Modeling the T-34 and its Variants
Kit Lists
Below are tables of every T-34 variant and accessory produced in 1/72nd scale. If any readers are aware of other kits or accessories not listed, please send me the information so it can be incorporated into the tables. Also, if anybody owns any of the following items, and would like to include an in-box preview or construction review of the item, especially for items which currently have none, please send those along also. The tables are arranged with the T-34's first, more or less chronologically, followed by the assault guns.
Complete Kits:
Variant | Manufacturer | Medium | Comments | Previews | Reviews |
T-34/76 Model 1942 | ESCI | Plastic | Very good kit. Early style solid disk wheels. Early style turret. Excellent detail overall. Accurate hull and turret dimensions. Out of production. | Preview | |
T-34/76 Model 1943 | ESCI | Plastic | Very good kit. Mid-style perforated steel wheels. Hexagonal style turret with cupola. Excellent detail overall. Turret seems to be slightly under scale. Out of production. | Preview | Review |
T-34/76 Model 1942 | Eastern Express | Plastic | Much nicer kit than the earlier AER T-34-based vehicles. More and crisper detail. Very good kit. Represents the version with the hexagonal turret w/o cupola. | Preview | |
T-34/76 Model 1943 | Eastern Express | Plastic | Much nicer kit than the earlier AER T-34-based vehicles. More and crisper detail. Very good kit. Represents the version with the hexagonal turret with cupola. | Preview | |
T-34/76 Model 1943 with metal wheels | Al.By | Resin | |||
T-34/76 Chelyabinsk | Al.By | Resin | Extremely fine model. The hull is based on the ESCI kit, but with many modifications. Comes with a mix of wheel styles and link-and-length tracks. | Preview | |
OT-34 Model 1943 | Eastern Express | Plastic | Much nicer kit than the earlier AER T-34-based vehicles. More and crisper detail. Very good kit. Can be built with or without cupola. | Preview | |
PT-34 Model 1943 | Eastern Express | Plastic | Much nicer kit than the earlier AER T-34-based vehicles. More and crisper detail. Very good kit. Can be built with or without cupola. Includes parts for PT-3 mineroller. | Preview | |
T-34/85 | AER/Cooperativa/Toga | Plastic | Detail is a little rough, and sparse. Overall dimensions are good, but I've heard there are fit problems. Good link and length tracks. Improper spacing between road wheels. | Preview | Review |
T-34/85 KPHZ | Rhino Models | Resin | |||
T-34/85 w/D-5T gun | Eastern Express | Plastic | Same hull as T-34/76, but with new turret. Includes all the optional parts to build three variants, with the exception of the mineroller. | ||
T-34/85 (1944) | Eastern Express | Plastic | Same kit as above. | Review | |
OT-34/85 | Eastern Express | Plastic | Same kit as above. | ||
T-34/85 w/PT-3 Mineroller | Eastern Express | Plastic | Same kit as above, but also includes mineroller. | ||
T-34-85 M1943 (Zavod Nr.112) winter 1943-44 | ARMO | Plastic/Resin/Metal | Includes a complete plastic AER T-34/85 kit, plus new resin chassis and wheels, a resin conversion turret, a turned aluminum gun barrel, and etched brass detail parts for the turret. | ||
T-34-85 M1944 "flattened" turret, 1944 prod. | ARMO | Plastic/Resin/Metal | Includes a complete plastic AER T-34/85 kit, plus new resin chassis and wheels, a resin conversion turret, a turned aluminum gun barrel, and etched brass detail parts for the turret. | ||
T-34-85 M1944 "composite" turret, 1944 prod. | ARMO | Plastic/Resin/Metal | Includes a complete plastic AER T-34/85 kit, plus new resin chassis and wheels, a resin conversion turret, a turned aluminum gun barrel, and etched brass detail parts for the turret. | ||
T-34-85 M1944 "composite" turret, 1945 prod. | ARMO | Plastic/Resin/Metal | Includes a complete plastic AER T-34/85 kit, plus new resin chassis and wheels, a resin conversion turret, a turned aluminum gun barrel, and etched brass detail parts for the turret. | ||
T-34-85 M1944 "angle-jointed" turret, 1944 prod. | ARMO | Plastic/Resin/Metal | Includes a complete plastic AER T-34/85 kit, plus new resin chassis and wheels, a resin conversion turret, a turned aluminum gun barrel, and etched brass detail parts for the turret. | ||
T-34-85 M1944 "angle-jointed" turret, 1945 prod. | ARMO | Plastic/Resin/Metal | Includes a complete plastic AER T-34/85 kit, plus new resin chassis and wheels, a resin conversion turret, a turned aluminum gun barrel, and etched brass detail parts for the turret. | ||
T-34 ARV Bergepanzer | TP Model | Resin | Captured vehicle used by Germany. | ||
T-34 ARV | ARMO | Plastic/Resin/Metal | AER plastic kit, plus resin and etched conversion parts. | ||
T-34 ARV | MV Models | Plastic | |||
T-34 Retriever w/winch | MV Models | Plastic | |||
PT-34/85 | AER | Plastic/Resin | Plastic T-34/85 kit, with resin mineroller. | ||
SU-85 | Toga/Eastern Express | Plastic | Much nicer kit than the earlier AER T-34-based vehicles. More and crisper detail. Very good kit. | Preview | |
SU-85M | Al.By | Resin | |||
SU-122 | Attack! | Resin | Out of production. | ||
SU-122 Model 1943/Su-85 | Attack! | Resin | Out of production. | ||
SU-122 | Eastern Express | Plastic | Much nicer kit than the earlier AER T-34-based vehicles. More and crisper detail. Shares many details with the Su-85 kit. Very good kit. | Preview | Review |
SU-100 | AER/Cooperativa/Toga | Plastic | Detail is a little rough, and sparse. Overall dimensions are good, but I've heard there are fit problems. Good link and length tracks. Improper spacing between road wheels. | Preview | Review |
SU-100 | Al.By | Resin | 1944 version with "spider" wheels. | ||
SU-100 | Attack! | Resin | Out of production. | ||
SU-100M | Rhino Models | Resin | Post-war Czech version. | ||
SU-122M | Al.By | Resin | |||
Bergepanzer SU-122 T | Attack! | Resin | Captured vehicle used by Germany. Out of production. | ||
Rammpanzer SU-122 | Attack! | Resin | Captured vehicle used by Germany. Out of production. | ||
SAU-122 | AER | Plastic/Resin | Egyptian conversion of a 122mm gun mounted in a fixed turret on a T-34 hull. Plastic T-34/85 kit, with resin 122mm gun and turret. | ||
Type 63 T-34 AA Vehicle | MW Models | Plastic | North Vietnamese conversion mounting a Chinese twin 37mm AA gun on a T-34 hull in a multi-sided wirbelwind-like turret. All new hull with wheels, chassis and tracks from Eastern Express T-34 kits. |
Conversions:
Variant | Manufacturer | Medium | Comments | Previews | Reviews |
T-34/76 Model 1940 | Modell Trans | Resin | Conversion for Eastern Express kit. | ||
T-34/76 Model 1940 turret | Resin Master | Resin | Includes L-11 gun, square engine access hatch, headlight, early style tow shackles, and early driver's hatch. Very good. | Preview | |
T-34/76 Model 1941 Welded turret | Attack! | Resin | Out of production. | ||
T-34/76 Model 1941 Cast turret | Attack! | Resin | Out of production. | ||
T-34/76 Model 1941 Cast turret | Resin Master | Resin | Includes square engine access hatch, early style tow shackles, and early driver's hatch. Very good. | Preview | |
T-34/76 Model 1941/42 turret | Resin Master | Resin | STZ production, with applique armor on the turret, and for the front hull (z ekranami). | Preview | |
T-34/76 Model 1941/42 turret | Resin Master | Resin | STZ (Stalingrad) production, with welded turret, Barrikady angled gun mantle, and square engine access hatch. | Preview | |
T-34/76 Model 1943 Hardedge turret | Attack! | Resin | Out of production. | ||
T-34/76 Model 1943 Hardedge turret | Resin Master | Resin | Hard-edged turret with two round turret hatches. | Preview | |
T-34/76 Model 1943 Hardedge turret | Resin Master | Resin | Hard-edged turret with commander's cupola and split hatch. | Preview | |
T-34/76 Model 1943 ChTZ turret | Attack! | Resin | Out of production. | ||
T-34/76 Model 1943 ChTZ turret | Resin Master | Resin | ChTZ turret with two round turret hatches. Looks more like a soft-edge turret, not ChTZ. | ||
T-34/76 Model 1943 ChTZ turret | Resin Master | Resin | ChTZ turret with commander's cupola and split hatch. Looks more like a soft-edge turret, not ChTZ. | Preview | |
T-34/76 Model 1943 [D] 'ChtZ' Turret | Leva | Resin | Gives option of attaching cupola or not. Solid turret with small opening beneath cupola to add a figure (but only if cupola is not used). | Review | |
T-34/76c Turret | Al.By | Resin | Replacement for the ESCI 1942 turret. Very nice. | Preview | |
T-34/76d Turret | Al.By | Resin | ChTZ turret with two round turret hatches (Micky Mouse). Excellent level of detail, hollow cast, and excellent fit to ESCI hull. - Mark Thomas | Preview | |
T-34/85 1943 (DT-5) Turret | Leva | Resin | |||
T-34/85 Turret | Al.By | Resin | Hollow-cast, very detailed, open commander's hatch. | Review | |
T-34/85 Turret | Commander Series | Resin | Out of production. | ||
T-34/85 KPHZ Turret | Rhino Models | Resin | Very nice turret. Much better than the AER kit turret. | Preview | |
T-34/85 Model 1944/45 Flattened turret | Attack! | Resin | Out of production. | ||
T-34-85 M1943 (Zavod Nr.112) turret, winter 1943-44 | ARMO | Resin/Metal | Includes a resin turret, a turned aluminum gun barrel, and etched brass detail parts for the turret. | ||
T-34-85 M1944 "flattened" turret, 1944 prod. | ARMO | Resin/Metal | Includes a resin turret, a turned aluminum gun barrel, and etched brass detail parts for the turret. | ||
T-34-85 M1944 "composite" turret, 1944 prod. | ARMO | Resin/Metal | Includes a resin turret, a turned aluminum gun barrel, and etched brass detail parts for the turret. | ||
T-34-85 M1944 "composite" turret, 1945 prod. | ARMO | Resin/Metal | Includes a resin turret, a turned aluminum gun barrel, and etched brass detail parts for the turret. | ||
T-34-85 M1944 "angle-jointed" turret, 1944 prod. | ARMO | Resin/Metal | Includes a resin turret, a turned aluminum gun barrel, and etched brass detail parts for the turret. | ||
T-34-85 M1944 "angle-jointed" turret, 1945 prod. | ARMO | Resin/Metal | Includes a resin turret, a turned aluminum gun barrel, and etched brass detail parts for the turret. | ||
T-34 2cm Falkvierling 38 | Resin Master | Resin | Conversion turret. | ||
SU-85 Conversion | Al.By | Resin | Designed for the ESCI T-34. | ||
SU-122 Conversion | Al.By | Resin | Designed for the ESCI T-34. | ||
SU-122/2 Conversion | Al.By | Resin | Designed for the ESCI T-34. |
Accessories:
Variant | Manufacturer | Medium | Comments | Previews | Reviews |
T-34 F-34 Gun Barrel | ARMO | Aluminum | F-34 barrel for any T-34/76 Model 1941 and later. | Preview | |
T-34 L-11 Gun Barrel | ARMO | Aluminum | F-34 barrel for T-34/76 Model 1940. | Preview | |
T-34 76mm Gun Barrel | Micro Realistixx | Brass | F-34 barrel for T-34/76. | ||
PT-34 (mineroller) | Leva | Resin | Highly detailed mineroller set, but wheel radius is likely too small, and no attatchment cables are included. | Review | |
T-34/85 Detail Set | Eduard | Photoetch | For AER kit. | Preview | |
T-34/85 Detail Set | PART | Photoetch | For AER kit. | ||
T-34/85 side skirts | PART | Photoetch | For AER kit. Mesh skirts, for Berlin '45. | ||
T-34/85 85mm Barrel | ARMO | Aluminum | Zis-S-53 barrel for any T-34/85 kit. | Preview | |
T-34/85 85mm Barrel | Micro Realistixx | Brass | |||
T-34/85 85mm barrel and late cupola | Resin Master | Resin | For AER kit. | ||
T-34/85 Corrected Suspension | ARMO | Resin | For AER kit. | ||
T-34/85 Starfish Pattern Wheels | Resin Master | Resin | Solid rubber rimmed, pierced road wheels. | ||
T-34 "Spider" Wheels | Resin Master | Resin | Pierced rubber-rimmed road wheels. | Preview | Review1 Review2 |
T-34 Rubber-rimmed Wheels | ARMO | Resin | Rubber-rimmed, solid disk road wheels. Not spectacular, but better than ESCI and AER. | Preview | |
T-34 Early Wheels | Resin Master | Resin | Early rubber-rimmed, solid disk road wheels. Copied from ESCI's T-34 1942 kit. | Preview | |
T-34 Steel Wheels | ModellTrans | Resin | Very nice wheels. | Preview | |
T-34/Su-100 Detail Set | Resin Master | Resin | Designed for AER kits. Includes engine deck screen, mufflers, tool boxes, ammo boxes, siren and antenna mount. Copies of ESCI kit parts (except siren and antenna mount). | Preview | Review |
SU-100 Detail Set | Eduard | Photoetch | For AER kit. | Preview | |
SU-100 Detail Set | PART | Photoetch | For AER kit. | ||
SU-85/KV-85 Barrel | ARMO | Aluminum | D-5T barrel for any SU-85, KV-85 or IS-1. | Preview | |
Early T-34 Tracks | Resin Master | Resin | Early style "plate" tracks, for 1940 and 1941 T-34's. Only detailed on outer surfaces. | Preview | |
T-34 "Berlin" Upgrade Kit | Leva | Resin |
Thank you to Matt Bittner for providing much of the material for these tables.
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