The Tamiya T-72M1 kit is currently the best plastic kit on the market, but for me personally the shape of the kit turret does not seem right when I compared it to pictures in my own reference books.   For those who are also unhappy with the Tamiya turret, there is an alternative to using the Tamiya kit part.   A small Finnish company called JS Models makes a solid resin turret which I think more accurately captures the shape of the T-72M1 turret.   This company also makes a turret tool box (item # JS7) that is particular to Finnish army tanks.   This stowage box is located on the left side of the turret in place of the snorkel tube. I have included a picture of the resin turret next to the Tamiya kit turret. The resin stowage box is at the bottom of the picture.  Both the turret and the stowage box I purchased were very well molded.  Only some tiny amounts of excess resin were found on the underside of the turret and they were easily scraped off with a knife.  The only bubble I found was on one of the power conduits connected to the smoke grenade launchers.  I was told by the manufacturer that photographs and measurements used to make the masters molds were taken from Finnish army vehicles.   Some of these pictures can be found on IPMS Finland's web page.   When I compared my resin turret to the Tamiya part, I was surprised at the discrepancy in shape between the two.  Out of curiosity, I posted a question on AFV News' discussion group.  Finnish armour historian Esa Muikku told me that the Finnish T-72M1s are standard vehicles and are not "monkey versions" (downgraded export models).   Although Finland operates T-72s that were purchased directly from both the USSR and from ex East German stocks, all the vehicles are the same I was told. This still left me wondering how and why there is such a big difference between the Tamiya turret and the resin turret.  I am assuming that Tamiya also photographed and measured a real T-72M1 as well. The IPMS Finland home page has photos which show some vehicles with the early 8 spoke wheels and other vehicles with the later 6 spoke wheels.   I purchased my JS Models resin items from T:mi Kuivalainen's hobby store in Helsinki by mail order (http://www.kolumbus.fi/martti.kuivalainen/).