The Tiger I have chosen to model, represents one of the 5 remaining vehicles in February 1943 of schwere Panzerabteilung 502 (heavy tank battalion) primarily fighting in the Leningrad sector, during the battle of lake Ladoga. I have always been fascinated by the early Tigers and the divergence in camouflage in particular the winter/snow camo schemes; therefore it was an easy choice to depict this vehicle in this period, the Tigers of 502 having a very distinctive pattern during this time. The vehicles were very stark white in order to blend in with the snow (the idea behind snow camo) also very little if any dirt or mud as they were running on frozen ground, snow and ice. using primarily the images on pages 16 6 17 from the book "Tiger I sur le Front de I'Est" for reference, also the art work on page 19. This kit builds into a nice model out of the box, but with the addition of a few minor additions and corrections, it can be turned into a real show piece. Even though the model was only picked at sporadically over a two year period. I had all construction done and ready for paint in about 16 hours.
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