Neil, yes, good advice, but I don't do dioramas. It's OK -- it's all a learning experience, and hopefully I'll do better as I go along. Who knows, I may well do a diorama at some point in the future and I can rebase the vehicle -- but for the moment, I'm done, and I'm moving on.
Thank you for the offer, any way.
I've seen the T-34 information at "On The Way" (shame that it's a bit out-of-date, with no discussion of the Dragon or Trumpeter kits). I have an Airfix T-34 (in an ancient "plastic bag" package, no less), alas it's become "spare parts" because the tracks melted the plastic.
Not been a good time for me and kit tracks recently.
The Airfix kit has way too many problems for me to want to build it ... it's a very poor T-34/76, and it's only a so-so T-34/85 (and based on a post-war vehicle, to boot). The road-wheels are OK, but not half as good as the Fujimi wheels. Interestingly the tracks, although they wrecked the Airfix hull, are themselves pretty much intact, and if I wash and seal them might do to replace the missing tracks for the Matchbox kit. We'll see .... I've actually started on the MB kit just this morning, and doing some work to improve the turret and gun ... a fun challenge, actually, if I can pull it off.
Bruce Probst
Melbourne, Australia
