Revell Tiger II Ausf. B 1:72 63129

Description

Revell Tiger II Ausf. B 1:72 63129

Developed in 1943, the Tiger II, also known unofficially as the King Tiger, went into series production at Henschel in 1944. Henschel in series production. The Königstiger combined the requirements for armor protection and and firepower in an outstanding manner. The frontal armor, which was up to 150 mm thick, could not be hit by any of the by bullets from the on-board guns of enemy main battle tanks. The hull sides were armored up to 80 mm thick. Despite several massive bombing raids by the Allies on the Henschel factory in Kassel, a total of 492 Tiger IIs – including the prototypes and 50 vehicles – a total of 492 Tiger IIs were delivered to the troops. However, not all of these reached the all of them reached the frontline units. A large number of the Tiger IIs were lost due to propulsion problems resulting from the high total weight or simply due to lack of fuel.

New mould with fine surface details
Turret rotates and height of cannon is adjustable
Injection moulded tracks
Turret hatches can be shown open
Zimmerit (anti-mine cladding) not included
Authentic representation of the following versions:

Schw. PzAbteilung 503 Ungarn/Ostfront, Okt. 1944
Schw. PzAbteilung 506 Westfront, März 1945
In addition to basic colours, adhesives and brushes are also included.