T-26 (15mm)

[Fitz]

Here's the 1:100 scale (15mm) T-26 WWII Soviet light tank,a snap-together kit by Zvezda.



Russian tanks in disruptive camouflage patterns were rare until the latter years of the war, but this colour scheme was actually formally adopted in 1939, two years before Operation Barbarossa began. It's very similar to that adopted by the Germans from 1943, and it's possibly not entirely coincidental that they adopted it after encountering it in Russia.

This is a very simple kit of only five parts, and it literally takes just a few minutes to put together. Then it takes me considerably longer to replace the post-&-hole turret mounting with a pair of magnets so that I can rotate the turret easily — the original mounting is very stiff.

[Norm]

Very nice. I like what you at doing your 15mm stuff.

The turret is very stiff and I think it is a follow on from their 'click together - no glue' design. I had to shave the mating  peg in the turret and dremel out where the pin goes, to get a loose enough fit for easy rotation.

These really are nice kits though.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Another excellent model.

[MartinR]

I really like their T26 models, I have several.

Yes, the turrets are all very stiff as they are designed to snap on, so they need a bit of a shave if you want them to rotate freely.