Bandai 1-24 King Tiger

QUOTE: Originally posted by PITERPANZER Has anybody built this kit? What are Yours suggestions?!Could You posted photos either? Send reagards Piotr

QUOTE: Originally posted by PITERPANZER Thanks Brian for your notice.What about photos? Reagards Piter

QUOTE: Originally posted by PITERPANZER Nothing more? No one photo? Piter

1 have the 1/24th bandai king tiger, jagdpanther and panther g, all unbuilt.  I also have an unbuilt Tamiya 1/25 panther a.  These were in the attic for a long time, probably from the early 70s!  I have looked over these kits and compared them to pictures of the real tanks, and a visit to the Aberdeen Tank museum and can say that the Tamiya Panther has errors in the size of the periscope openings and the commander's cupola.  The Bandai kits actually look pretty accurate and the interiors particularly the engine bay are very good.  Am I missing something?  The tracks for the Tiger B and the Panther (Bandai) are well  made and hold up even today as do the turret interiors and road wheels which have separate rubber tires.  Tracks are fairly accurate and are separate pieces connected with metal pins. Could someone tell me what in particular about these kits makes them not worth building?  I have not measured out the angles for the armor,  but the weld lines are accurate for the armor thickness.  The Tamiya Panther A, however appears to have the angle of the glacis wrong and the overall length of the tanks looks to be off.

Hi, I recently bought the Bandai 1/24 King Tiger.  It was mixed up with a Tamiya 1/25 Tiger I and there wasn't any instructions.  Would anyone be able to provide a copy of the Bandai King Tiger Instructions?  I will gladly pay for xerox and mailing, or, quote me a price.  Regards, Victor (P.S. I sell on
Bonanza.com (ynhobby).

I built the King Tiger and Jagdpanther back about 1977. I sold the King Tiger many years ago but still have the Jagdpanther in my collection. As I recall, both Bandai kits had the same interior, which is totally incorrect. The Gun mount for the Jagdpanther is missing a lot of details. The Maybach engines look pretty decent. The tracks also look decent except for the mold marks on the inside that have to be filled and sanded. You would have to do a lot of scratchbuilding to have a decent interior for both. The exterior lacks some details that can be added. Sorry but I don't have the instructions for the KT.

Hi Victor !

 I `ve got this instruction . Please contact with me via e mail.

Send regards Piter

Hi Piter, My email is yn1scribe@aol.com.  I didn't mention it before, but, I'm looking for the instructions for the static kit, not the RC kit.  I hope that's what you have.  My best friend (he tells me this) is from Poland, Lodz (i hope the spelling is correct).  Regards, Victor

Hi !

 No difference for You between Cabel stering or static version. All of drive - electric engines ,space for betteries is  inder palstic cover imitated gear bosx etc .

Lodz is correct in english ,polish speeling is a littel different ,because use specific polish litters ,and give You 

 Łódź  .

I don`n know that html code show You it correct .Lets try .

Please check Your e mail box.

Send regards and welcome to 1-25 Scale Armor Forum.

That's the problem with the old kits.  They were state of the art back then, and we loved them.  Put in a few lights and a battery, WOW.  With nothing else to compare them to. They were the only tanks on the market at that time that even tried to put in an interior.  You have to remember they only cost around twenty bucks.  I wish someone would come back out with 1/24 armor with as much working detail.  1/16 is just too big and expensive, even without the remotes, which I can live without.

1/48th.scale Bandia-

1/72nd. Dragon-shell, with Fujimi interior.

piterpanzer--would you like to see the : jadg panther--tiger-1 or T-34/85 ?

Thanks for pics.

Yes , sure I would like to see pics of lots 1-25 and 1-24 scale models.I`m very happy to hear ,that Italeri planes to edit Oplel Blitz (high boards) and other vehicles this year.

By thge way ,Vs will release 1-24 KT (both version) this or next year.This way ,as their tanks are Rc the tracks will be workable ,and possible to check at Bandai Tiger.

1/24th. Bandia- jadg panther

1/48th. Bandia-  jadg panther

1/25th. Tamiya- Tiger-1

1/48th. Bandia- Tiger-1

1/16th. Trumpiter- T-34/85

1/48th. Hobby Boss- T-34/85

When I left the house in Washington that I had lived in for the last 20 years, and moved into my yunger brothers house in San Diego, my yunger brother dropped this one---so this picture is all that remains of it.  This post riefers to the Bandia 1/48th. Tiger-2  picture.