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Subject:

[Chapter] Chapter 1 - Model Prep

Date:

Jan 30, 2006

From:

Daniel LeClair

Chapter 1 - Model Prep

The ICM kit is huge - 21 sprues plus loose hull planks. It includes interior details such as engine, fully-formed machine guns, and ammo for the main gun (see photo). The first task was to clean off the mold-release agent; I don't know if this is typical for Eastern European kits, but the sprues were pretty liberally coated in a light oil. Two soap-and-water washes later, the parts were still coated, so it was time for a swim in "Lake CSC" (Castrol Super-Clean). That, followed by another washing to get the CSC off (it doesn't rinse cleanly, I've found) left everything ready to go.

As you can imagine, with a model this size there are lots of repetitive parts. It took the better part of an evening to clip off just the track links. There were no visible defects on the track links, but I like the heft of Friulmodel tracks so I intend to add those later. It took another evening to clip off just the roadwheel pieces; I normally separate and prep things like this in batches, and put all the same parts in small 3x3 ziplock baggies.

The top hull plank was the only part that appeared to be misshapen to any degree, as it was slightly bowed in the middle. However, the plastic is soft enough that it will flex into place. If it had been cast out of the super-hard plastic used by Tamiya in the early days, this would have been a bigger problem. Except for that, a cursory examination of the parts showed very little flash and no offset - all in all, a nice cast.

Thread Listing

[BLOG] Building the Soviet T-35 - Daniel LeClair - Jan 30, 2006

. . . [Chapter] Chapter 1 - Model Prep - Daniel LeClair - Jan 30, 2006

. . . Re: [BLOG] Building the Soviet T-35 - Juan Contreras - Jan 30, 2006

. . . Re: [BLOG] Building the Soviet T-35 - Andrei - Jan 30, 2006

. . . . . . Re: [BLOG] Building the Soviet T-35 - Dan LeClair - Jan 30, 2006

. . . . . . . . . Re: [BLOG] Building the Soviet T-35 - Andrei - Feb 1, 2006

. . . Re: [BLOG] Building the Soviet T-35 - Steve Frost - Jan 31, 2006

. . . Re: [BLOG] Building the Soviet T-35 - David Nickels - Feb 1, 2006

. . . [Chapter] Chapter 2 - Road wheels (and more road wheels) - Daniel LeClair - Feb 2, 2006

. . . [Chapter] Chapter 3 - Assembling tracks - Daniel LeClair - Feb 8, 2006

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 3 - Assembling tracks - Steve Campbell - Feb 9, 2006

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 3 - Assembling tracks - Ross Jarvis - Feb 27, 2006

. . . [Chapter] Chapter 4 - Lower Hull - External Details - Daniel LeClair - Mar 3, 2006

. . . . . . Ah, the memories - Hans Haase - Mar 3, 2006

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 4 - Lower Hull - External Details - Ross Jarvis - Mar 27, 2006

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 4 - Lower Hull - External Details - Dan LeClair - Mar 27, 2006

. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 4 - Lower Hull - External Details - Ross Jarvis - Mar 28, 2006

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 4 - Lower Hull - External Details - Dan LeClair - Mar 28, 2006

. . . [Chapter] Chapter 5 - Secondary Turrets - Daniel LeClair - Mar 12, 2006

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 5 - Secondary Turrets - Ross Jarvis - Mar 31, 2006

. . . Re: [BLOG] Building the Soviet T-35 - Dave Johannsen - Mar 13, 2006

. . . . . . Re: [BLOG] Building the Soviet T-35 - Dan LeClair - Mar 13, 2006

. . . . . . Re: [BLOG] Building the Soviet T-35 - Steve Frost - Mar 27, 2006

. . . [Chapter] Chapter 6 - Driver Compartment - Daniel LeClair - Apr 26, 2006

. . . [Chapter] Chapter 7 - Engine - Daniel LeClair - May 8, 2006

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 7 - Engine - Paul A. Owen - May 8, 2006

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 7 - Engine - Dan LeClair - May 15, 2006

. . . [Chapter] Chapter 8 - The Main Turret - Daniel LeClair - May 12, 2006

. . . . . . You have an early batch of the kit - Hans Haase - May 12, 2006

. . . . . . . . . Re: You have an early batch of the kit - Dan LeClair - May 15, 2006

. . . . . . . . . . . . Star looks correct - Hans Haase - May 17, 2006

. . . Re: [BLOG] T-35 references - Gerald Owens - May 14, 2006

. . . [Chapter] Chapter 9 - Engine Exhaust Panel - Daniel LeClair - May 14, 2006

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 9 - Engine Exhaust Panel - Ross Jarvis - May 15, 2006

. . . . . . . . . Alanger, IDK and ICM are the same kits - Hans Haase - May 15, 2006

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 9 - Engine Exhaust Panel - Dave Johannsen - May 15, 2006

. . . [Chapter] Chapter 10 - Restarting the blog, and the project. - Daniel LeClair - Jan 15, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 10 - Restarting the blog, and the project. - Ross Jarvis - Jan 16, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 10 - Restarting the blog, and the project. - Daniel LeClair - Jan 16, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] #17 Pins? - Edward Hall - Jan 21, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] #17 Pins? - Dan LeClair - Jan 21, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Chapter 11 - Correcting the Main Turret - Daniel LeClair - Feb 4, 2007

. . . . . . I still need to do the same on mine - Hans Haase - Feb 5, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Re: I still need to do the same on mine - Daniel LeClair - Feb 6, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 11 - Correcting the Main Turret - Volker Schaak - Feb 6, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 11 - Correcting the Main Turret - Daniel LeClair - Feb 6, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 11 - Correcting the Main Turret - pistol port needed - Danny Egan - Feb 6, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Chapter 12 - Fitting the Turrets - Part One - Daniel LeClair - Feb 9, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Chapter 12 - 2 - Fitting the Turrets - Part Two - Daniel LeClair - Feb 11, 2007

. . . [Chapter] Chapter 12 - Fitting the Turrets - Part Three - Daniel LeClair - Feb 23, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 12 - Fitting the Turrets - Part Three - Donald "panzers" Koenig - Feb 24, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 12 - Fitting the Turrets - Part Three - Daniel LeClair - Feb 25, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 12 - Fitting the Turrets - Part Three - Volker - Feb 24, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 12 - Fitting the Turrets - Part Three - Daniel LeClair - Feb 25, 2007

. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 12 - Fitting the Turrets - Part Three - Volker - Feb 26, 2007

. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 12 - Fitting the Turrets - Part Three [IMG] - Andrey Mikhalenkov - Mar 1, 2007

. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Chapter 12 - Fitting the Turrets - Part Three - Dan LeClair - Mar 1, 2007

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