The difference of scale.

No time for model making but the picture below shows the sheer difference in the two most popular scales for military vehicle modelling. The smaller model is an Airfix Sherman Crab in 1/72 scale. The actual tank was a mine clearance tank where the chains on the roller at the front were rotated and set the mines off a safe distance from the tank and cleared a way for following vehicles and troops. I added various parts to enhance the level of detail.

Meanwhile the Sherman behind is an Academy kit in 1/35 scale of a loan lease tank to the Russian army. I added a few details such as tarpaulins laid over the rear of the hull and various bags and sacks formed out of epoxy resin.

Obviously the bigger scale allows more detail but with what I added to the smaller tank it illustrates that you can still get a lot into the smaller scale. The one thing you can see though is that a life time of modelling in 1/76 scale takes up a lot less space than the same collection in 1/35 scale! I won't tell Mrs. Woody about that!