jdube,
1st, Welcome to the forum. I hope you find it worthwhile. There is a lot of information out here and many very good modelers to help you out.
I'm sorry you got hit by this item. The instructions (or lack there of) is one of the big reasone I opted not to buy this kit. These am manufacturers are going to have to get on the stick and start putting much better stuff out there, or the market will start going away. I felt the spiffiest piece in there was the turret box. It's well molded and has some neat detail. I can't remember much about the kit, other than I couldn't figure out what a lot of the parts were either. If I remember right, there is a small cylinder. That is probably supposed to be the fire extinguisher that goes on the rear deck near the right side, large air intake screen. A Tiger reference book may help you figure out what some of it is. Osprey has one out for about 12 to 15 dollars. Verlinden has some modeling books out and one of them might help. Check squadron.com or greatmodels.com if your local hobby shops don't have anything. (Might check the local library, too).
Sorry I couldn't be more explicit help.
Good luck with your Tiger (check out the Tiger I Mid Pro Group Build thread at the top of the Armor topics)
Bill
Bill
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