Renault FT17 in 1/10 scale

[Art Hogus]

Not sure under what category I should start this thread, under '3D Printing' or 'Larger Scale Military'.
I'm 3D printing/building the Renault FT17 designed by Luboš Hort in 1/10 scale. The model is well designed with just a few minor inaccuracies or questionable design decisions.
I started from the easiest part - the hull.
The hull plates p[rinted from ABS plastic, screwed internally, and glued together. Small parts printed from PETG.

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Some close-up details. I added magnets to hold the top of the hull above the engine. Also, I modified the exhaust pipe and added a brass tube to have engine smoke.

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I slightly modified the central engine hatch to make it similar to the real one.
Additionally, I added some interior details to the side hatches, mainly to make them fit and hold better.

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Tank tail.

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As for motors and gearboxes, Luboš designed the tank to be used with 35Kg 360 servos.
I'm not sure about that. It seems that HL gearboxes would fit too, but I already printed the hull and don't want to redesign and reprint it.
To make the bottom plate and the servos bracket detachable, I put some threaded brass inserts into the plate.

For the final setup, I'll replace the ABS gear cogwheels with Nylon ones.

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In parallel, I am setting up and testing electronics. I want to use the openPanzer board with the Radiomaster Pocket radio, and dasMikro as the sound card.

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First round of inspection is passed.

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Spend the last couple of days designing and making a 2" speaker with a passive radiators and an 18W amplifier. I've got it too big for FT17 with the box size 80x70x60mm. With 1.5" passive radiators, I should be able to fit it into a 60x60x50mm box. This one will go into the Panzer III.

[Kaczor]

Great looking model! The FT17 looks nice too.

[jee]

Great job, looks awesome, the cat is sweet too

Can I ask where you bought this thing (maybe you have a link, I assume it is XT60)?:

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