Hobby Boss VK4502(P)
Posted: 17 Nov 2018, 17:36
No guarantees that this will go anywhere until the year is over, but here we go again
The VK4502(P) was Ferdinand Porsche's contribution to the Tiger II programme. Basically he took the rejected VK4501(P) and added sloped armour as well as a new turret for the 8.8 cm L/71 gun. Just like before, the Henschel design won. And just like before, Porsche had ordered parts to be made because of course this time his tank has to win! Thus we ended up with what is today often called the "Porsche Turret" on the first 50 Henschel King Tigers.
I'm using the Hobby Boss kit, because the Dragon/Cyber-Hobby kit is both worse and absurdly expensive for what you get. It does have a minor flaw however, which is the lack of fenders/mudguards. Thankfully Voyager has released a set:
My goal is to make an alternate history version of the initial production King Tigers that were issued to Funklenk-Panzerkompanie 316 and used for a brief time in France before all were lost to technical problems:
I started last night, here's where I am right now.
The Voyager fenders have excellent detail, but for the sake of mental health I will build it with some segments lost or damaged:
If this tank had actually been built and sent into battle, it would have had Zimmerit, which will come next.
Philipp
The VK4502(P) was Ferdinand Porsche's contribution to the Tiger II programme. Basically he took the rejected VK4501(P) and added sloped armour as well as a new turret for the 8.8 cm L/71 gun. Just like before, the Henschel design won. And just like before, Porsche had ordered parts to be made because of course this time his tank has to win! Thus we ended up with what is today often called the "Porsche Turret" on the first 50 Henschel King Tigers.
I'm using the Hobby Boss kit, because the Dragon/Cyber-Hobby kit is both worse and absurdly expensive for what you get. It does have a minor flaw however, which is the lack of fenders/mudguards. Thankfully Voyager has released a set:
My goal is to make an alternate history version of the initial production King Tigers that were issued to Funklenk-Panzerkompanie 316 and used for a brief time in France before all were lost to technical problems:
I started last night, here's where I am right now.
The Voyager fenders have excellent detail, but for the sake of mental health I will build it with some segments lost or damaged:
If this tank had actually been built and sent into battle, it would have had Zimmerit, which will come next.
Philipp