With the 'King Tiger' on hold I started a new project.
An Initial Production Tiger I from the schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 during the winter battles around Leningrad and Lake Ladoga.
s.Pz.Abt.502 is relocated to the area of Krasny Bor on 7 February 1943. In the next week they will see action around Mischkino.
I will represent the Tiger I with turret number '3' who saw action around Mischkino in February 1943.
At that time the Tiger's from the s.Pz.Abt.502 had received an overall white wash with only some spots of panzergrau visible.
Here are some pictures from Tiger '3'.
The kit I used is the Dragon (6600) - Pz.Kpfw.VI Tiger I Ausf.E (Initial Production, s.Pz.Abt.502 Leningrad region 1942/43)
Here are the first pictures:
After some time I'm back with a new model. A little history and some facts first:
During 28 December 1944 and 12 January 1945 the 1. SS-Panzer-Division "LSSAH" saw action in the Bastogne area [Ardennes - Belgium]
The King Tigers from the schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 501 were attached to the northern kampfgruppe under the command of SS-Sturmbannführer Werner Poetschke [Commander of SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "LSSAH'].
This model represents King Tiger '312' from the 3. /s.SS-Pz.Abt. 501 under the command of SS-Oberscharführer Heinrich Ritter and was knocked out on 7 January 1945 at Goronne by the 628th Tank Destroyer Batallion. I'll try to show the King Tiger just before it was taken out.
Here is a picture from King Tiger '312' after it was knocked out. On top of the King Tiger are soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division.
You can clearly see it has received a whitewash.
The same picture and a second one can be found in the excellent "Duel In The Mist 3' by Timm Haasler, Simon Vosters & Hans Weber published by Panzerwrecks
www.panzerwrecks.com
The kit I used is the Dragon - Cyberhobby Kingtiger Henschel Turret (6662)
Here are the first pictures:
