrectly as King Tiger by Allied soldiers, especially by American forces.
The Tiger II was the successor to the Tiger I, combining the latter's thick armour with the armour sloping used on the Panther medium tank. The tank weighed almost 70 tonnes, and was protected by 100 to 185 mm (3.9 to 7.3 in) of armour on the front. It was armed with the long barrelled 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 anti-tank cannon. The chassis was also the basis for the Jagdtiger turret-less tank destroyer.
The Tiger II was issued to heavy tank battalions of the Army and the Waffen-SS. It was first used in combat with 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion during the Allied Invasi
