Tiger II's of the s.SS.Pz.Abt.501 was part of the LSSAH during the battle of the Bulge, and these were a part of the 'Kampfgruppe Peiper'

Archer transfers provides separate sets for the three different divisions of the s.SS.Pz.Abt.501 (AR3500, AR35099B, AR35099R)

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no problem mate ^^

you might also want to score set AR35091
since the s.SS.Pz.Abt.501 was placed under the LSSAH they carried it's insignia on the front glacis and back plate (the shield with two keys in the center and the oakleaves underneath)

I built '213' a while ago (one of few KT's which survived the war and is on display at the small Belgian town of La Gleize)

(don't forget to post up your build ey )

Wouter
I thinking of doing #008. Will definitely post progress pics

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All Respondents:
Thanx to all who posted. Well after searching the web, reading from my library, these are my findings..... I know the
tank commanders of #008,#009, Order of Battle for Wacht am Rhein, Peiper did command a Panther Ausf G. #001,. And I have
narrowed down my Tiger II Ausf. B build of course to either
008 or 009. This Tank will become my entry for the Big Cats Mk. II campaign.
Thanx guys for clarification & steering me in the right direction. Stay tooned for further Blog progress.

Robert & Jerri;
Yes I do concur. The documented info and printed matter that I've been able to find is si gray, and undefined.
There are also too many contradictions over who,what,where,and when. I still have not been able to actually locate a photo of said Befehls Panther Ausf. G he
supposedly commanded. With the demands and assets available to Peiper at the time of action, I am more inclined to believe, that his mode of transport would have been a SdKfz. 251 or 4 wheeled vehicle. My intentions are to model a Panther Ausf. G late w/ zimmerit, w/ camo purtayed as the ones that have been recovered from the same unit, and area of operations at the time. turret numbers black/white outline,SS emblem on front plate. As I cannot confirm nor deny this scheme, I think its my best educated, guess. Now I am always open for new findings or info to educate myself. After all if you dont try to document your subject whats the point. I may as well paint it pink.

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Robert & Jerri;
Yes I do concur. The documented info and printed matter that I've been able to find is si gray, and undefined.
There are also too many contradictions over who,what,where,and when. I still have not been able to actually locate a photo of said Befehls Panther Ausf. G he
supposedly commanded. With the demands and assets available to Peiper at the time of action, I am more inclined to believe, that his mode of transport would have been a SdKfz. 251 or 4 wheeled vehicle. My intentions are to model a Panther Ausf. G late w/ zimmerit, w/ camo purtayed as the ones that have been recovered from the same unit, and area of operations at the time. turret numbers black/white outline,SS emblem on front plate. As I cannot confirm nor deny this scheme, I think its my best educated, guess. Now I am always open for new findings or info to educate myself. After all if you dont try to document your subject whats the point. I may as well paint it pink.

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As all of the Panthers in the mixed tank abt of 1SS in the ardennes were late production vehicles issued just a few weeks before the action there would be no zimerrit but they did have factory applied cammo. No unit markings were to be visable for security reasons. The LSSAH also had very unique hangers for their extra track hung on the turret,being a J shaped piece of rod welded to the turrets by the maint. section. Also,all of the company and platoon leader vehicles seemed to have had the all steel wheel versions of the late G model tanks.
Once again,for reference on this unit in this battle the series"Duel in the Mist" can't be beat. There are pics of almost every Panther that took part.
Now that I think about it 001 was not found at LeGlieze so it either dropped out with maint trouble during the advance of there never was a 001 as tanks were in short supply. The Regt had only 50% strength in tanks.the other half were made up for by the addition of the heavy Abt.
J