Eric no probs with the Lynx, I'll build it another day.
The kit is a late March 1945 King Tiger issued to the sPzAbt. 502 number 555. From the limited research I have done so far, it belonged to battalion commander Kurt Hartrampf and was based at Oder-front near Frankfurt, I'm using the Tamiya Ardennes kit - 35252.
In a historical note I believe it was the the tanks of 502. Schwere Panzerabteilung that lead the breakthrough at Halbe, which went into history as one of the bloodiest fights in the collapsing Third Reich. In preparation of the Soviet offensive across Oder, the sPzAbt. 502 was deployed in the area of Diedersdorf-Litzen together with the 9th Army.
Although the army could hold the Oder-front near Frankfurt am Oder, other segments of the defense soon collapsed under enormous Russian pressure. By end-April the 9th Army was bypassed and encircled by the 1st Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian fronts. The last five Tiger IIs of sPzAbt. 502 were used to lead a desperate breakout, followed by tens of thousands of soldiers and refugees. In three days the enormous column moved through woods and villages, constantly attacked and fired upon by waiting Russians on both flanks. Despite all the fire from Russian artillery, T-34s and anti-tank guns, the five Tigers were able to establish a breakthrough, however, almost 60 thousand German soldiers and civilian refugees perished in the exodus. The Reich outlasted their sacrifice for another nine days.
I still need to pick up a replacement barrel and tracks for this baby so any recommendations from the experts would be really appreciated.