Features:

• The greatest design of Tiger I Initial Production has 1/35 level of detail
• Finely detailed turret roof
• Commander's hatch w/internal detail
• Commander's cupola recreated in detail
• MGs w/hollow muzzles
• Seats for commander and loader
• Detail on underside of loader's hatch made from photo-etched part
• Delicate upper hull w/fully detailed engine deck
• Delicate exhaust parts and fording extention option for air intake
• One-piece slide-molded turret
• Interior components such as fuel tank, radiator and fans
• Photo-etched air-cooling grills
• One-piece gun barrel w/hollow muzzle brake made from slide-mold
• Gun mantlet reproduced w/bolt detail
• Gun breech w/full detail
• Optional photo-etched or plastic air intake
• Driver's and radio operator's hatches w/interior detail can be assembled open/closed
• Highly detailed DS tracks
• Detailed smoke dischargers made by slide-molds
• Detailed spare tracks w/brackets
• Fine detail on jack thanks to slide-molds
• Slide-molded exhaust flap
• Intricate tow cable
• Sprocket and idler w/intricate detail
• Delicate road wheels are presented

When it released its first 1/35 Tiger I kit, Dragon created a milestone because of its extreme degree of detail, multimedia components and engineering excellence. This same level of detail is available in 1/72 scale, and the newest small-scale edition of the Tiger I is an Initial Production tank of s.Pz.Abt.502. This heavy tank battalion is distinguished by the fact that it was the first to deploy the new Tiger I tank in combat. Formed in August 1942, s.Pz.Abt.502 arrived at the Leningrad front and it was soon using its Tiger tanks in battle. Dragon's new kit allows modelers to produce the specific vehicles that was operational in the Leningrad region in February 1943 - a Tiger I with tactical number "3".

This new release of the Tiger I Initial Production tank assures model-makers of user-friendly assembly and enhanced detail and quality. It sees the introduction of newly tooled parts like brand new stowage bin. Even the tiniest details - for example, a reversed pistol port on tank is carefully reproduced. For modelers wishing to recreate a specific tank from this historically important tank battalion, this 1/72 scale kit will prove indispensable.