Entering service in the last year of WW2, the SU-100 was a dedicated tank destroyer, based on the hull and running gear of the highly successful T-34 tank. The SU-100 was powered by the same 38.9 litre V12 diesel as the T34, but was armed with the massively powerful (for the time) 100mm D-10S gun in a newly designed and heavily armoured superstructure. This weapon went on to serve in the T-54 and T-55 tanks and their derivatives, and the SU-100 has seen service with a variety of armed forces in the post-war years such as Czechoslovakia. Egypt, Cuba, Angola and even Vietnam. Dragon's new kit is based on their excellent T-34 model, widely acknowledged to be the best 1:35 rendition of this machine currently in production. The upper hull is all new and features individually moulded glacis plate, gun mount and mantlet, the latter parts carrying a very well rendered cast-steel texture. A close-up look at the upper hull also reveals some finely created weld seams, just ripe for accentuation with a localised wash of oil paint... Individually moulded side plates for the fighting compartment are also included, allowing for detailed weld seams to be properly rendered, but no mention of them is made in the instructions, so don't forget to fit them.
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