So, finally here we are.
I bought this model shortly after its release, it was maybe 2012, I was definitely still too young to get everything I needed!
You've been very helpful with my headache with the IBU2U, and I promised you I'd post some work on my tanks.
Obviously, it won't be a very fast project, as I will dedicate my free time to it! I hope I have enough!
If you have one, it looks like you're in luck.
It appears that Heng Long has not produced the "Porsche Kingtiger" for some time, favoring its brother with the arguably best-selling "Henschel" turret.
This makes it a rare tank to find, even used.
Warning: I'm Italian, and I'm aware that I don't speak perfect English.
In case of errors, please excuse me in advance
Starting Point:
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Probably many of you do not need the historical hints, but I think it is right to tell a little about the real story of the vehicle in question, especially for those who will try their hand at such an adventure for the first time, or who perhaps do not yet know some information about the tank.
This Tiger II (or Koenigstiger), is the internationally known "Porsche Turret".
In fact, this information is wrong. Both turrets were designed by Krupp.
This turret was accommodated on the first 50 Tiger IIs, later replaced on the more famous "Henschel turret", squarer.
It was one of the last tanks developed by the Third Reich, which entered service in the last year and a half of the war. (1944)
The purpose of this project is to make a toy for older children a historically plausible model.
To do this, I suggest keeping at least these basic points in mind:
1)Almost all 50 Tiger II Earlys were used on the Western Front, mostly in France/Normandy. Most of the vehicles were lost in combat in this country, although some seem to have managed to survive, to be used in Holland and West Germany.
2) Only one or two examples served on the Eastern front, one of them being the well-known "Anneliese", which fought in Hungary in the last stages of the war.
3) ALL Tiger IIs with this turret have seen combat with Zimmerit armor plating.
If you wanted to avoid the tedious step of dwelling on this detail, you would be reproducing the prototypes, since they were the only ones that didn't have it.
These are, in my opinion, the 3 fundamental points to be able to think of making this panzer, taking into account historical accuracy.
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GOALS
-Increase the level of detail
-Making the tank "lived" and battlefield stressed
-Cover it with Zimmerit (Thank you ATAK
)-Set it on the western front, probably in Normandy (the camo options will follow).
With these premises, I inaugurate this topic.
I will try not to make anything exaggerated, if I get lost in bolts and eyelets, the risk is to never finish.
See you soon!
Valerio
I do have another goal to suggest: do something about the standard HengLong "Panzermann" (my name for him) with the fried egg eyes. 
I used mine for practice painting. 
Can't wait to see your twist on this same tank!
