Renault FT 1:6
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I think that's the bottom end more or less done now. Apart from the tail skid.
I want to tidy up the inside and paint it white before fitting the r/c parts. The weather here at the moment is cold, wet and damp so I will move on to the turret next.
I have the choice of making either the 37mm gun or the Hotchkiss mg. I think the aperture in the front of the turret is the same for both.
I want to tidy up the inside and paint it white before fitting the r/c parts. The weather here at the moment is cold, wet and damp so I will move on to the turret next.
I have the choice of making either the 37mm gun or the Hotchkiss mg. I think the aperture in the front of the turret is the same for both.
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Incredible skills on show. Great looking tank!
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I milled out the aperture in the turret for the gun mantlet on my milling machine. It coped surprisingly well for a small modelers machine considering it was chewing though 8mm thick cast iron.
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Still more fantastic work Mike! I have always enjoyed machining cast iron (engines mostly) I loved the cast dust as opposed to shavings.
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My written vocabulary doesn’t have the words for this stunning work.
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A bit more work.
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My colour scheme for this creation would be clearcoat. Incredible work!
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Re: Renault FT 1:6
It's tempting.ColemanCollector wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:19 pm My colour scheme for this creation would be clearcoat. Incredible work!
Mike.
We'll see.
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With each of your posts, I am having more trouble differentiating between your masterpiece and the real one. Two questions:
I think I see rifling in the barrel! Is that right?
The painted one looks to be in someone's suburban garage. Am I right?
I think I see rifling in the barrel! Is that right?
The painted one looks to be in someone's suburban garage. Am I right?
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The "rifling " in the barrel is a bit of a half-arsed attempt. I stuck a small file down it and managed to file some small grooves just at the end.Herr Dr. Professor wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:05 pm With each of your posts, I am having more trouble differentiating between your masterpiece and the real one. Two questions:
I think I see rifling in the barrel! Is that right?
The painted one looks to be in someone's suburban garage. Am I right?
The colour picture is a screenshot from a utube video from the "Museum of the American GI".
You can find it if you search for " WW1 FT 17 Renault tank walk around part 1 of 2. "