Description
HobbyBoss 84562 1/35 scale German tank Sd.Kfz.186 Jagdtiger (Henschel Production) kit.
The kit includes:
18 summers with details,
upper and lower part of the case,
decal,
photoetching,
scheme for painting the model,
step by step instructions.
Dimensions of the finished model: 300.5 mm, Width: 106.9 mm.
Development of the Jagdtiger (Tiger Hunting) began in February 1943, and on October 20, 1943, a wooden model was presented to Adolf Hitler. The role of the Jagdtiger was to support infantry and armored fighting vehicles at long distances. Two prototypes, one with Porsche suspension (consisting of 8 wishbones) and one with Henschel suspension (consisting of 9 wishbones) were completed in February 1944. Its first designation was Jagdpanzer VI, but it was later designated Jagdtiger and given the number Sd.Kfz.186. Production was scheduled to begin in December 1943 but began in July 1944, but PzKpfw V Panther production took priority and Jagdtiger production was sl
