I'd say that models is super detailed for 1/100 and closer to detailed display piece than gaming model. One of the most detailed 1/100 kits ever created. I want to be the first to tell you it was released in 2017, not 2018.
It is a very good 15mm Kingtiger. When Battlefront brings on their Kingtiger in Plastic at the end of 2021 (or 2022 due to Corona caused delay) it will have to rival that kit. If we are lucky that means that BF's kit will be not only very good but wheely very good. 😉
I've built three of these as well as Zvezda's Jagdtiger kits. The only bad experience that I had from a Zvezda kit was when I purchased a Jagdtiger kit off of Ebay and even tho the box was sealed with factory tape, one of the track sections was actually missing from the sprue. It looked as if someone had clipped it off before putting it in the box.. That was really really odd.
I bought 3 of them last year and I screwed up 2 times building them with large gaps in the hull as a result. It didn't help that it was my first kit at that scale. My advice for people that are new to kits of this scale is to dryfit the entire model first, complete the entire hull and tracks like this AND then glue it together. Don't make the same mistakes I made.
GrishnakAthanor1 Can relate.. but in 1:72 Didnt dry fit the Italeri starter i bought..turned out the wheels on the King Tiger didnt fit..So idler now looks ugly. ALWAYS test folks - dont assume you are going to get a perfect fit , chance is: ugly fit is higher. Buying dosen PSC soon in 1:72.. hope i dont mess it up, its my monthly food quota for 4 boxes.
Never put glue into the holes of a push-fit model. It creates air tight hydraulic springs. The air and glue can't be pressed out of the hole. It behaves like a car spring.
These videos are extremely addictive..watched it for 8th time last week .. *blinks twice for help* For anyone that breaks the MG on this kit, or wants to add MGs for other 1:100 kits: buy syringes. Put the sharp bit in the hulls, and file the opposite end so its not sharp. Fits the scale, its somewhat painted and has a hole- in a scale its nigh impossible to create. And you can heat it up, drag it or push gently to create bullet impacts in the kits. Totally didnt break a gun on 1/72.. nope, .. nada
For some reason I mistook this for the Warlord King Tiger you posted a while ago so I almost didn’t watch it, it really is a good model, I’ve also built it before
When I moved in 2017 the movers packed the room my minis were in before I could tell them what they were. So a 15mm W W II mini army, built up over 30 years ,was largely wreaked. If I ever do it again it will be with PSC and Zvesda.
@@HerbertErpaderp It was. They packed the containers in every way but up right. I opened the first one after opening the box it was in saw it was upside down. I did not and have not to this day opened any of the rest.
Keith Plymale I feel horrible for you :( - im starting my own collection by PSC soon in 1:72 so i hope i will be able to guard em. Have you considered filling them up with something when you build em? Im planning to with non-expanding foam or plaster so the kits are one solid lump.
Snap-fit model tanks are almost always a big disappointment. By the way, Herbert, you inspired me to purchase and build the 1/48 T34/85 1944 w/ flattened turret by Hobby Boss. I did assemble the full interior and engine but replaced the woven copper for the tow cables with stretched out paperclips.
Both King Tiger turrets were made by Krupp, the Porsche design King Tiger was too complex so they chose the Henschel was the total design of the tank not just the turret.
I looked every where for a flames of war tiger 2 but all of them where out of stock so I’m thinking of finally branching outwards to get what I want Only problem is how do I get a command figure in there
Push Fit models have very tight pin-holes. When you apply glue to them, it can happen that you get something like a hydraulic spring. It's impossible to press the air and glue out of the hole under the pin and never hardens in the right position. Don't ever put glue into the holes of push-fit models!
Paint it in a "white tiger" like your Tiger but using white, gray and black instead of orange, white and black. That is, if that's what you want to do.
A suggestion for decorating the tank: in the UK the Esso oil company used to advertise their petrol with the slogan: “put a tiger in your tank”, so why not give the tank the number 3550, with the number 3 inverted. I don’t know if this joke would mean anything in your part of the world...
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I loved building this kit, and it is the most watched video on Fog of War. Nice work!
I'd say that models is super detailed for 1/100 and closer to detailed display piece than gaming model. One of the most detailed 1/100 kits ever created.
I want to be the first to tell you it was released in 2017, not 2018.
In the grand scheme of the universe being out by a year isn't toooo bad! haha.
No... when you realise that BF actually give us detailed tracks on their models, these are not detailed and look very plain
@@insomniacbritgaming1632 I know they do. It's just a tiny part of the whole model and not very visible, rest of it is super detailed.
A very good kit, i have a couple of them to fill the ranks of my schwere panzerabteilung. Thanks for doing this review.
Great video Herbert :)
It is a very good 15mm Kingtiger. When Battlefront brings on their Kingtiger in Plastic at the end of 2021 (or 2022 due to Corona caused delay) it will have to rival that kit. If we are lucky that means that BF's kit will be not only very good but wheely very good. 😉
I've built three of these as well as Zvezda's Jagdtiger kits. The only bad experience that I had from a Zvezda kit was when I purchased a Jagdtiger kit off of Ebay and even tho the box was sealed with factory tape, one of the track sections was actually missing from the sprue. It looked as if someone had clipped it off before putting it in the box.. That was really really odd.
neat harrby see more as you post more
Very nice video. I think I may pick up one or two for my FOW Germans.
I bought 3 of them last year and I screwed up 2 times building them with large gaps in the hull as a result.
It didn't help that it was my first kit at that scale.
My advice for people that are new to kits of this scale is to dryfit the entire model first, complete the entire hull and tracks like this AND then glue it together.
Don't make the same mistakes I made.
GrishnakAthanor1
Can relate.. but in 1:72
Didnt dry fit the Italeri starter i bought..turned out the wheels on the King Tiger didnt fit..So idler now looks ugly.
ALWAYS test folks - dont assume you are going to get a perfect fit , chance is: ugly fit is higher.
Buying dosen PSC soon in 1:72.. hope i dont mess it up, its my monthly food quota for 4 boxes.
Never put glue into the holes of a push-fit model. It creates air tight hydraulic springs. The air and glue can't be pressed out of the hole. It behaves like a car spring.
These videos are extremely addictive..watched it for 8th time last week .. *blinks twice for help*
For anyone that breaks the MG on this kit, or wants to add MGs for other 1:100 kits: buy syringes.
Put the sharp bit in the hulls, and file the opposite end so its not sharp.
Fits the scale, its somewhat painted and has a hole- in a scale its nigh impossible to create.
And you can heat it up, drag it or push gently to create bullet impacts in the kits.
Totally didnt break a gun on 1/72.. nope, .. nada
I like your pronunciation. Wish my English would be that
Can you unbox the Fow hit the beach set
Its a Snap Fit case 😍
For some reason I mistook this for the Warlord King Tiger you posted a while ago so I almost didn’t watch it, it really is a good model, I’ve also built it before
Building a 1/48 one of these from tamiya right now herbert!
When I moved in 2017 the movers packed the room my minis were in before I could tell them what they were. So a 15mm W W II mini army, built up over 30 years ,was largely wreaked. If I ever do it again it will be with PSC and Zvesda.
A nightmare. That sucks to hear.
@@HerbertErpaderp It was. They packed the containers in every way but up right. I opened the first one after opening the box it was in saw it was upside down. I did not and have not to this day opened any of the rest.
Keith Plymale
I feel horrible for you :( - im starting my own collection by PSC soon in 1:72 so i hope i will be able to guard em.
Have you considered filling them up with something when you build em? Im planning to with non-expanding foam or plaster so the kits are one solid lump.
@@StalkeraBg No funds for anything right now. I would have done all 15mm PSC had they been around when I started in 1987 or so.
Snap-fit model tanks are almost always a big disappointment. By the way, Herbert, you inspired me to purchase and build the 1/48 T34/85 1944 w/ flattened turret by Hobby Boss. I did assemble the full interior and engine but replaced the woven copper for the tow cables with stretched out paperclips.
Both King Tiger turrets were made by Krupp, the Porsche design King Tiger was too complex so they chose the Henschel was the total design of the tank not just the turret.
great kit. cant wait to see it painted
I think you should paint it with an american star like it was captured
I looked every where for a flames of war tiger 2 but all of them where out of stock so I’m thinking of finally branching outwards to get what I want
Only problem is how do I get a command figure in there
You'd probably have to do some careful cutting.
That’s the plan
How about painting it a regal purple befitting a King?
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Push Fit models have very tight pin-holes. When you apply glue to them, it can happen that you get something like a hydraulic spring. It's impossible to press the air and glue out of the hole under the pin and never hardens in the right position. Don't ever put glue into the holes of push-fit models!
Paint it in a "white tiger" like your Tiger but using white, gray and black instead of orange, white and black. That is, if that's what you want to do.
If you haven't painted yet I vote ABSURD. I am eager to see what you call absurd.
How expensive was this kit?
I paid 3 euro for mine
A suggestion for decorating the tank: in the UK the Esso oil company used to advertise their petrol with the slogan: “put a tiger in your tank”, so why not give the tank the number 3550, with the number 3 inverted. I don’t know if this joke would mean anything in your part of the world...
Erm... why would a British company be advertised on a German tank?
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It’s an American company. I just thought it would be a nice pun.
@@jerry2357 ok... why would they use an American comoany and why would it be a nice pun?
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A joke explained is no longer funny...
@@jerry2357 a joke that isn't funny in the first place isn't a joke...
₩hei not trei a holiday in swedn i ment to say why not try the trumpeter king tiger? 105mm
I have an Early war panzer army for flames of war all zvesda cheap as 🍟
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