discussion Dave Ws ICM 1/35 T-34/76 ( Lee's Soviet Tank GB ) Completed

[Dave Ward]

Finished this - took me a while, as I've been limiting my benchtime to an hour or so a day...........

The ICM T-34/76 was a real pleasure to make, the parts are clean, flash free, and the fit was excellent - no filler was used. It's a simple model & it goes together really quickly. I really enjoyed this build, made much better for me, by the use of AM tracks. The ICM vinyl tracks simply don't work for me. I sourced these from Micro Scale Design (MSD ) in Russia, so I suppose that source is now closed. The only other part I added was a plastic rod aerial. The ICM model has no interior to speak of, 2 seats, control levers & a cannon breech, but that's it, so all the hatches are closed! There's no PE, the only place that could benefit would be the large grille at the rear of the engine decking.
If you're prepared to put up with the vinyl tracks, then this model is for the beginner & the experienced modeller - source some AM tracks and I would recommend it to everybody.
Thanks to Lee for organising this GB & everyone who dropped by to see my blog
Dave

 

[spanner570]

Nice result Dave.
Weathering not over done like some I've seen. Just enough to convey a bit of use.

On the G.B. shelf she goes.:thumb2:

Ron

 

[Gern]

And very nice too!

Just had a look on Scalemates. Seems there's some connection between this and the Revell version which I nearly finished a few years ago. I don't remember any internals so maybe ICM added them. Like yours, that was practically a shake 'n' bake kit. I've only got the painting to do, so maybe it will come off my shelf of doom sometime soon!

 

[Ian M]

Nice work Dave.

 

[adt70hk]

Very, very nicely done indeed Dave!! Most excellent!!!

ATB.

Andrew

 

[Andy the Sheep]

Well, "Zhitomirskii kolkosnik" (if I'm not wrong in transliterating from Cyrillic) adds some meaning to your wonderful model, Dave.

 

[scottie3158]

Dave,
That's a great result.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Great finish Dave! Looks awesome I’m glad you got to finish it the weathering looks convincing and I appreciate you joining us on the GB. Take care of yourself and thanks again.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Dave
Looks good. Glad the hand held up to an hour a day.
Jim

 

[GerryW]

Nice work.

 

[Nicko]

Very nice Dave....

Nick

 

[Mini Me]

Lovely piece Dave, looks just right. Rick H.

 

[Mark1]

Nice job Dave.