This has taken longer than expected due to more pressing matters, the original build can be found [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6166984/anchors_6257629/mpage_1/key_king%252Ctiger/anchor/tm.htm#6257629]HERE[/link] , its about 95% complete, I have to add more tid bits and some battle damage to the rear flaps, so more pics will follow. I decided on the 505, with the knights charger for its emblem, this represents the last tank of the 505 after a heroic battle to save civilians from the wrath of the advancing soviets. Here is the historical setting that this tank is modeled along:
" On February 17 1945, western Prussia was walled off and the end of the battalion was near.
In the area around Metgethen, the first German soil to be occupied by the Red Army, there came reports of constant atrocities and massacres of the civilian population. The 505 Panzer Battalion responded in unison with the equally decimated 52nd Infantry Division in a counterattack that freed the town and created a corridor 1.5 kilometers southwest to the town of Medenav. The soldiers evacuated the area of civilians and, despite constant air attacks, resolved to keep the corridor open at all costs. Six Soviet divisions sent to the area were incredibly held at bay for six days while other parts of Prussia were freed. As a result, more than 100,000 people were able to flee by boat, and the German forces directly helped over 12,000 people get from Metgethen to the seaports.
In these last battles, the battalion lost 10 Tiger II's and all the Tiger I's. On April 6, crewmen without tanks together with mechanics, supply personnel, etc., fought as grenadiers as the last three tanks defended the Peyse peninsula.
On April 15, when gasoline and ammunition ran out, 2 of the Tigers were wrecked and abandoned, and all the crew members boarded the remaining tank and they headed towards Pillau to leave the area by boat. Soviet forces attacked as they retreated and the commander of the unit and leading ace at that time, Oberfeldwebel Mausberg (with more than 50 victories) died in the action. Only a small group of men managed to reach Pillau and escape to Germany. "
The last Tiger of sPzAbt 505
Prepare to repel boarders, barbed wire in place !
Moving cross country
Desperate soldiers contemplate their fate
Stern's old grills put to good use - thanks freund !