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Best not so expensive King Tiger 1/35 kit
darthpanzer
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Posted: Thursday, October 06, 2016 - 07:09 PM UTC
Hi. For a modeller on a tight budget which 1/35 King Tiger kit would you recommend? The old Tamiya ones? Thanks for the advice.
Tojo72
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Posted: Thursday, October 06, 2016 - 09:02 PM UTC
Probably,Google reviews for the Tamiya kits,maybe Zvezda might work for you.

I've only built the Dragon kits myself.

Takom has some new ones out,not sure how they price.
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Posted: Thursday, October 06, 2016 - 09:16 PM UTC
The Tamiya is pretty solid for a budget KT. Fairly well detailed and comes with rubberband tracks which I found were a tad too tight.

But I think you should wait out for the upcoming Meng kit. Its about 25 USD on Hobbyeasy (almost the same price as the Tamiya one when I bought it) and looks pretty nice plus you can pay extra for optional workable tracks and interior if you so desire.
darthpanzer
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Posted: Friday, October 07, 2016 - 08:22 PM UTC
Thanks for the help.
Jmarles
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Posted: Sunday, October 09, 2016 - 12:13 AM UTC
The older Tamiya and Dragon ones can be had for as little as $25 on ebay and Amazon etc.
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