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Re: Gig's 1:16 FCM F1
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 5:16 pm
by midlife306
Looks a really awesome piece of work
What tracks are you planning to use?
I’m currently on with a 1/16 T35-A, well the printing is nearly complete.
The STL’s are on Thingiverse.
I thought, I wonder if it would be possible to print a 1/6 version. I’ve printed a handful of track links, a small turret & one suspension unit is printing now, at 1.7m longI know it would take about 6 months plus to print, but I might just give it a go.
Cheers
Wayne
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Re: Gig's 1:16 FCM F1
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 11:23 pm
by Giganaut
midlife306 wrote:Looks a really awesome piece of work
What tracks are you planning to use?
I’m currently on with a 1/16 T35-A, well the printing is nearly complete.
The STL’s are on Thingiverse.
I thought, I wonder if it would be possible to print a 1/6 version. I’ve printed a handful of track links, a small turret & one suspension unit is printing now, at 1.7m longI know it would take about 6 months plus to print, but I might just give it a go.
Cheers
Wayne
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i am going to print its own unique tracks and i have perfected my own french char type track
Re: Gig's 1:16 FCM F1
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:15 am
by Xiaoshan_Sailor
No wonder Hitler had such a hard-on for his own monster tanks.
Are you going to follow this with a Char B1? I always thought it would make an interesting subject to model in 1/16.
Re: Gig's 1:16 FCM F1
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:28 am
by Giganaut
Xiaoshan_Sailor wrote:No wonder Hitler had such a hard-on for his own monster tanks.
Are you going to follow this with a Char B1? I always thought it would make an interesting subject to model in 1/16.
interestingly i have an old sketchup model i made back in 2011 i can make it, although i want to target an AMX 40 though.
Re: Gig's 1:16 FCM F1
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:19 pm
by Giganaut
added mud guard's shoulder brackets so they can just hang from the hull roof and will drill a hole into the side for the rear mounting as a lock for the hull roof
Re: Gig's 1:16 FCM F1
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:21 pm
by Giganaut
reworked the engine deck, turret ring armor, radio antenna and exhaust. made them into one piece for better rigidity and less flimsy parts.
more to come soon!
Re: Gig's 1:16 FCM F1
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 2:07 pm
by Giganaut
installed the idler housing, jockey and trailing wheel brackets
Re: Gig's 1:16 FCM F1
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 2:08 pm
by Giganaut
wheel mountings are mounted and fixed into place
Re: Gig's 1:16 FCM F1
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 7:25 pm
by midlife306
Wow, that’s amazing!!
Keep it up
Cheers
Wayne
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Re: Gig's 1:16 FCM F1
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 2:24 am
by Giganaut
remember the earlier post i mentioned that im gonna finish this within 2-3 weeks of collected time? since restarting this project im aready clocked in at 5 days of collected work hours