M10 Tank destroyer

Malcolm T Did you have any problems with the track breaking?

Stuart Massey No. Only time I had tracks break, I had sprayed them with enamel paint which weakened them and caused them to break under tension.

Malcolm T Thanks for the reply

Patrick Hagelstein Cool! I used to live very close to Aachen. I'll follow this one for sure!

Tim C I have been planning an Aachen Dio for years. Once up and running I will let you know!

Patrick Hagelstein Great! looking forward to it!

Lars Cool - I'm looking forward to this !

Peter Hardy Don't take too long Tim! This looks like it might be a crowd pleaser!

Tim C I will try not to take too long Next in the chute, I plan on doing the Cat & Mouse In The Bocage dio.

Patrick Hagelstein That promises to be nice too! I like the lush vegetation during the spring in that part of France.

Tim C I've been working up a sketch this morning. Decided to rename the dio- "Breaking Down the Door". Will post when I can.

Robert W Martel Here's another one from Academy! Just came today, 13 days shipping time,,, not bad !!
It's the 70th D-Day Anniversary edition. Comes in quite a larger box than the M18. Same dark green plastic with a completely detailed interior, driver compartment, detailed turret interior/w breach & rounds, PE light guards, stowage, rubber tracks, AND Cartograph decals w/8 options. A few $$ more than the M18, but only $30.95 shipped from China.
I'm only going to do a partial album right now, but It looks real nice kids. Should make a great looking M10 !! I don't see how you can beat it for the price. I only wish they would include a 1 piece or metal barrel.
Plenty of good reviews here on Scalemates with good pictures,,, check 'em out !!

Holger Kranich looks like a nice addition to my stash! Do the tracks look good?

Robert W Martel Hi Holger,
The tracks look good,,, . The detail is good, but they are the plain rectangular pad tracks. There are pin marks/dimples every 8 or 9 links,,, typical I from what I've seen, but I don't see how anyone will notice once it's sitting on the shelf! I would suppose there are AM tracks available!
There's plenty of reviews here on Scalemates with lots of good pictures.
I think it's a great kit for the price.
Cheers

Scott Dutton Quickie holiday project, no cam, easy build, therapy

H K Have fun

Scott Dutton Day and a half and its primed ready for OD, great kit, figures especially, all pars are keyed so pose is set. Nice

Wim van der Luijt fixed!

Nick Kiriokos Started this at my local club meeting on Saturday, filling a few ejector pin marks. While this is going to be mostly out of the box, I will add a few sandbags, rolls, tarps, boxes etc. to give it an "in use" look.

Ulf Petersen Wow! That's breathtaking!
Not just the model is simply perfect, the landscaping job is phantatstic as well!

Tahir Özcivan Thank you very much dear friends.

Bart Goesaert pff, very nice paintjob, weathering... congratz with this one

James C Really nice job. Great weathering!

Tom Not telling Very nice job mate, a pleasure to look at.

Bill Davis That is a good job, very realistic!

Tahir Özcivan Thank you mates. I really am happy to hear your nice comments.

Rutger Boom Nice details and painting. well done!

Scott Dutton Have you compared with older kit?

M.Julian Marles

M.Julian Marles Well, it's ALMOST identical- basically the kit # changes on Tamiya re-issues,as is the case with this, and sometimes slight changes to the box art, such as the other available kits listed on the side - so this is a 1980's re-release basically. But essentially nothing changed

It doesn't mention new tooling. I took the liberty of correcting the title also, as it read "US M10 Tank Destroyer" not "US Tank Destroyer M10", I also noticed lots of contributors don't bother with checking the sprues/vinyl/rubber/decals/etc option which is a little annoying ,lol o_0

G D Sorry - wasn't trying to be a smartass, I was just looking for a new release of this kit (why are they so damn hard to find!) and spotted that this was marked "New Tool".

M.Julian Marles I didn't take it that way at all ... sometimes a rebox is only a rebox because the kit # changes! Especially true of Tamiya ...but AFV and Academy make some ok M10's..not perfect but lightyears beyond this kit. Check em out sometime!

M.Julian Marles 1999.co.jp/eng/10280980

M.Julian Marles some dimensional issues but still..it looks pretty darn good!

G D Thanks - that AFV Club kit looks perfect!

M.Julian Marles Yeah, I have the "Wolverines" version, it's pretty sweet.

Hunter Cummins A high one on my wish list

Es-haq Khosravi Well done Vorya!

Vorya hidaryan Tnx Esi

George Bacon Thanks Vorya!

Es-haq Khosravi Great job Vorya! Excellent weathering!

Vorya hidaryan Thank you Essi

Kim Branders Nice wheatering

Vorya hidaryan Thanks Kim.

Bill Spargo very nice indeed

Dave Flitton Nice!

Vorya hidaryan Thanks Bill and Dave

Mohammad Adl

Vorya hidaryan tnx mohammad.here some update pics of lower hull.

Vorya hidaryan Assembling the interior part.

Lionel Marco A well furnished interior.
Just a problem: in Achilles, the shell weren't stored in tubes, as in the regular M10. (and as depicted

Lionel

Vorya hidaryan Hi Lionel tnx for you comment.you right about shell but didn't have any replacement and only this tubes in the kit box.Cheers!

Es-haq Khosravi Well done!

Vorya hidaryan thank you

George Bacon Looking good! . I want to watch this one!

Vorya hidaryan Thank you George.I hope finish it soon

Hunter Cummins Whats this kit like???

Lionel Marco A good looking kit, with nearly no ammunition storage in the hull sponsons: the bright side is that you don't have a complete set of US Ammo tubes to replace, as there are non...

Acki I´m in. Will be an interesting project.

Vorya hidaryan tnx Acki

babak chalangi

Vorya hidaryan thanks mate

Dave Flitton Looking good so far! What happened to the other one?

Roy McKenzie ditto on what Dave said. Any pics of the failed armor

Chris W The 'oil' stage just didn't work - I ended up with a big mess. I haven't had much luck putting oil washes on aircraft either. I find it messy and it ruins a nice build for me. Then again, I have seen some amazing weathering and panel lines done in oil... so go figure.

Roy McKenzie If you get the time tell how you did the wash, beginning to end. Perhaps your missing an important step. I along with others would be more than willing to help with this.

james johnson that's REAL nice, is that pre-shading I'm seeing?

Heico van der Heide Looking nice so far, but your picture is so large the molding-lines in the brackets (?) next to the drivers hatches look like something you should look at...

But how did i build? I've got the same kit here too, but then the Italeri version ( which uses the same moulds ).

Chris W I'll post some pictures of the wash - it seemed as though the oil paint disintegrated in the thinner instead of being thinned. It turned 'grainy'

Dave Flitton Almost finished with my Achilles

Tim Vereecke done

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench I got the AFV kit in my stash.
Is this a new kit from Tamiya???

Frank Krause @Markus: This is a pretty old one and probably a bit out of scale. AFV Club or Academy one are the better choices as per my opinion.

Gerald Willing Dieser ist leichter zu bekommen, habe doch tatsächlich für das AFV Modell seit einen Jahr
eine Bestellung am laufen.

Gerald Willing Dieser hier ...M10 Tank Destroyer Late Prod..nes (AFV Club AF35S07, 1:35)

SCM79 hello Gunnar, very nice Tank Destroyer you created! congrats

Gunnar Bäumer Thanks mate!

Dirk Heyer Hi Gunnar,
it is every time nice to see your amazing US Tanks and Softskins! It is absolutly relaxing for me to see some exceptionally vehicles like this one. I get almost eye cancer when I strolling over a model exhibition and I see only dozens of this boring Tigers, Panthers and KV`s .................
Keep on Gunnar!
Greetings Dirk

Gunnar Bäumer Danke mein Lieber!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sehen wir uns in Wilnsdorf?

Acki Hallo Gunnar, Deine Modelle beeindrucken mich jedesmal. Klasse!

Dirk Heyer Hi Gunnar,
dies Jahr nicht! Bin mit Ede diesmal auf der ModelForce`12 in Helchteren!
Das findet am 29.April statt!
Danach Mol und zum Jahresabschluß die Scale Model Factory`12
Gruß
Dirk

Christian Bruer Hi Gunnar, nice to meet you here and welcome aboard Well done for your M10! Cheers, Christian