Thanks maestro Johnny
I've had few spare minutes to begin adding detail to the hull.
This has led to me wondering what it is that I am adding. This meant a fair amount of searching thru books & websites, without success, until I found a Russian T-34 reference, which helpfully had some original drawings & item specific information.
Having assembled [73] I discovered they are actually jacking blocks & the original 1940 blueprint shows them mounted at a different angle, it also shows the positions of the needed straps. Decided to copy the drawing not the model instructions
The jack assembly is [100-113] I think. (Not started that yet).
I've been so used to seeing the iconic cylindrical tanks mounted on Russian armor for decades of development, [143] surprised me by turning out to be the original external fuel tank design.
[60]+ I started work on the hull-front MG sponson.
[74]+ is the toolbox. Haven't gotten around to building that one yet.
I did manage to begin mounting things, as the pictures show, still plenty of tiny pieces ahead tho!
I found a translated to English T-34 users manual for anyone that would like to have a look.
T-34 users manual <8mb