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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ย. 2015
- Instructions 2:49
Kit Parts 10:40
Built kit at 35:00
Here is my in-box review and after action report of Dragon's Tiger I 6700 Mid Tiger I with Zimmerit. Good kit, with some interesting features compared to other Tiger kits I've built.
Man, I miss these reviews!
I'm still here. Just busy
Hi Adam. At 55 yrs. of age, I've picked up the model building bug again after many years. Your reviews, both kit and "after action", are excellent. Because of these, I have started searching out higher quality, more advanced kits. Once I finish my Great Wall Hobby P-61 Black Widow, I plan on starting my foray into Tigers. These kits look amazing and look to be quite challenging. Between Dragon and Rye Field, I have my future work cut out for me. The information you have given me will save me a lot of wasted time and money. Keep up the good work! I have watched almost all of them. It has been a lot of fun starting up again!!! (even taking up airbrushing - why did I wait with that?) Take care... Paul
You're very welcome and thank you for the kind words. If there is anything I can help you out with in your future endeavors just ask.
Great review. I built this kit about 6 months ago. Everything went well except I decided to be bold and use the PE parts for the tool mounts.... OMG! Never freaking again! I'm going to start building 6383 very soon!
this is excellent, Adam. This is a truly useful and in-depth look at a kit that anyone can make use of it if they're interested in building it. And… It makes me feel a lot better about the length of the review segment I just completed on the Dragon 109! ;)
Another great review Adam, cheers!
Great review as usual. Lot of useful, handy info. Really helps out. Thanks for review
+dalton vickers Welcome as always Dalton.
Hey Adam, The easiest way to paint the rubber tires is to paint them separately. Use a small 3/4" piece of Plywood and a nail the size of the torsion bar axle. Tap the nail into the plywood just deep enough to hold in place. Use the nail like a peg and put the road wheel through the nail to keep it stationary. Use a fine round sable brush and pallet your paint to get it the right consistency to flow easy. Use one finger to turn the wheel while you use your other hand as a stationary platform to paint the tire. You shouldn't have to move your hands at all, just one index finger. Hope that helps. Painting road wheels made easy.
Good review as always. Thanks Adam
+Armour Empire Thanks man.
Well I just ordered one. Thanks for the great video. You are my source for all Dragon.
Thank you...my wallet does not but I do
+D Custer you're very welcome.
Adam Mann Hello! I'm completing a initial tiger. I painted it panzer grey with whitewash. My question is what kind of dirty wash would you use with this paint scheme? Thank's, for your time. It is appreciated. God's speed.Mike
Thank you sir ! Very well done, I just got this kit yesterday in the mail, I may get another one as well. I want to use this as a base for Tiger 217 down the road, Thanks again. Great Review !!!!!
Glad it helps. It's solid and way cheaper than buying that white box Carius.
That deep wading turret vent cover was only used when fording or peeing dow with rain they would throw it on or it leaked like heck
The gun barrel cradle was put on the back because when the tank was put on a train car the tank would not fit with the gun facing forward so the turret was rotated to face backward. I was told this by a German tourist who was a tiger drver in the Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503. He was a passenger on my tour bus when i was driving tours in the 1980s.
Great review sir! I agree with you about the price for it. I appreciate the “Paul Bunyan Texas Chainsaw Tiger Method” LOL! Sometimes things fit better that way! Thanks for sharing this review.
+michael green Thanks, it's a solid kit. That is definitely the scariest tool I have.
Hi Adam, just snagged me one of these off eBay. So, a *VERY* timely posting of yours. 👍🏻👍🏻 Great clairvoyance on your part, eh? 👏
Mind you, you're costing me a bloody fortune with additions to my Dragon stash!!! - 6820, 6700, 6383 (Yayyyyyy, at last!), 6303, 6264, 6291, 6301, 6330 (X 2 !!), 6434, 6460, plus currently got my eye (and trigger-happy mouse finger!) on a Dragon/Cyber Hobby 6297 which currently has no bids on it..... You see what I mean!
Always look forward to your decent length, and highly informative postings. Keep up the good ... nay ... the EXCELLENT service that you provide!
Have a great weekend, Mark, (mid Wales in the UK).👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I'm glad to help. It's a very solid kit. You did good.
Nice review, I just got this kit for 36$ shipped on dragonusa!! Memorial Day sale worth checking out.
That's interesting to see 311 abt 503 1944 I'm building RFM full interior of 311 503 kursk 1943 with the rare turret basket notek light bracket on front plate what's completely different for a tiger many weird and wonderful things on it all from original photos! I know it went on and was stripped and 311 later then had this square basket but was taken out very fast it was definitely cursed lol alot of people say the abt 503 Eastern front RFM kit is heavey flawed whare it's not but it really should only have the decals for 311 and it does say in the box ausf E whare as 311 was an earlier H1 with no S mine brackets etc same as 503s RFMs kit you can build 311 to a T from everything out the box! Everything is on the sprues anyway if you wanted to build the ausf E so never seen what people moan about! It was a 2015 release my inst do have at the bottom page 2018 and has everything in the box as the first 4 of there kits did! I've just bought Whittman's Newer kit from RFM with the clear turret and hull etc but again it's the exact same kit as 503 with a new clear hull n turret throw in and alot more PE for the S mine mounts! I have alot of good books very old ones on original photos and detail diag off each tiger and panzer devision when and what was changed from 501 to 505 detail to the max! The book is now 100 bucks on ebay insane just yesterday I bought it many moons ago at a show for 12 bucks! The modellers guide to tiger 1its fantastic
the torsion bars work fine if you put A LOT of ballast inside but don't work because the model is way too light
Looks like another add to my shopping list....my wallet won't like that and only for the White 113 from s.Pz.Abt. 507!
The only other Dragon Tiger I have is the 6406....great review again Adam!
All the best,
Jan
6406 is great except that pesky lack of Zim.
Great review!👍🏻 I would like to make a tiger, after I get my m4a3e8 tamiya Sherman done. Any tips or pointers for the Sherman build? Let me know please and thanks!
Oh.... and the odd few sets of Friul tracks for them.... so I'm waiting with baited breath to see your vid on just how you get on building those! No pressure, then! 😜
I have a few links together, i think I just need to find a tool with a very small tip to jam the pin in and then i can cruise along. I'll try not to take too long.
+Adam Mann Top dude, Adam! ... on the pointy stick thing, AND a "How I got on building my Friul tracks" vid.
I hope you weren't offended by my suggestion, Adam? Only felt inclined to offer the suggestion as your vids are so engaging, educating and informative in every other respect.
Slightly puzzled at your need for a pointed implement to "jam the pin in". At the risk of teaching my grandma to suck eggs 😈, I take it you are using a micro drill bit (slightly larger than the diameter of the wire) to 'clean out'/deburr the holes in the links first ? Yes! OF COURSE, you are. Dumb question!
Cut wire pieces a few millimetres (1/8th inch?) LONGER than needed; use tiny pliers on the extended bit of the wire to jam the 'pin' into place; CA glue the pins in place, then when cured, snip off the excess pin length? Incidentally, have you checked out Paul's YT vid on building (and burnishing) Friul tracks? Looks a really good technique.
Happy track (and models!) building 😎 Mark
+Mark Pearce i should have clarified, i was taught a glueless method of making friuls by a guy at my armor modelers club. The pin is cut basically to length, pulled out a bit, bent to have a 30 angle a few millimeters in, and then jammed back in. The tension of the wire holds the tracks together. I'm trying it out but jamming the bent pin back in is a little unrefined, so I need to perfect that part.
Great review Adam, very informative , all around good detail on catching all the little ins and outs.
The road wheels look tricky thank you for the insight on that
Have you done a build on this , showing your detail on getting around the slight problem with the wheel area?
Anyway excellent, thank you .
Tiger Guru!!
Lol
Cheers
Awesome review as always! I do really like how you explain the history of the kits and what's based off of what; it's really helpful. I'm a sucker for Dragon's zimmerited kits and this one looks damn nice, though that's more your doing! Superb job on the build. I should really build a tiger lol I've seen that 6252 has a ton of extra goodies in there in metal and pe and stuff, and you're saying 6600 is exactly the same, just better boxart? Dammit, Dragon!
+Panzermeister36 Thank you sir, long time no see. e careful though, 6252 as it was released in 2005 had goodies. 6600 is the rebox without the goodies, and now 6252 has been re-released without the goodies, making it basically 6600. If you want to build a Tiger I say go for a Zimmerited one like 6383 or this one. Or honestly one of the new early kits as they're a notch above with slightly more updated parts. The tracks in all of these kits though are no good.
Adam Mann You should do a tiger GB sometime; the StuG one was awesome! And then I'd actually build a tiger. I love tigers but i just seem to have no motivation to build one....I'd have to find a really badass camouflage
Panzermeister36
Not a bad idea. You've got yours and we have the 70's build coming up. So let's keep this in mind for early next year.
Adam Mann Sounds like a plan!
Have you done a review of 6624? Supposed to be a rebox of this kit. Looks like a good kit.
What is the difference between the road wheel options? They look the same to me...
Whats the diff between this kit (6700) and the newer 6624. They are both mid production with zim. But why the two separate kits. DML confuses the hell out of me!
Don't understand why people always disappointed after get the ds tracks,can anyone tell me?
@Adam Mann after watching tigers for dummies you have become my go to guy for anything on Panzers and tiger actually anything you've reviewed I give it a look my question is how did the decals work out any trouble ? like the choices of markings they give you that fits right in with the time period of my Sherman's would this tiger in a diorama opposite a sherman would this be correct ? thanks for your time always enjoy your posts stay the course Bruce
Hey Adam I don't know if you heard but the rebox with the borgward has the tiger p mantlet with zimmerit.
I had not, thanks for telling me, I have to get that now.
Dude, you have got to review Dragon 6683, The Cyber Hobby 9142 is back with a panther twist . LOL
+Tony Quinn Yeah I had heard that kit used the 9142 suspension. I'm about to do a video build series on 9142, so we'll see how well I can get it together.
Adam if you had to pick to do this tiger or 6383 which one would you pick. ?
6383 was more enjoyable, but both are good. But if it were me if I had to pick one, probably 6383
Also , any idea when Dragon will release there other Tiger I 's 6328 and 6608 ?
+Tony Quinn I haven't seen them yet, but the reboxes of 6253 and 6252 are out now, so it shouldn't be too long.
Are you going to do an update after painting? Did you do Carius' 217? Would love to see it done. Have this one in the stash along with just a few more. That's what the wife thinks anyway. Great review. Keep em comin.
+gmphillips1 I most certainly will. I think I'll try to film the finishing process. I'm going to go for a 101st SS Normandy with it, like 332. I will do Carius 217 with this kit in the future, but it has some special bits like the late front hull extensions and early tracks. I try to get these videos up as much as I can but as I've made them more complex it's harder to get them out. We all hide how big our stash really is by the way.
Great review. Is there a magic track or other replacement for the DS tracks that come with this kit? Couldn't make out what you said here [35:54]
EDIT: ok after listening multiple times I made out "AFV Club Workable tracks". :) Item number for the tracks that work with this model (#6700)?
35059 is the afv club workables. Kaizen or Friul work as well. Kaizen I just tried and eally like which runs about $20 plus shipping, Friul is about $40.
+Adam Mann Thanks. But that number (AFV35059) appears to be a 88mm gun Pak 43/41 Scheuntor. On more searching I found the Kaizen tracks which will work for this tank.
35093, sorry.
www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/afvclub/afv35093.htm
+Adam Mann No problem, Adam. I appreciate you responding back so fast. I saw those but immediately discounted them because they were for Late Tiger versions. Yay! No little rods the size of a human hair needed for assembly! I saw this one from that same page from WWII Productions but wasn't too keen on drilling and inserting tiny rods.
www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/ww2prod/ww2prod35028.htm
Thanks for the follow up.
Mid Tiger's should have late tracks. My favorite lately have actually been the Kaizen, I'll be posting a video of how to build them soon. They have friction fit brass pins.
I on a norm stay away from White Boxed Tiger I's but I just could not stand it. I picked up 6350 for $80.00, I know it was more than likely a waste of money but I just could not help myself !!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
I tried to put the link in but you tube will not let me. it is the Hiro 1/35 Late Tiger I, you should be able to google it.
+Tony Quinn Yeah I'm familiar with that thing. Unless they gave me one for free I don't think I'll be reviewing it.
+Adam Mann , I was just wondering if you had seen it and what you thought of it. www.modelfactoryhiro.com/new/en/archives/7664#more-7664, here is a link that is pretty nice.
Tony Quinn i have seen it around. It's honestly so out of my price range i never gave it a serious look until now. It's cool, but i can't tell how cool really. Some of the construction seem like it might be gimicky...the magnets and all, or it could be amazing.
So... "I use this thing for cutting down trees!" That must make you an ace arbrologist, or an intrepid tree surgeon, then? 😜
Just one *TINY* (and hopefully constructive!) observation, Adam. It's not always obvious EXACTLY which part or detail you are referring to when you just tap it with your finger on camera (examining the sprues, for example)
I noticed at one point in this video that you used a "pointy thing" to indicate where you 'hacksaw into' the side fender/supports, and I am duty bound to report that this worked really well, for this particular viewer, at any rate. Cool.
I know it can't be easy, playing duck-'n-dive with the dang camera between you and what you are trying to show, but maybe you could consider trying out a bit more of the "pointy stick" thing to help out us (relative) armour newbies? Got any old airbrush needles with bent tips just looking for a new role in life?😜
Great vid, though, and especially liked the "and here's how the build went" tailpiece.Cheers.
+Mark Pearce That's fair enough.I shall endeavor to find something pointy.
man you don't want or like the ds tracks I will take some so or buy what ever if I can get a tiger built that's what I would use with my arthritis building tracks is very hard to do don't really get to build much anymore but if get the chance would save me a lot of pain it hurt just typing this out keep up the vids really like them please show more builds thank you p. s. what is a dragon card
GunNut BikeNut How is it with your arthritis?, I at least hope you’re doing better :).
EDIT: And i think the dragon card is the cardboard sheet that protects the decals and PE in the newer kits :)
Darth Plagueis it comes and goes with the weather it’s always there but cold and damp sucks
There is a guy on ebay selling one , starting price of $349.00 !
Tony Quinn that's a real bargain right there.
very cool review, my wallet or wife is going to kill me one day, spru through the head, stroke opening wallet, hahahaha, I need PMA plastic modelers anonymous. hello I'm Steve, "hi steve", it's been an hour sense my last buy. Hahaha. again very cool review Adam,
Best comment ever.
+Clayton McClain , If you get the phone number please forward it to me, I will need to call it as well ! Every time Adam does a review and if I do not have the kit , I go looking to buy one. Dragon needs to put him on the pay roll !
Why all the freaking li'l plastic knob on every tiny small piece Dragon?? Plz learn from Tamiya for gods sake....and oh, why a zillio of the the tiny small parts that will be destroyd anyway when removing in? So silly🧐🙄