T-35

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mario Minichiello The mark of the pattern is of Alanger 1/35 and for that seen it is very good, not you how the ICM is but I believe that it doesn't have a lot of difference in the number of pieces. For the time being I am looking for information and then I will see like development their construction and painting. Mario

THe Alanger kit is just a rebox of the ICM, or they may have used the same moulds, but it is the exact same kit.
The winter camo scheme is the SAME as the overall Russian Green, with a whitewash over it.

The mark of the pattern is of Alanger 1/35 and for that seen it is very good, not you how the ICM is but I believe that it doesn't have a lot of difference in the number of pieces.
For the time being I am looking for information and then I will see like development their construction and painting.
Mario

This tank will probably be my next 1/35 project, or at least one of my next ones (it's been sitting on the shelf unbuilt for several months now). Those links should be very useful!

A great beast to be sure. You're building the ICM kit? It's fairly nice, goes together well.

I thank them a million times so much information, thank you, Andy, I wait pictures of the winter camo of the T35 eagerly. Thank you and a great hug from the tropic!!!.. ...
Mario

Here's another good T-35 page...
http://www.battlefield.ru/t35.html

It has a painting of a T-35 in winter camo. Basically whitewash over the green.

I've never seen a picture of a T-35 with German markings. Some T-35s were captured, but my guess is the Germans couldn't keep one fixed long enough to put it into service. Parts would have been a bit difficult to obtain.

Apparently there is only one surviving T-35. It's in the Kubinka museum. Here are some pics of it on TanxHeaven...
http://tanxheaven.com/nic/t-35kubinka/t35kubinka.htm

There are a few good books out on the T-34. One is the "Land Battleship" Maxim Kolomiets and Jim Kinnear Published by Barbarossa Books. Here's a review...


http://www.missing-lynx.com/reviews/russia/t28-t35pb.htm

I found a copy by using AbeBooks...
http://www.abebooks.com

Armybooks has two more. One by Militaria....


http://www.armybook.com/summary.html?code=0103013s15

The other is Heavy tank T-35 (Bronekollekchiy 2/95)...


http://www.armybook.com/summary.html?code=0103020cu8

The last one is nice in that it is downloadable and is only $2. It contains lots of photos (interiors too!) and covers the multitude of T-35 variations.

Trivia quiz...how many people does it take to run a T-35? Give up? Here's the answer...
http://www.battlefield.ru/t35_3.html

Winter paint scheme

QUOTE: The engine used was the same as the T34..... not too bright.

T-35 had engine M-17 which was from old era and worked on gasoline
T-34 had V-2-34 diesel and it was the best tank engine those days.

Maybe you can name a brighter engine that was in serial production in 1934?

Andy

Geoff-that thing looks like a land-locked destoyer-I have an ICM kit of it in my stash-scares the heck outa me.

QUOTE: Originally posted by trowlfazz Weren't only a few of these made and only 1 saw combat and was later captured by Hungarian (?) partisans? Whew-long sentence.

i think about 70 or so were made, almost 80 per cent broke down, the rest were destroyed........ if my references serve me correctly, i believe the number was 78. The engine used was the same as the T34..... not too bright.

Weren't only a few of these made and only 1 saw combat and was later captured by Hungarian (?) partisans? Whew-long sentence.

Mario,

here are some nice pics of T-35.... on some of them tank is captured....
http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/BeforeWWII/T35/

I will try to find winter paint scheme for you Mario...

Andy