... I've started on my Matchbox T-34. First order of business was to fix up the gun and mantlet. The gun is too short and poorly shaped; the mantlet is too simplified, too small and lots of ugly join seams to eliminate. So I've replaced the gun with the forward portion of the 85mm gun from the Airfix T-34 kit, and built up the mantlet with some plastic card (including bits of scrap for rivets).
Also drilled out the end of the barrel.
The rest of the kit should be fairly straight-forward in comparison, though not sure yet what I'm going to do to replace the missing tracks ... the spare Airfix T-34 tracks are no good (for a variety of reasons). If I feel especially adventurous I may try building some from plastic card.
Bruce Probst
Melbourne, Australia
