Unboxing the Italeri Tiger

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Source: http://www.dom1n.com/newsy/tygrys-italeri-unboxing/

Hello everyone,

last time, we had – thanks to Dom1n’s blog – a look at the Italeri Ferdinand. Today, we are going to have a look at the Italeri Tiger model – or, rather, the special “Wargaming” edition. The images are hosted at Imgur, for full size, just rightclick it and press “view image”.

As with the Ferdinand, the model is not cheap, but it’s of relatively high quality. According to Dom1n, the model is actually much more complicated than the one of the Ferdinand.

The box art is straight from World of Tanks…

It’s also newbie-friendly (just like the Ferdinand), glue is thus included.

There are also some invite codes and a bonus code (for tier 4 German heavy B2) packed in.

The decals also come from World of Tanks. Sadly, no country flags.

The packed parts look like this:

There’s a guide, how to paint the vehicle.

And assembly instructions.

There is also a small ingame guide, describing the Tiger in World of Tanks

37 thoughts on “Unboxing the Italeri Tiger”

  3. Hmm…looks like a good kit. Might have to look into getting these, although the Tiger comes with a code for a tank I already have (but hey, free gold & a spare garage slot, right?). I wouldn’t mind having a Tiger painted up in a camo pattern from the game, along with my usual tiger head logo (all premium tanks) & Tiger inscription that goes on all my German tanks (or at least the ones I put gold camo/inscriptions on).

      • It’s a rip off. You can get a Tamiya, Dragon or AFV Club 1:35 for that price and they are far better models.

        • You sure with Dragon? When I was building my Ferdi dragon model I almost used a whole tube of putty cement to cover up production mistakes. There was for example a 1mm wide gap on the hull.

          • Just a single tube – you got away luckily! Dragon do produce some nice kits but far too many of the have real issues – how can you release a kit that fundamentally does not fit together properly?

            With their recent price increases and the number of other vendors who don’t have these problems then why get a Dragon?

            Of course let’s not get into the Black Label kits and accuracy issues. I want a Conqueror but will probably pick up the Amusing Hobby one when it’s released.

    • No because this is a historical scale model kit, so will only come with 8.8cm L/56 gun,
      But if you’ve got a spare 8.8cm L/71 you can modify the kit to show the elite tiger in WoTs

      • If it was historical, it would come with zimmerit. No ‘late’ Tiger left the factory with out it.

        • Didn’t they cancel Zimmerit in late ’44 to speed up production? As far as I know, some Tiger I were still produced after that.

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmerit

          “Zimmerit was discontinued from factory application on 9 September 1944 and from field application on 7 October 1944.[3] This was due to concerns that projectile impacts could ignite it. These proved false, but the order was never rescinded.[2][3] Applying and drying the paste added days to the production of each vehicle,[1] which was unacceptable as there was a shortage of tanks.”

          • No, zimmerit was cancelled due to an assumption it caused fires when hit. The Tiger was out of production by then having been replaced with tiger 2 production.

        • Zimmerit is easily done with a specially putty material. There are tons of begginer friendly tutorials how to do it on your own.

  6. SS I think high quality is a bit of an over statement, this kit is a cheap mans tiger its quality is much lower then that’s of tamiya and is certainly not even close to dragon, the italeri tiger is more for those who aren’t fussed about 100% historical accuracy and are happy with a fairly decent representation of the tank.

  7. It’s not noob friendly until you make it snapfit and rid the glue like what Namco Bandai did with their Gunpla (Gundam Plastic model) kits. Now THAT is what i call noob friendly.

  8. FU SS, FU Wargaming!!!

    …just ordered mine with the last funds on my credit card though :D

  9. And apparently they use WoT screwed up Tiger model with a gap between tracks and mudflaps – compare image on the box with the one on white background.

  10. I dunno what the price is.
    But since there aren’t any photo edged parts nor metal gun barrels in those kits, they are standard kits.
    And Italeri kits are….meh in general.
    Okay but not top notch quality.
    I would wait for the WoT Tamiya models.
    Tamiya models are even more expensive but they are the Mercedes Benz of model kits.
    Just saying.
    Don’t throw money at them for an apparently overpriced piece of plastic.

    • Well its not the 90s anymore and Tamiya while is good they are by far not a “Mercedes Benz” anymore. Trumpeter is catching up with huge steps and so does kits from Meng models. Building a Meng model kit is like building a lego model. The parts fit perfectly.

      • I had a E-75 from Trumpeter and it was meeeeh.
        My Type 90 and KV-1 Ehkranami from Tamiya on the other hand are god damn beautiful. I think it’s still right to say that Tamiya is better than Italeri.
        Never had a Meng model though. Are they expensive?

        • Meng do some fantastic kits. Tamiya is a mixed bag, they have so many that some haven’t been updated since the 70′s whereas others are excellent. I’ve just finished their 1:16 Leo 2a6 and the casting on the hull is some of the best I’ve seen.

        • Meng are lovely little kits but the don’t come cheap. Here in the UK you’re probably looking at £40-£50 which is comparable with the latest Dragon and Tamiya kit prices.

          What you do get is some well detailed but relatively easy to build kits and a different range of subjects. They are not quite on the same level as Tamiya with their ease of build built far superior to Dragon in that respect. Then again that’s really not hard.

          They’re not kits for absolute beginners (very few kits are) but if you’ve already built a few kits I would certainly recommend them.

          • A good one to start is the Tamiya Panzer III L 1:35, the kit that comes with some figures and Rommel. It think its about £15. Real easy to make and looks pretty good.

  11. lol, it’s funny, i’ve build so many damn tank models like this one now. That it barely looks complicated to me.
    If you want a brand of models that will give even an experienced modeller headaches, go for Dragon Models.
    Also the shop where i usually purchase models at, has this tiger or Elefant(Ferdinand) for 37€, it’s not that bad… Buuut, you can get a Tamiya Tiger (much higher quality then Italeri) for just 39 or 40€

    I’d much rather go for the Tamiya one, but then again, getting a German B2 with this? Might just be worth it!

  12. The model is anything, but not “high quality”. Its very average for the current market and for that price tag it isnt anything special. The only positive things are the decals and the bonus tank. Well but the kit isnt focused on pro builders so it seems like a decent buy for the average Joe builder :)

  13. I am shocked and dismayed!
    The kits does not include the Tiger stock turret!
    Typical WG arrogance, not thinking about those billions of players that would like to have the option to fit their model with this, historical mind you, detail…

    How terrible…

  14. So, basically upscaled Revell 1/72 Tiger, ‘coz’ it sure looks like one.
    And by the way, Trumpeters IS-7 is coming this month (AFAIK)

  15. OMG an early production Tiger (commanders cupola) with late production wheels……