hey guys
i was looking at getting a new Tiger late 1/35 scale model
which guys have a better kit??
I know the AFV is a new kit and the dragon is pretty new as well
i dont want to spend much…I’m guessing the Dragon is the way to go??
what do you think [:o)]
I have yet to see a review of the Dragon Late, but the Dragon Initial was fantastic! The Dragon late is supposed to come with a bunch of extras that the AFV club won’t have, AND it’s cheaper. I say if you can wait, the Dragon. If you want to start now, get the AFV club (and pre-order the Dragon!!)
AFV Club Review: http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/afvclub/afv35079.htm
I’ve heard absolutely great things about the Dragon kit, and as Jason said, it comes with quite a few extras, including brass ammmunition and a turned-aluminum barell.
If you’re looking for the most plastic (and pe, and aluminium) for the buck, you’ve got to go with Dragon. What it seems to come down to in most reviews is a trade off between the lower price and extra goodies from Dragon against the higher quality (only slightly higher, perhaps?) and price of AFV Club.
I guess the question comes down to how long you’re willing to wait to build one. The Dragon is scheduled for a mid May (I believe, correct me if I’m wrong) release and if past releases are an indication, it will probably be a month after that, at least. I say build the AFV now and get the Dragon later in the year when it becomes more readily available (maybe a Christmas present to yourself!!).
Heck…buy one of each and find out by building them both! That’s what I’m doing!
Glenn
Buff said it well. I would go Dragon. I have yet to see many of the newer Dragon kits at my LHS. Shame on them! Hence my ordering online. The AFV looks nice, but Dragon has too many bells and whistles and for a lower price.
I have got the AFV Club late Tiger and the Dragon early.
I must say that the AFV offering is a disappointment, while the Dragon is simply stunning, and I’m sure the forthcoming late version will be similarly dazzling.
Don’t get me wrong, the AFV Tiger’s “sound”, and great value for money, but it suffers from hitting the shelves at the same time as Dragon’s stunner.
What lets the AFV Tiger down is attention to small details such as the turret roof, which is flush (whereas the later 40mm single piece plates stood slightly proud of the turret walls) and the weld seams are totally lacking.
However, the AFV Tiger does have neat working suspension, which is more than a gimmick if you want to place the vehicle in an off road diorama, and it does have one piece tracks, which are a first for the later Tiger, and which some modellors prefer.
But on the whole, AFV’s Tiger is just a small step above Tamiya’s Tiger 1s - the most recent of which came out in 1997 - whereas Dragon’s Tiger 1s are a revolutionary quantam leap.
That said, I’ll still build the AFV Tiger, although it will take a bit more work … my Dragon early Tiger just flew together whereas my Tamiya Afrika Tiger, which has some unforgiveable errors and ommissions, is still languishing on the workbench as it receives yet more plasticard, new weld seams and filler.
The Tamiya Afrika will come good, but it cost more five years ago than what the almost flawless Dragon state of the art offering did, and that’s without being forced to buy a set of Tamiya after market engine screens (which is about the only puzzling ommission from the Dragon Tiger 1, although it appears at least some of the early vehicles did not have them fitted).
well it looks like im going to buy the Dragon…i have not been Disappointed by one of there kits, there just Beautiful [8D][8D]
ps. i have lots of time to wait(there is no rush)…i still haven’t started my Dragon Tiger Early [:p]
thanks a lot!
Now, you’re going to have to find one. LOL
Yes, go with the Dragon as you say. I have it and its fantastic! Slid mold technology!!! Indivudual track links with no clean up!!!
Just a fabulous kit overall… although I havent started building it yet. LOL
6253 6253 6253 6253 6253 6253 6253 6253 6253 6253 … the truth is in the number.
Good things from Dragon come to those who wait. (Just not too long I hope)