A follow up to my recent T-50 light tank is it's effective replacement the T-70M.



Not exactly a great design as it had thin armour, was powered by paired automotive engines and had a crew of only 2 meaning the commander also had to man the gun. It's major advantage was that it was cheap and easy to build.

This kit is by Miniart, and was very easy to put together, all the parts fitting well.

Care does need to be taken with the when cutting free the individual tack links as they are quite fragile.

The commander figure is by Miniart too, while the drivern is from Zvezda.

The kit was built pretty much out of the box, But I added home made etch engine slats and a very rough scratch interior including engine, which it turns out can't be seen when the figures are blocking the hatches.. oh well I know its there (a couple of interor shot links are given below for those who might want to give an interior a try).

http://svsm.org/gallery/T-70
http://www.weapon.df.ru/potroh/t70/index-e.html





One feature of the T-70 was the external exhaust pipes right where tank riders wanted to sit, so at least some featured aspestos (spelling?) wrap. I've painted this as an addition after the factory painting, letting me use it as a colour accent



I also scratched mesh engine cover, before finding absolutly no 'in action, shots of a T-70M with one in place, to I've modeled it fixed to the rear of the turret by a commander who did not want to 'loose' it. Probaly not accurate but I think it looks pretty good there!