This is an interesting one. It is the 1/76th scale Matchbox Russian T-34
that was
pressed into German service. It is built box stock with the exception of
drilling out
the gun barrel with a small drill. These small scale tanks are nice little
jewels and
look good next to 1/72nd scale planes. You get an idea how BIG those
planes really
are!! It seems at the start of the Russian front war, the Germans were
unpleasently
surprised by the Russian T-34!! It could outgun any German tank at the
time until the
Panther and Tigers arrived. Its sloped armor could also resist the German
anti tank
rounds at the time. All in all a tough little bugger!! So what did the
Germans do? Well
they would capture or refit abandoned T-34's and apply German markings and
use
them against their enemy. This was a stop gap until the superior Tigers
and
Panthers arrived. Similar weathering techniques as the JagdPanzer was
used. The
model was first sprayed overall olive drab like the Russians did and then
the panzer
colors were oversprayed like the Germans would have done.
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