Here's my early version M10,

Comments appreciated and welcome...

Steve

Wow, this is very nicely done. I like it alot. The rack on the rightd side look a little bit too rusted if I might add. That might have been possible in the russian army, but probobly not in the american.

Great model. Apart from a question over the colour of the fire extinguisher (there've been plenty of arguments over red vs O/drab) that's one nice M10. Are they brass shell cases or painted?

Hi Steve Nice looking M10 you got there ....There are a couple of little things I noticed ...The first is your tow cable is too long .. The things that you added on either side of the rear lights are spare track holders seen on late Sherman tanks, but the way you have them placed the lights are in the way and you couldn't store any tracks if you tried. The last thing I noticed is the use of the tracks with the extended end connectors ...The M10 had to be modified to use these tracks by cutting the lower part of the hull so that they wouldn't snag. Nice weathering on the rear deck..You might want to try a deeper wash in the engine deck hatches and on the turret sides to show that those tie downs are sparate ... All in all a really nice build congrats..

Rick

Very nice M10, very nice indeed.

Question to Rick about the tow cable, when you said it is to long, just what length are they supposed to be on American tanks, I didn't know they had a certain length set,then does this apply to Germans to, cause I was just thinking as long as it didn't get to far out of hand.

Steve are those tracks the ones that came with the kit, or did you pull them from another kit, cause it seems as though Rick knows quite a bit about these, and I know sometime in the future I plan on getting all of these open tops, so I need to find out all I can before I do, so I appreciate all the information I can get.

Kerry

very nice M10, the oil stains on the rear deck are particularly realistic.

as has already been pointed out the rust on the grouser racks, whilst looking very nice, wouldnt have been there on a real M10. The US and British army are meticulous in their maintance so would not let it happen!

also shouldnt there be a recoil guard for the main gun?

regards

joe

The Academy M10 and M36 are basically nice models, but they have several problems which stop them being great. Probably the most annoying is that the turret on the later M10 (and the 17pdr version) is too narrow. Not sure if that applies to the early version, as I don't have one yet. There are also issues with the hull angles, though that's less noticeable. The interior is packed with bits, but the firewall is too far to the rear, making the engine too small The placing of the hull floor escape hatch is off too, the inside doesn't match the outside location.

You'll also find the tracks are narrower than either Italeri or Tamiya, so build the sprocket around the track if you are going to swap, otherwise it doesn't fit.

But when you build them, they do look like M10s, the suspension is really nice and the 76mm versions have a load of fibre ammunition tubes for the internal racks. You get the same tubes for the 17pdr version, even though it stowed the rounds uncovered.

Looks to me like the track on Crockett's model comes from the original Tamiya M4A3 (if its vinyl, of course). And there isn't a recoil guard on the original M10.

Very nice work! A beautiful M10 ! In my opinion it's a bit too rusty, but it's very, very nice! A job well done! Congratulations!
Cheers and good modelling!
Prato

M10 looks GREAT
Subtle weathering on the rear deck, the 50.cal withe the chain is nice.
One thing though, is the tip of the white star sticking up a bit on the bottom right side?