T-26 Mod 1933 - Light tank - 1-100 scale 3D print model

The T-26, in its various variants, was the tank built in the largest number in the years preceding the Second World War. As many as twelve-thousand were produced, which were mainly used by Soviet armoured units, even if their baptism of fire took place with the insignia of republican Spain, during the civil war that raged between 1936 and '39. About 500 T-26s were shipped from Moscow to Spain, where they faced the much lighter, and modestly armed, German Panzer I and Italian L3. The version reproduced here in 1/100 scale, the 1933 model, was the mostly used in war actions. The T-26, like the Polish 7TP, was strictly derived from the Vickers Six-ton ​​light tank, which the USSR had obtained the production license for. The turret was immediately modified, redesigned from scratch to accommodate a 45 mm anti-tank piece, judging the original armament not enough. Alongside the much more performing BT-7s, the T-26s formed the backbone of the armoured formations of the Red Army until the outbreak of the war with Germany and were used to a large extent both during the brief war confrontations with the Japanese in 1939, both during the war with Finland, where the vehicles revealed many flaws, including a poor reliability.

The model is in 1/100 scale, the measures are: 4.8 cm lenght, 2.4 cm width, 2.4 cm height. It's divided into three parts: upper and lower hull, turret (that can rotate). Plus, you have the option to mount the turret with or without the radio system.