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Hi Pals, A new model to share, in this case, a Zvezda T35 Soviet heavy tank. I like this model because it is a rare subject, something different but interesting, with that interwar concept of the "Landship", but it also had the opportunity to enter combat, although not with the expected result. The Zvezda kit is quite good in my opinion, more modern than those of other brands, and with a contained price, so I decided to choose it. I do not remember major assembly problems, if the superstructure above, you have to sand in several points to make it fit, but nothing impossible with some skill. It includes interior parts in the turrets, but a little scarce I think, and also, once assembled, the interior is practically not visible ... Having seen what I saw, I decided that I was not going to work on them, so I went directly to other sections. The included machine guns are very fragile, due to their size, I was still able to pierce some. The running gear includes many parts, and they are also numerous as it is a longer vehicle than the others, but everything fits very well, and once the parts are ready, assembly is very fast. The tracks are also a very good point, as they include sections of variable length, which fit very well, and also include some "saggy", in this way, a difficult and tedious job is finished without much problem. The radius ring of the main turret is delicate too, so I mounted it later, even so there was some breakage. At first, I thought about making one side of the vehicle fully visible the running gear, without skirt, but seeing how it looked, I was not convinced, too monotonous and too long ... As I did not want all the work to be lost from sight, I opted for each part of the running gear that was different, to remove a section of the skirt, and thus be able to see what is hidden behind them. On the other side, full skirt. Trying another shade of green, which together with pastels, oils, pigments, graphite, give a used vehicle, although not excessively, with dust and some mud on the underside. The decals are the ones included in the kit. I think one of these little giants is worth it in our showcases, easy to assemble, very low price and a very interesting final finish. I include some photos, after the real model, inspired by a comment from @Buzby061, (For informational purposes only, all rights for their legitimate authors.) Thanks as always for watch and comment. Cheers and TC Francis. T35 PARADE (NOT SAME VERSION) T35 OPERATIONAL T35 IN SERVICE T35 IN SERVICE The T-35 replica at the Museum of Military Equipment Battle Glory of the Urals, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia T35 KUBINKA MUSEUM T35 UNIT MUSEUM DETAILS WHITE BACKGROUND: . BLACK BACKGROUND:

Holt 150 ton Field Monitor - 1915. Look at this monster (it's nice to be able to say that without fear of prosecution). Below, I've shown it after it's been parked overnight in Coventry (house bricks omitted for clarity). The Americans seriously considered building these things. It is tempting to laugh and point at the silly colonials, but titter ye not (okay go on then, they probably deserve it for one reason or another). All across the globe, back in the olden days they didn't even know what tanks were supposed to look like! I would cut them some slack, but they were similarly clueless about aircraft. See what I mean? What were they thinking? Many designers considered the 'Big wheel' tank idea. Judging from the designs of some, those designers probably ended up in institutions wearing jackets that laced-up at the back. This one (surprise, surprise) never got built, although the Americans gave it very careful consideration and a reasonable amount of planning. It was intended for use against the Mexicans on the south Texas boarder region. They didn't like Mexicans in those days, oh how times have changed. It was to have twenty crew, powered by two steam engines, a gearbox for each 20' diameter wheel; the main armament was intended to be 6” naval guns and armour thickness up to 75mm! You don't get electric windows or a sun roof, but it does come with not one, but two machine-gun turrets and given the choice, wouldn't you swap electric windows for at least one machine-gun turret? I think we can assume that this is the long wheel-base version. The nippy, around-town model was probably the basis for the early Volvos. If you were measuring it's acceleration, forget the stop-watch, you'll need a calendar. One of the reasons it was abandoned is that it wouldn't be able to keep up with the cavalry, hell if it was racing a glacier, the smart money wouldn't be on the monitor. The speed was estimated at no more than a few kilometres per hour. You could probably crawl away from it without fear of being overtaken. I've printed it to scale and shown it here with my A7V which is also in 1/48. In 1/48 it'll be 14.6” (370mm), in 1/35 it would be 20”(510mm)! The only information I've been able to find is a couple of side views and a somewhat confusing description which sounds like it's been translated from ancient Phoenician semaphore using Google Translate. I've done a top view to the best of my ability from the information available. As with many things in life, some of the details I'm completely clueless. You may notice that there is no way the wheels could steer. They didn't need to, they each had their own gearbox – aren't you listening? Each wheel would have been able to go a different speeds ranging from slow, to very slow – god knows how the they expected to coordinate that in practice. Parallel parking would have been a real bugger. Inclines and obstacles would have presented insurmountable problems, but if those pesky Mexicans caused trouble on any cricket pitches, croquet lawns or bowling greens, the Yanks would have just the machine to deal with them. The spec suggested up to ten machine guns, which were supposed to have overlapping fields of fire, but I've notice that there's a major weak spot. I believe that's a definite Achillies bottom. What's the betting that if these ever went into production, the Mexicans would have invented the limpet mine soon after. As the unbelievably short-sighted manufacturers have yet to kit this important nonentity in 1/48, I'm going to resort to some crude plastic mangling. Although a word of warning, scratch building is a very virulent disease, which when infected, tends to be incurable. It often takes hold in the cockpit area and then rapidly spreads to other poorly developed parts. You may need to wash your eyes thoroughly in the dishwasher after viewing this post in order remain free from infection. If you want to continue following this build you may need to think about jabs or something.