Could it be a reflection of something?
The turret looks very wet or gloss and the machine gun mount
is reflected by the turret
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The Meng kit is far from perfect, but everyone will decide for themselves what they want to get in the end)
Do not install the B3 part when assembling from the box, it is not appropriate in the “out of the box” configuration.
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Hello Uncle-Heavy
A reflection is a good idea, but the second photo was taken from the same perspective. Unfortunately, I only have one photo of this version. The turret hook is missing in this photo. I’ll show you the original photo.
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I dunno, but I think that looks like a second (and smaller) coaxial rifle.
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Yes, Ioncray, that’s my opinion too. But there’s no opening in the tower at this point. The tower was probably cut open with a cutting torch at this point.
And now it was time to move on to the landing gear. The road wheels and drive wheels were attached. I omitted the B3 parts. However, there were also T-10Ms that had this variant installed. It wouldn’t have been completely wrong.
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Indeed, there were.
But, for such a tank, it is necessary to completely rework the number and location of the filler necks on the roof of the engine-transmission compartment, and change the armor of the final drives.
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I think the lifting hook is present.
Could you try holding a piece of those mirror-finish candy wrappers
or the mirror side of aluminium foil against the model turret, look at
it from the same angle as the camera and check if it reflects something?
The “whatever it is” has a slight curve and a straight object reflected
on a curved surface will look curved.
It can’t be a co-axial rifle since that would leave a shadow or reflexion
when it sticks out of the turret. A co-axial also needs a vertically oblong
opening to move in when it follows the main gun. It also needs to be straight.
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If the outer end is a cone-shaped flash deflector, then it could be perfectly straight after all; if that’s the case then it’s simply that the top part of the barrel and flash deflector simply don’t show on the grainy photograph. I can’t tell if if should be showing a shadow or not.
I’m not wed to this theory, I just think it fits what we’re looking at. I’d love to see another photograph of that area with that… whatever, showing.
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Another angle would be very useful …
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I have several pictures of this parade with the T-10M tanks, but this is the only one with this part. However, one must also consider that many modifications and modifications to the vehicles were carried out by the GSSD repair shops themselves. These modifications were not always documented and therefore cannot be attributed. One should definitely not assume that what I didn’t see didn’t exist. We’ll come back to this later with a next model.
Here’s a picture of a tank road from that time; its width was impressive. Unthinkable toda
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Excellent photo, thank you! This is probably the tank directrix of the 101st regiment in Magdeburg (Cracau).
I have not seen this photo before!
Excellent prototype for Object 734
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Hello Holger
The 101st Training Regiment Cracau wasn’t stationed near Magdeburg; it belonged to the training regiment stationed in Dresden. Driving school training was conducted in Cracau, near Königsbrück. The driving school tanks could be seen picking mushrooms almost daily.
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Construction of the model continued. The undercarriage was fitted with tracks. I had to use tracks from the kit because metal model tracks weren’t available at the time. I mounted the tracks so that they could be replaced with metal tracks at any time. The first manufacturer of T-10 metal tracks was MasterClub. These were then fitted later. The kit tracks can only be assembled easily using the included assembly aid. Inserting the pins into the track links is a problem. The finished track looks good, though. What I noticed after fitting the tracks is that the position of the swing arms on the model is too high. Unfortunately, I did this with all of my models. It then affects the entire model. Here are the pictures, what do you think.
The upper deck has been adjusted
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Nice build so far.
Hello Elefant6
Something about your question: To bad it arrived on the scene to late. I wonder how it would have fared up against a German Jagdtiger. I also like the way the front glacis is angled on it.
The design of the hull and turret, given the given specifications, presented the designers with significant challenges. Several experiments were conducted, especially with the hull. It was very complex to manufacture, including the nose and its slopes. Whether the slopes of the nose were the same on all T-10 tanks is questionable. The first slopes were cast for the hull’s nose. Firing tests were conducted on the hull and the tank. Here are some pictures.
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Construction of the model continued. The parts for the underwater driving system were made in-house. The pictures show two variants of the T-10 tank.
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Here’s a picture from a parade in Berlin in 1967. It was the only parade at which T-10M tanks were shown. Another picture shows the mold of the nose cone. The casting remained in the mold for 68 hours after casting.
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