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Of the three, the Tiger is the "best" or at least the best of three poorish kits.
The Panther D and A (essentially the same kit with minor differences) has a lot of errors... upper hull is not long enough to fit properly, the turret is incorrectly positioned and sits on an odd pedestal to keep it above the hatches (since its in the wrong location) etc. The vinyl tracks are stiff and poorly detailed. Dimensionally the kit is off a bit... it was made slightly small for the thick glue on zimmerit in the Ausf A kit, and things like welds, armor detail and texture, etc. are missing or poorly done.
The Tiger is somewhat better but it does not fit well and the molded zimmerit is a bit regular and mechanical. It also has zimmerit on a couple areas that propably should not have the coating. Detail is soft and the model is missing a lot of small/fine detail. Things like tools, lights, tow cables, tracks, etc are best replaced.
If you just want a baisc model to sit on the shelf, or something to practice painting and weathering techniques with, the tanks will be okay for that. But for a serious model, they are lacking a lot. Tamiya's Panther G and Tiger are superior, as are the Dragon kits. The Italeri Panther is probably the worst tank kit Italeri ever did.
