La Gleize KT '213'

[wouter]

Aloha everyone.

When I started the hobby in December 2009 my first kit was Dragons KT with late pattern tracks kit. I started the build on the 29th of December 2009 and I can now officially state that she is finished on the 27th of April 2012 ;D ;D ;D
Pretty much OOB except for the Friul tracks

It's depicting KT '213' of the s.SS.Pz.Abt.501 which was part of the Kampfgruppe Peiper and was lost near Wérimont Farm in the vicinity of the small village of La Gleize, Belgium. She still stands there on display to this day:

Anywhoo, here are some shots of the finished article :
















Sorry for the sh$£load of pics ;D ;D ;D

There are some small things here and there which I feel could have been done better, but in general I'm pleased with how she turned out

Hope you lot like it a bit ^^

Cheers

[shawngehling]

Wouter,
Looks great to me...
Love the figure too.
Would this have been white washed for the battle?
Shawn

[TRM]

Congratulations Wouts!! This big girls is a beauty!! I love the Black & White money shot there! Woo Hoo!!! No problems with too many pics....can sit and look at them all day!!

Looks like this one makes it under the wire on MoM!!!! Say the work or shoot a PM and it will be done Sir!!!! ;D

[wbill76]

Very nice work all around on this one Wouter, the extra attention you gave it with the weathering really added dimension/depth to the finish. Definitely one to be proud of!

[tonylee]

Good Gosh would that amount of time even come close to the meaning of slow???

When you get my age my friend you're going to ask yourself why did I waste all that time and now there's not enough time to get them all done that I want to build.

BUT there's something to say about Quality isn't there.

Fantastic artwork
Tony

[tobias5555]

That´s a really great Kingtiger

[armorguy]

Congrats Wout ! You finally did it, the La Gleize KT is ready to rock ! I like the camo pattern, the colors match perfect. The subtle weathering makes it not overdone, sometimes less is more !
Will you come to Moveleo tomorrow ?

[Paul P]

i Wouter.......... outstanding, a great piece of work, the cammo and the figure look spot on mate

Paul

[wouter]

Shawn: thanks a lot mate! Well, there were some whitewashed Tiger II's, however, I don't think the Tiger II's of the s.SS.Pz.Abt.501 were whitewashed, if so, I haven't seen any photos of whitewashed 501 Tigers yet

T: thanks bro, yeah, I thought the black n white would make a nice addition: I tried that out in Photoshop Elements. Wanted originally add some text to the photo as well, but I couldn't figure out how to do that in PE

Bill, well Sir, many thanks, means a lot me

Tony, thanks dude, glad you like the endresult. 'bout that timeframe: I promise to try to finish my builds faster now ;D. Since I have a mancave it should speed up. Just have to find the space to storage all the finished stuff

Tobias: Many thanks

Guy: thanks mate. Glad you fellas like the weathering, calling it moderate makes me happy, because I was initially afraid that it might be too much. And yes, you will see her in the flesh tomoz!

Paul: many thanks, glad that you like. And since you're a figure painting Ace, especially happy that you like the fig as well

Cheers

[armorguy]

Oh yes ! I'll be there with my Dodge and probably the BA.

[bigjohn]

Nice wout, she really looks good!

[danb]

Really nice Wouter i love the camo i think the finishing touches are perfect and the figure looks right too thumbs up from me

Dan B

[snidervolley]

your work is excellent and the camo aznd aging came out perfect some where i have a pic of the tank as it was hauled to the ladys house that asked for it , with the blown off barrel ( it was later fixed with a 75 tube . better view of la gliese as it has me in it ;D

and the interior

[snidervolley]