| The Tiger I turret It is well-known that
Dragon's Tiger I kits
The first two have a very similar sprue for the turret, apart from the fittings for the crane on the roof of the Bergetiger turret, while the last one is clearly different (sprue lay-out, open loader's hatch, ...) and from a later date. The first sprue is generally labelled "A" in Dragon's instructions, while the latter is labelled "H", which is how we will call them here. I assume that, with respect to general geometry, these are the only two turret sprues in circulation. (For all intents and purposes in this discussion, the Bergetiger turret is the same as that in kit 7251.) The complete list of Dragon Tiger I kits, as of December 2018, stands as follows. I've identified the turret sprue in each kit,
More details about the sprues can be found here.
Accuracy Below
is a more detailed scan of the turret roofs, cut from the sprue, so
they are lying flat on the scanner. (I know that I should base my
assessment on assembled turrets, including the turret walls, but I
am not building my Tigers just yet.) To the left, sprue "H",
to the right, sprue "A".
Well, not quite.... and this is actually surprising. The old sprue "A" was asymmetrical all along, while the new roof is symmetrical. So, this means that Dragon made things worse ?
Well, not quite. The old sprue "A" was asymmetrical, but on the wrong side.... The new roof is thus only a little bit better than the old one.
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