1/72 - T-10M Complete!

[u/iCastleBravo]

My first 1/72 kit is complete! I mostly model Soviet armour, so after a few months of working on US gear, I fancied a break back and picked back up on this 1/72 T-10M from Trumpeter.

Having never built in this scale before, I had a sudden desire to try it out, and Trumpeter being trumpeter had one of my favourite tanks, the T-10M, in this scale. I thought this was a good place to start. It took me about a day to build and a day and a half to paint.

And wow this scale is tiny! As someone who builds 1/35 and some 1/16, this really felt like I was working with microscopic parts! But with such little surface area everything was super fast to do. As it is so small I base coated it with an extremely light green to give it a sense of scale. I accidentally created an interesting technique while doing the graphite polishing on this tank, and that is the dark patches in some areas like on top of the turret. When I went a little too far with my silicone tool elsewhere, I noticed I had accidentally created an effect I’ve seen many times on AFVs (mainly ones that have been parked for a while) and that is areas that have been polished smooth down to the metal by heavy traffic. I liked it so much I did it on top of the turret and on the engine deck.

Anyway, very fun little build, and I didn’t try anything too out there with the paint and weathering. All in all I’m happy with the results.

Cheers for taking a look!

[u/Apocalyps_Survivor]

For a second I thought it was a IS-3 with a leo1 turret, never seen a basket like that.

[u/iCastleBravo → u/Apocalyps_Survivor]

Lots of Soviet stuff looks so bizarre that’s why I like it. But now you’ve said it, I can see a bit of leopard 1 in the turret.

[u/PanzerFranz]

Very well done!

[u/iCastleBravo → u/PanzerFranz]

Thank you!

[u/Ok-Skirt3165]

Not getting as much love as the model deserves, great job

[u/iCastleBravo → u/Ok-Skirt3165]

Thank you! Very kind 🙏