Honoiur Bound GOLD Tiger Whitmann's 222 Tank at Villers Bocage (1 Viewer)

[agmtanks]

With all the interest in the FL Tiger, I thought it would be a good time to post pictures of my Honour Bound GOLD Tiger #222

I was the original owner of this Honour Bound GOLD EDITION Tiger bought in 2008 and I sold it to Hans Heidrich in 2009.He sold it on eBay in 2012

Since I do not own it anymore, you are welcome to say anything you want about it

Pictures were taken by HB for my approval before they shipped tank to me from Argentina.

This is with Whitmann, Bobby Woll. and 2 other figures

Price below is what I paid from HB and my specific wants done to the tank.

Tiger for Andy Moffat
Basic tank: $350
Crew of 4: $108
Shipping $30
Total: $488

Regiment: LAH

Camo: Tricolor stripes

Skirts: (how many, where, bent or not) all 8 skirts with a mixture of straight and bent, and HB can do as they want.

Hatches (open, closed, which ones): all 4 open

Crew: 4 crew total Wittmann , Bobby Woll looking out from a Hatch & 2 other crew. A MAP is on the turret .

Battle Damage: No

Numbers : 222 Red with white outline

 

[Louis Badolato]

Andy,

It looks fantastic! I think mine is nearly identical.

 

[katana]

Excellent photos. I like the subdued colors that Honor Bound used. The FL Tiger I #222 colors are too bright IMO. The Figarti Tiger I #222 are too subdued and/or weathered. I look forward to a comprehensive review of all three manufacturers Tiger I #222 in a side by side comparison. Only a few collectors would be able to do such a review given the cost of these 3 Panzers. Based upon the photos I have seen of all three posted on the Forum, I consider them to be closely equivalent in quality and accuracy and probably the best made late production Tiger I's to date.

The most cost effective is the Figarti example; but it only has one opening hatch; the Kommanders Cupola and it is a command Panzer; which I am not sure #222 was. The actual Turret numbers of Michel Wittmann's ride at Villers-Bocage also remains in dispute by some sources.

The Honor Bound Gold Tiger remains the standard of excellence for a late production Tiger I. The only issues I am aware of is a number of turrets were made too long and overhung the hull hatches, the hatches are fixed in an open position and the tracks are not quite as detailed as the Figarti and FL examples; which use a different material. Frank verified the turret overhang issue on his example and pointed to the over long turret as the source of the problem. Interestingly only some of the production run had this problem!

 

[Louis Badolato]

Andy,

It looks fantastic! I think mine is nearly identical.

Here's a couple of shots of mine, Number 205 rather than 222, but otherwise pretty much identical:

 

[agmtanks]

Louis, Yes your #205 looks very similar. I like the extra accessories on front of the tank.

Looking forward to seeing you again in Chicago at September OTS Show, Andy

 

[Louis Badolato]

Look forward to seeing you too, Andy.