Miniart have combined their T-70 light tank kit with a cool Russian winter crew
– We thought we would have a look at the parts and built up T-70M tanks so you
can see just how simple and effective of a model it is…
BOX: 345x240x60 mm
#35194
This kit contains 423 parts.
Kit has the models of
the tank with 5 figures.
Kit allows you to build
either the early or late T-70M models.
The T-70M was accepted by the GKO for Red Army service in
March 1942, but is usually called simply the T-70. Some of the first machines
still used the old conical turret, but this was replaced by the flat panel
turret after April 1942. T-70 production took place at Zavod Nr. 37 and
alongside T-60 production at GAZ and Zavod Nr. 38.
It completely supplanted the
T-60 in September 1942. The T-70 remained in production until the end of
October 1943, by which time some 8,226 had been manufactured.
The final production series (T-70A from mid-1943) used the
more powerful GAZ-203 engine and had other hull improvements such as a
traversable MK-4 periscope for the driver in place of a simple view-slit. In
service, the T-70 proved competent but unexceptional.
Combining both the
discontinued single sets of the #35022 Soviet Tank Crew - Winter 1943-45 with
the T-70M Soviet Light Tank
Contents of the box- the crew
...and the tank sprues
And one photo etch sheet
Photos of the constructed T-70m model
OK more on this kit
when it comes to our door and we review it – till then you can see all of Miniart’s kits at
their homepage.
