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Who makes the better Tiger 1?

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  • Member since
    November 2005
Who makes the better Tiger 1?
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 10:24 PM
Just ordered two Tiger 1's. Both are Academy kits. One has the fully detailed interior...(looks sweet) and the other is pretty well detailed on the outside. Anyone out there built these particular kits? The cost seemed fair for the amount of detail work compared to the images of the Tamiya kits. Now for the research part of the project.
  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 10:52 PM
I don't know about the Academy kits, but have heard nothing but rave reviews about the full interior. I'm still putting my future bucks on the forthcoming Dragon Tiger late. Too many goodies to pass up.

   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

 Eric 

  • Member since
    October 2004
Posted by TMN1 on Wednesday, December 1, 2004 10:53 PM
The Academy kit is very good ...... considering the price. The interior have a few errors but nothing too serious, and nothing that can't be corrected. The most obvious flaw are the ammo racks, they have three rounds side by side where it should be four.
Like this.


Other than that its a very good kit. When it comes to exterior models I think Tamiya is the best, but the new model from AFV sure looks promising.
  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted by zokissima on Thursday, December 2, 2004 7:28 AM
As far as I'm aware, the two Academy kits are exactly the same when it comes to exterior. I have the full interior version, and the kit looks superb.
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 2, 2004 9:45 AM
I think Henschel made a pretty realistic Tiger I.Wink [;)]

Personally, I like interiors.

RonBig Smile [:D]
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 2, 2004 10:43 AM
I built the Academy Tiger I without the interior and was very pleasd with the quality of exterior detail. I think the two kits are the same except one includes an extra sprue for the interior. Heres a picture of mine if you want to take a look:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/MurderDogg/DCP_2850.jpg
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 2, 2004 11:35 AM
I put the academy kit together a few months ago and have since started putting the tamiya early tiger together. Both are great kits, but of the two I prefer the tamiya kit. I just recently found a site that offers the tamiya kit at the same price as the academy kit.
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