Here's a picture of a 1/16 tank model I recently completed. It's the first
Model I've made in many years. It's a Renault ft from ww1 but with Brazilian markings.
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Looks great nice job.
I`ve always wanted to put together a model of a F-4 Phantom that i was a crew chief on in the AF.
Looks great nice job.
I`ve always wanted to put together a model of a F-4 Phantom that i was a crew chief on in the AF.
Thanks Lenn.
The F4 sounds like a great project as it is one of my favorites.
Great looking model, but though I'm fairly knowledgeable on many tanks, this one is unfamiliar to me. I can tell it is a rather early design, and it looks sort of like it could be Japanese, but I clearly don't know this one.
This is a model of the French built Renault ft used during the first world war. It was used
by many nations after the war including Japan and in my case Brazil. It was used by American forces during ww1 and after the war a copy was built in the USA . It is regarded
as the " first modern tank".
Thanks for educating me Paul ..... now that I have a name, I'll do so research, but it sounds as if I should have already known this one, and rather surprised that I didn't!
Is your model motorized and R/C, as 1/16 scale is rather commonly done as operational?
I do have a few WWII tanks in that scale that are rather fun to occasionally run around the yard.
Thanks for educating me Paul ..... now that I have a name, I'll do so research, but it sounds as if I should have already known this one, and rather surprised that I didn't!
Is your model motorized and R/C, as 1/16 scale is rather commonly done as operational?
I do have a few WWII tanks in that scale that are rather fun to occasionally run around the yard.
This is a non-rc model made by Takom. It's a nice kit with interior detail and working tracks
I also have some rc tanks in this scale that I made many years ago including: Tamiya models of the Tiger 1, Sherman, and m26 Pershing. They are a lot of fun, but the Tamiya models are now very expensive! I have a few 1/16 static models to build including two more Renault fts, a panzer 1 b, a t34/76, and 2 Japanese tankettes.
Those Tamiya models are the best I've ever seen, and are far finer detail than the Heng Long RTR models that I have. Still, for stand off scale, the Heng Long's do look the part, and were rather inexpensive at the time, so running them over obstacles around the yard is far less worrisome, than were they precision scale detailed models.
But for display purposes, your beauties certain win hands down, just as that lovely Renault so well shows!
Nice Paul and a fairly modern looking tank compared to the first tanks in WWI.
Nice Paul and a fairly modern looking tank compared to the first tanks in WWI.
Thanks Jim. Yes, the little Renault ft came out slightly after the big British tanks of ww1,
About 1917 0r 18 but it already showed the characteristics recognized in later generations
of tanks. Such as rear engine layout and revolving turret. Incidentally, Takom's version
of the hotchkiss mg equipped version of this tank include ammo drum racks these should
not be used with this gun as they are for a later variant of this tank equipped with the
Riebel m. 1931 machine gun. A major error. If you are going to build this version do not install these racks.otherwise the kit was a fun but challenging build. I intend to build a conversion of this tank to the 1931 model in the future as I resurrect my long-dormant
Model building skills.
Paul, you did a great job on it. Its a very detailed model.
Those Tamiya models are the best I've ever seen, and are far finer detail than the Heng Long RTR models that I have. Still, for stand off scale, the Heng Long's do look the part, and were rather inexpensive at the time, so running them over obstacles around the yard is far less worrisome, than were they precision scale detailed models.
But for display purposes, your beauties certain win hands down, just as that lovely Renault so well shows!
Thanks again.
Yes, I've been tempted by those Hen long tanks. They seem like a great value and look just
fine. My Tamiya tanks, I think, need new battery packs to get them running. I bought the kits back in the very early 2000s when the prices weren't so bad. I ordered them from an outfit in Hong Kong for about half the price tower hobbies was selling them for. I need to buy some parts for them; small detail parts like new machine gun assemblies for my pershing and Sherman (lost during my many moves). Tamiya's new M1 an Sheridan models are both subjects of my modeling daydreams. I also saw 1/16 t55 being sold by
a company called Hooben. That would be a interesting build.
Very nice Paul , I could easily get caught up in model building again , but must control myself.
Very nice Paul , I could easily get caught up in model building again , but must control myself.
Thanks.
The price of kits has skyrocketed. It's ridiculous how everything has gone up in cost. Also,
The days of American manufacturers of reasonably priced kits is over. The Chinese have
Taken over the market. It's surprising that in a country that pays it's workers so little can charge so much for their models. But the Chinese manufacturers provide very high quality
Models of subjects that the people want. The quality and fit of these new manufacturers is
Astounding. It is certainly a "new age" in the modeling hobby.
Back in the late 60's or early 70's I did build a Tamiya Mokei model of a Pzkw III Aust. J that was a motorized kit in some strange scale such as 1/21 if I recall correctly. It has treads that are essentially big textured rubber bands, which are probably rather brittle now and have likely taken a rigid set around the drive wheels. The details of this discontinued model are not up to Tamiya's modern standards, but it was pretty good, and probably the best available at the time. I somehow managed to R/C this one with the huge three function servos then in vogue from the only proportional systems available at that time .... Kraft. Four channels allowed for forward/reverse steering, turret rotation and gun elevation, and it was absolutely all that would fit into the hull to accomplish that.
The current era of RTR in 1/16 scale were a true revelation to me when I first came upon them. Thus it was a must have, especially at the price!
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