[About actual vehicle]
- Tank cannon boasted of high power, heavy tank with 88 mm gun mounted on the main gun King tiger was completed in 1943 during the Second World War, actual deployment began in 1944.
- Adopted a 71 gauge 88 mm tank gun KwK 43 as a main gun, longer than the Tiger I type. Its power was afraid of Allied troops.
- Initially, a turret designed by Dr. Porsche was adopted, but a problem of shot trap was pointed out, and from the 51st mass production it was decided to adopt a turret designed by Henschel.
- This Henschel turret type was produced until the end of the war.
- In addition to the power of the long barreled 88 mm cannon, the defensive power reaching the turret's front armor 180 mm and the car's maximum armor 150 mm was a powerful one that will not accept any Allied anti-tank guns.
- Although the King Tiger produced by the Henschel until the end of the war was fewer than 500, the King Tiger deployed in the Western Front and Eastern Front showed the power to overwhelm the Allied Forces.
[About the model]
- It is a plastic model assembly kit that reproduced German heavy tank King tiger of World War II on 1/56 scale which can be enjoyed with affordable size of the finish total length of about 18 cm.
- The model is assembled with Henschel turret type and early Porsche turret loaded type selected.
- Still it is a feature which constrained the parts score to about 80 points and is easy to assemble.
- Among them, the staggered part of the staggered arrangement in the lower part of the car body is reproduced in one body on the left and right side parts of the car body.
- It is easy to assemble the track by adopting the assembly style of the partial linkage, and of course the reality of the finished appearance is also sufficiently reproduced.
- Turret can be assembled by selecting either Henschel type or Porsche type.
- Commander's Hatch is a separate part and a set of 1 upper body figure of a tank soldier is also set.
- The upper part of the body which adopted the inclined armor is an integral part.
- The rear engine deck etc. are also finished with a solid appearance with a sharp sculpture expression.
- Also, prepare 4 kinds of markings. The HENSCHEL turret type marked the vehicle of the 503 heavy tank battalion and the 501 heavy tank battalion deployed, the Porsche turret type as well as the 503 heavy tank battalion and the 316 (fkl.) Tank squadron who was active in Normandy in August 1944 Set marking of belonging vehicle.
- Make it just to be assembled easily, and it will be fun to try collection.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )