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Now with the Majority of the Soviet WWII figures complete, it's time to move on to the first piece of armor to go along with them. As the title would imply, im going to do some slight semi fictional upgrades/changes to this vehicle. Not only to make it a little more my own/interesting, but to also give the vehicle some more potential. All of the upgrades are one's that where actually planned to be implemented into the T-35, T-28 or both. As weird as it may sound, i think the T-35 has kinda always been one of my personal favorites. In it's own way it is a pretty magnificent beast to behold, with it's huge size and the 5 turrets that sprout guns in every which direction. And you can't help but imagine what a vehicle like this would be like in a more ideal situation, blowing up German tanks left and right while showering nearby enemy troops with machinegun fire. But... one also can't help but think about this vehicle the same way as David Fletcher. It may be a terrifying sight, but pretty-much absolutely useless otherwise. I think it's pretty-safe to say the T-35 was probably designed with a more WWI mindset, and given the limitations of technology and the sheer size of the thing, there was no hope for it to ever succeed in a WWII environment. Too big, too slow, with too little armor. And however decided to add that tiny 76mm gun to the tanks main turret, had to have taken one too many shot's It was however not mechanically unreliable as such, it's just that they ran them for far too long and didn't service them as often as was recommended. Hence, the transmission gave way a lot of the time, leading to an even worse service record. So, what kind of upgrades are you talking about. 1. I will be adding a slightly fictional overall white winter camo with some custom marking/inscriptions. 2. I will change that 76mm potato launcher with the 57mm Zis-4 gun. This was something that was planned to be added to the T28 and may have even been planned for the T-35 3. This is not going to show externally or internally, but one of the actual planned upgrades, was a more powerful engine, and mine will be receiving that. 4. Oh, and almost forgot to mention, but ill likely add some stowage stuff from the Tamiya Allied vehicles accessory set. Im still in the process of creating a full on story/history around this particular vehicle, but i will try my hardest to make this all "fit in" is as much as possible. I already began the process for this during my 3 week summer cabin trip, hence the change of tables/backgrounds. For one of the first times, im not actually all that concerned about all the PE parts, and am actually looking forward too seeing how they will turn out. But... looking forward to it or not... it's probably still going to be a pain. With this kit, you also get a "clear" version of that large sprue. Im guessing it's mainly so you can display all the suspension bogies even after the tank is complete. I just threw it to the side as it was making the box pretty tight. While im not a big fan of plastic tracks, im thankful they are at-least of the link and length variety, instead of individual bits. The coat of white on this didn't exactly go to plan, more of the Tamiya Nato green underneath was supposed to show up, but i ran out of white primer. Instead i had to use some matt white which gave a coat that forced me to turn this almost blank white. This wouldn't be so bad if it didn't mean i basically wasted 20 bucks worth of Tamiya paint (the plastic was already green btw). But never mind, im sure it will still look nice and dandy once it's complete . Just need to change the plan a little. While i was there i got a bit of the hand-painting process complete, but there is still work to be done in that area. Just yesterday i decided that the first thing i should do here back home, is 3D-model/print the new gun for the main turret. Some slight sanding later, and i think it looks pretty good and feels pretty smooth. Dry-fitting also went pretty nicely. And that is where we are now. Next up is some more painting, but im sure that by tomorrow, construction will commence. Overall, should make for a very fun project