Hunting tiger???

Double bonus! Nice work. They are sure too make an impressive pair.

I seem to remember a story from somewhere how 3 Jagdtigers held up a large American advance on their own. Tried to find it, as i thought it would make good reading for someone who had just grabbed one! Perhaps someone else knows what I am trying to remember?

Matt

thank too all i got my grubby little hands on both of them from a friend i ran into working at one of the LHS. I havent seen him in 6 years it was cool. Im gettin both for 40$.

hi you can get the huniting tiger and the maus and e-100 from e-bay
i shop called tanks n trainsthis link should work
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/military-precision
for the jagdtiger conversion i am doing on in 1/16 converting a tamiya king tiger
i got the top and gun from http://www.wecohe.de/shop_deu/index.html this site is in german if you email them they will tell the full price and postage

The shermanator came through once again,thanks to all who helped in short lived quest for these little big guys.

Im sure someone out there knows where to get them two kits
good luck in getting them

Well I just got back fron the LHS and guess what......they discontinued the kit this is strike 2for me,the other I want is the E-100 super tank it too is discontinued, here in the states anyway They may still be out in japan and europe so the dealer says there is alot of kits out they cant get in the states.. so if anyone has one of these I will gladly take it off your hands

Just for the record, I heard the Porsche tracks are more difficult than the Henschel version to construct. It would be nice if Tamiya would come out with an updated one.

No I actuallt plan on tring to get ahold of the dragon kit I havent seen one around here if I did I would of picked it up I love german armor it ruled.I do have some research materail on the jagdtiger as of today so I gotta start on it.

QUOTE: Originally posted by thundergod Shoot I m not planning on doing a conversion from a tiger I would do it from a king tiger production turret kit

Are you converting the 1/16th RC Kingtiger or are you going to try the 1/35th?
If you are serious about trying to convert a 1/16th Kingtiger into a Jagdtiger you will need some research material
If it’s to convert a 1/35th Kingtiger into a Jagdtiger, just go and get the Dragon kit. It would be cheaper in money and sanity

The Angles of the side are steeper on the Jagdtiger than the Kingtiger

Shoot I m not planning on doing a conversion from a tiger I would do it from a king tiger production turret kit

QUOTE: Originally posted by spector822002 The Tamiya "hunting tiger" hull is too short , its an old outdated kit, probably from the seventies ,

I built one back in the early 80s or so and still have it. I agree it is an ancient kit and would not recommend it to anyone as a serious model kit unless it was the only game in town. Tracks have only one side to them, the hull was designed to pop apart to change batteries, look through the hatches and you can see right through the vehicle.

I found an incomplete builder's kit of one on eBay that I have been using to replace missing parts that my mom vacuumed up while it was sitting on my old dresser for the better part of 20 years.

The Tamiya "hunting tiger" hull is too short , its an old outdated kit, probably from the seventies , If you want an accurate one go with revell or dragon . Dragon has 2 versions avail. the porsche , and the henschell The latter version was accepted by hitler as the one to go with , as the porsche version had suspension problems , it took a lot of wheels and springs to hold up almost 80 tons The hunting tiger was just an assault gun ( not turning turret) much like the stug or jagdpanther, while the smaller 2 of the 3 were quite effective , the jagdtiger was manned by inexperienced crews , using a machine without the bugs worked out yet , they constantly broke down ,and used fuel to excess , most were destroyed by thier own crews after . Plus this all occured shortly before germany's surrender , so supply lines were a big problem.

Thanks guys. I found the "hunting tiger on two of my boxes one being the BMW R75 with sidecar kit#35016 the other on a M60A2 kit # 89542 I have seen it on a few others as well. So what is the dragon kit #"s if anyone knows.

and captian caveman I cant see your pic's

Got um to show and indeed that is the monster on the box thank you again.

I wouldn't mess with converting a tiger 1 into a Jagdtiger (whoa what a conversion!). I'd go with Dragon's.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Rob Gronovius The Hunting Tiger used a 128mm main gun, same as the Maus. I believe the Tiger II used an 88mm gun.

Yup. The Tiger II used an 88mm L71, whereas the Tiger I had used the 88mm L56.

I agree on the Dragon suggestion -- it's a nice and fairly basic kit.

The Hunting Tiger used a 128mm main gun, same as the Maus. I believe the Tiger II used an 88mm gun.

the Tamiya kit is to short too
if you want a Jagdtiger go for the Dragon or Revel ones (there the same)
the Dragon Porshe Jagdtiger has lots and lots of bit for the tracks (Henshel ones got nicer tracks)

i could bore you with the stats but its 3am over here

I built the Tamiya Jagdtiger about a hundred years ago and still have it in my display case. I believe it's currently out of production. Dragon has released two versions and from what I've read in this community they are both very good kits. The Tamiya kit is from the "motorization" period.

Kingtiger


Jagdtiger


Okie has said it all

Hello thundergod,

A Jagdtiger, or "Hunting Tiger" was basically built on a lengthened King Tiger chassis. The Jagdtiger also had no traversing turret, so I'm curious to see what kit you're looking at. I'm sure a lot of the other Germanfreaks in the forum are sure to wade in and provide you with much more specific data on the Jagdtiger.

Okie