Soviet patrol after the storm

[HERMAN BIX]

Those are not welding marks on the turret cheeks, rather the casting flash that has been cut off.
The welds are typically rough and certainly not put in to a level that would pass even a casual NDT inspection !

[Tiger6]

The T34/85 in Chris' picture is post war production (Polish I think?), and pretty poorly put together - you can put your fingers into the missing weld seam around the rear plate! Wartime ones would probably have been more rushed...

[cmryanuk]

Wow, amazing. The only giveaway they're models is the string that doesn't hang like rope. And I'm being pedantic here. Very well made and photographed.

Thank you very much. I appreciate the comment and support. I have burned the offending string since it was first mentioned.

Hopefully you removed it from the tank first, Mr Chef

[Mithras]

Gorgeous!

[ironeye]

Very well done! Nice attention to detail!

[MrChef]

4. Humble suggestion: the 'rope' holding on the log looks quite like real rope. The 'rope' on the front of T-34(85) 3A looks like packaging cord.

I finally found a pic of the tank with the rope I was sorta, kinda, trying to emulate unsuccessfully=

[cmryanuk]

Amazing work and great photos. Hard to tell them from the real thing!