Right now I am working on Alanger's T-35,


and I thought I would share my progress on the diorama I am doing for it. I apologise in advance for the image quality!! I'll try to get updates in...as often as I can! For this kit, I did do some of the more obvious - and easier!- corrections that need to be done, but not all. So please don't knock me for accuracy, 'cause I know it;s not there!

Here is the general layout of the diorama





The guy standing on the commander's hatch will be in the turret, no worries, its just that the masking tape is in the way. The horse is to show where the passing Cossack will be. He is from the DML premium set, and has been de-Germanized. Here's som eclose ups









Now some shots of the commander - or the guy in his hatch!







Here's some photos of the guy kneeling with coffee







And thats it for now!!

looks pretty good, from what i can see of the figures. Your photos are a bit dark though, perhaps you would consider using some brighter lighting or even taking them outside.

Looks good so far.

One thing you might want to check on is your uniforms. T-35s all saw service in 1941, at a time when no one in the Red Army wore shoulderboards or standing collars.

It is hard to find good early-war figures, but Alpine and Tank make some excellent ones if you feel like blowing some money

If not, the old Zvezda / italeri Soviet tank crew in plastic is excellent and is correct for this era. You can usually find this set for a few bucks at a model show. It's definitely one of the real under-rated kits out there.

What's the quality of this kit? I mean, like sink holes, flashing. I like the T-35 and want to build it but I'd like to see a review of the kit.

By the way, you're off to a great start!

I built it a few years ago and it was quite good - very accurate and easy to build for the most part. Improvements can be made but it is definitely not a dog. Few / no sink holes, not a lot of flash. Biggest problems I had were the mold-release agent all over the parts and a bit of warping on the upper hull. So wash all the sprues thoroughly before doing anything else. The warping on teh upper hull can be cured by carefully assembling it, rear to front, clamping as you go. I had the same exact problem with the current bronco A13 cruiser so it's not a problem unique to the T-35.

Looks like an interesting project - looking forward to seeing this develop.

I've got the ICM incarnation of this tank in the stash, which I believe is the exact same kit only in a different box.

- Steve

Actually, ICM and Alanger are two different kits, even though there are lots of similarities. And I am sorry to say, but neither one comes close enough to a prototype to be build OOB. Lots of work required to make the model historically correct.