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Renault Ft, 1/16 scale.

There's a lot to still do on this build, but I was real curious to see how the tracks went together. Surprisingly they go together without any fuss. There's some sanding as there's 5 sprue gates to each track link alone. Takom's ingenious method for assembling them makes up for that, though.
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I just now noticed MrT's build from 2016. His is the machine gun version, #1006. Mine is the Canon. If there's one thing I wish the Canon version had is the 37mm shells. After Scouring the internet for aftermarket offerings it appears there isn't any. For about a minute I thought about turning some on the lathe. My build will depict a Renault that has suffered catastrophic engine failure thus abandoned. Leaving spent shell casings in the racks would be a nice touch.
 
Ok, here's a spent 1918 37mm shell. Judging by this photo it's about 5" long. In 1/16 scale that's around 3/8 of an inch. Have I gone over the edge to even be thinking about turning some?
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Tim A. said:
Thanks Sharmouth!
Shapways offered 3D prints of them in 1/16 scale, but they filed for bankruptcy 7-2-24...yes two days ago...haha.
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That's a bummer about Shapeways. They supplied almost pretty good quality 3D printed nautical accessories for my model kits for quite sometime. I just sent an inquiry about my most recent, incomplete order.
 
Rhino said:
That's a bummer about Shapeways. They supplied almost pretty good quality 3D printed nautical accessories for my model kits for quite sometime. I just sent an inquiry about my most recent, incomplete order.
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I skimmed through an article on the bankruptcy, (I live under a rock, so I'd never heard of them before yesterday), I gathered they dabled in variety of printing projects, not just modelling.
 
Yup. Lots of stuff. Lots of different materials too. The spent they last week in June going on about free shipping and discount this and discount that. My $140.00 order is just hanging in limbo.

Anyway, back to your Tank!
 
Working on the turret interior. They were not to complicated, but there are a few items that are features of the FT's turret I wanted to add. The bolted mantlet plate, and the gunner's wooden waist swivel. The gunner Positioned is body in it to manually rotate the turret.
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