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A bit of details to other hatches as well. Riveted plates for handles were resin printed. With a bit of soldering I made a lock for the central engine hatch.

Looking good. Been thinking of a 1/6th version because our local museum that lets us battle there has and FT17.

Probably the trickiest part was to make working suspension rods with a square profile. I use a 5x5mm square tube to reinforce holes in the plastic and a 4x4mm tube as the suspension shaft. It would be locked with drive trains by 3mm round rods on top and bottom. The washer is held up by a piece of 5x5mm tube, it is about 6mm long with rounded edges for the top 3mm (to fit the washer). M1.6 bolt holds all pieces together; if I unscrew it, the shaft can be pulled out and the whole suspension disassembled.

Finally, some texture was added to the exhaust pipe, and it is ready to be primed and painted.

tankme wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 10:59 am Looking good. Been thinking of a 1/6th version because our local museum that lets us battle there has and FT17.

Yeah, in 1/6 it would be nice. Actually, I think there is a model in 1/6 scale on Cult3D for printing. It is a pretty good model too, with some extra mods.
Unfortunately, 1/6 is too big for me, I'll stick to 1/10 scale.

great progress on this

Excellent detailing!

The 1/6 FT-17 offered on Cults is by Minialand & was his very first foray into AFV models.

Hell of a job Mr Hogus innovative solution to the suspension.

"With a bit of ASB/PETG glue added, it is pretty good to create surface texture (with stabbing brush motion)." Thank you for the great tip!

Xiaoshan_Sailor wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 4:30 am Excellent detailing!

Thank you

The 1/6 FT-17 offered on Cults is by Minialand & was his very first foray into AFV models.

Yes, you're right. I'm only interested in 1/10 scale, so I forgot who did it.
He's got RENAULT R35, which I really want in my collection, but not ready for downscaling it to 1/10 yet.
I'm thinking about designing Hotchkiss H39 in 1/10 next year myself.