T-35, The five - headed dragon of the Red Army.

[Сергей Никитин]

Good day, colleagues and sympathizers!

Today I want to introduce you to a rare animal!
The Soviet five-towered monster, the T-35 tank.

Once upon a time, about 6 years ago, a cherished HUGE box from a Star got into my then-just-trying-to-model paws. 
Naturally, the tank was immediately knocked down and assembled. And, as I thought then, I was ready for painting. I've never been so wrong before)

And after a while, I still decided to finish off this "miracle" of the engineering thought of Soviet designers. Armed with available materials, having seen enough photos and read a couple of blogs from neighboring forums, we proceed.
 

To begin with, some improvements were purchased.
A set of gun barrels from Zedval
A couple of sets of PE from Microdesign (about them later some obscene phrases)
Tracks from HobbyBoss
Lots and lots of bolts from MasterClub (and a little screws from E.V.M.)
A little sheet plastic ...
And most importantly. A sea of desire to make something similar to a tank. 
 

Let's start with the most important points. 
Guns are really needed. Zvezda went to scrap. 
Almost all bolts, nuts and rivets on the tank have been changed. 
Welded seams. Everywhere (where required)
Then the use of PE. A set of grids is a must have. He is needed. He's useful. 
A set of fasteners for a chance tool - collected swearing recklessly. Over-sized, non-overlapping parts. In addition, they are not very similar to what really (judging by the photos) stood on the tanks. 
The anti-aircraft turret is also taken from a micro design, also a useful thing and pleasant to assemble. 

Well, there are many, many different little things. I was just redoing something because the Star is somehow wrong. Something was done from scratch, because the manufacturer forgot (or scored). A striking example is one of the handles of the jack. 

The entire volume of improvements can be seen in the photo before painting (well, except for the bolts on the flaps). I have already made a post with photos of WIP ->

 

Prototype - T-35, shot down in the summer of 41st on the road between p.Bird and p.Willow
There is an identification mark in the form of 2 parallel stripes on the tower, stars on the shields. 
All identification marks is a self-made stencil. 

Coloring - AKAN. I like his colors. 
Pigments are different
AK Oil

That's it, enjoy watching!











 

[Stef N.]

Brilliant work on a bonkers tank. Nicely painted and I like the subtle weathering. Well done.👏👍

[Milan Mynar]

I have to repeat, what Stef N. said, brilliant work. There is nothing to say, excellent.

Edited July 3, 2022 by Milan Mynar

[Geo1966]

Very nice. You have done a great job on this one!

 

George

[FrancisGL]

Hi Sergey,

Terrific job with upgrades, great attention to detail. I didn't think that mine was so "wrong" (thanks Mr.Zvezda...lol), although to be honest, I've done what in the old days of the model, do the best with what you have...lol .
Cheers and TC
Francis.👍

 

[Pete Robin]

Superbly finished, it looks great.

I guess that's what Churchill had in mind in WW1 for a Land Battleship.

Regards

Pete

 

[Bullbasket]

That's got more turrets than a battleship! Nice work, especially the weathering.

 

John.

[StuartH]

Excellent job and the weathering is perfect. Great work 👏

[593jones]

Splendid work!  I've always been interested in these multi-turreted vehicles, seems as though every crew member had his own gun!

[Ned]

That is lovely. So much detail.

What a design - it looks like something that a child would draw.

[ErikT]

That is the Homer Simpson car of tanks!  Exceptionally well done!  Your tracks alone are impressive, and the rest of the tank is just as amazing.

[Nenad Ilijic]

This looks FANTASTIC Сергей. It looks like it required tremendous amount effort. Will have to check your WiP section.

Also, a very interesting vehicle, not sure I ever so a model of it.

 

Nenad

[IGKent]

Looks NICE, Сергей!

p.s. ИМХО, гусянки слишком ржаво смотрятся.)