Italeri 1/35 6487 German Sdkfz 181 Tiger 1 Hybrid
Italeri 6487 1/35 Scale German Sdkfz 181 Tiger 1 Hybrid
Dimensions - Length 241mm.
The kit contains both plastic and etched brass components. Decals and assembly instructions are also supplied.
Glue and paints are required to assemble and complete the model (not included)
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During the last years of the war, the Germans, to make up for their
scarce production output, reconditioned vehicles that were worn-out by
the war use. Period photos show that at the moment of Germany's defeat,
many vehicles had been collected in factories, and were ready to be put
back in operation by replacing worn-out or combat-damaged parts.
Reliable sources confirm that the last Tigers to come out of assembly
lines were reconstructed with salvaged materials: 54 hulls and 32
turrets of the first series, possibly from tanks used in training units.
Their wheels were replaced by the latest, full-metal ones, and on some
tanks the anti-magnetic “Zimmerit” paste was applied directly in the
factory. These tanks were assigned to training schools to form new
crews. In the last weeks of war, they took part in the last engagements
of the various Kampfgruppe (combat groups formed with units coming from
different detachments) that were trying to stop the Allied units
swarming over Germany from East and West.