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ICM T-35 Russian Heavy Tank--how is it?

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  • From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont
ICM T-35 Russian Heavy Tank--how is it?
Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:48 PM
Well, I just ordered the the ICM T-35 russian Heavy Tank, or nicknamed Land Battleship, due to its FIVE turrets!  Anyways, jsut wondering how quality is for ICM kits?  Ive read some good stuff about it, and with 759 parts I would expect its got some nice detail.  Anyone know anything else?  Ive always loved those obsolete and experimental weapons more than just another sherman/panzer.
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Posted by Kykeon on Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:29 PM

Mine is still in the box, but I'll take a look at it.

It's BIG, larger than the Maus sitting on my desk. It's got to be one of the ugliest looking tanks ever made, that's for sure! The parts look nicely molded, with no visible flash. Get ready for a lot of indy track links, but at least there aren't any ejector pin marks on them. You get an engine and tranny, a driver's seat and a basket with shell racks for the main turret, but that's about all for the interior. Looks like a fair amount of mold release on the parts, so a bath is definitely in order.  The instructions seem to be pretty clear. Looks rather nice overall. I might have to build this next, once I find some references for it.

The only PE set I see available is the Eduard set. Some AM barrels are also available.

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Posted by biffa on Friday, January 26, 2007 12:06 AM

i have this kit also and it doesnt look bad, i built the T28 by ICM which is the other land battleship only slightly smaller with just the three turrets and it went together nice Kykeon is correct about them needing a good bath before building actually a couple of baths is in order, when i got mine i noticed the upper hull being badly warped and have read others being the same but i glued one end down and then gradually worked my way up the hull and it will work fine. In the box the T28 and T35 look about the same quality wise so i expect it will be a nice build. heres a pic of the slightly smaller T 28

 

Ron g.
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  • From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont
Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Friday, January 26, 2007 6:14 AM

Thanks guys, I read that their T-28 was a lot alike, so I went back to your (biffas) builds of 2006 page, since I remembered you building this monster, but the links had timed out, so I couldnt see.  Thanks for the picture.

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Posted by biffa on Friday, January 26, 2007 11:02 AM

no problem Ian if you have any more questions feel free, i had to organise my photobucket and broke the links on a lot of images here are the rest of my t28 shots if they are of any use.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v675/rongoins/t28%20russian%20tank/

Ron g.
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  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted by zokissima on Friday, January 26, 2007 11:42 AM
As with most ICM kits, it is fairly nice. The hull is comprised of multiple pieces, and they go together fairly well. As stated, the models always come with a very thick and noticeable layer of mould release agent, so they'll definitely have to be cleaned. Pretty nice detail. Some flash on parts, but nothing horrendous. And a very interesting vehicle to boot Smile [:)]
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