Workshop
Renault TSF, Renault FT
Progress on the FT gearbox & TSF turret This week great strides were made on taking the TSF turret apart and recording large amounts of…
September 8, 2017
Progress on the FT gearbox & TSF turret This week great strides were made on taking the TSF turret apart and recording large amounts of…
`The Casings’ The purchase of the very rare Renault GP tracked tractor continued to yield more benefits to the FT and TSF projects. A complete…
The new gearbox bearing housings are now fully machined and the assembly process for the fully reconditioned gearboxes has just started today. The Renault TSF…
How Many? Without removing the turret there is no way of determining just how the bearing surface operates between the turret ring and the turret…
A Bonus Box A question, which remains open since the completion of both the Farley Mowat and Black Sea StuG, is the build design of…
Studying the sequencing of track link numbers From our Archive – Part Two of the Track Link Article Studying the composition and sequencing of track…
A Lucky Find! Our previous articles on the trenching skid for the TSF covered the unique and impressive array of additional structures originally built on…
Giving it a Spin We ran the first test of the original Renault FT turret ring (the lower part of the turret) using ball bearings.…
Pattern reveals machinists technique An article from our archive at the start of our Renault FT project. We’ve included a recent picture of the floorplates…
Study shows a range of different track links. Another article from our FT Archive showing how far we’ve come. Each Renault FT (FT17) has 32…
A delicate operation today to lift the Renault TSF turret from it’s position on the tank to a specially made base to allow us to…
Repairing The Cases Both gearbox cases were in a bad state given since 1918 when last installed on the assembly line in Billancourt by Renault.…
A New Insight Our recent visit to the El Goloso base in Spain yielded a very unexpected surprise when we were invited to see their…
Rapid progress has been made on assembling the restored components of the Renault FT. It should be remembered that each plate had been repaired and…
More Research Apart from the high-resolution images of an early 1944 MIAG captured StuG and our Black Sea and Farley Mowat machines, we had nothing…
A Nuts & Bolts Issue All the body panels for the Renault FT have been blasted and primed with red oxide ready for assembly. The…
The assembly of the Renault FT hull really picked up momentum. We completed the interior and exterior of the front of the hull, fitted the…
The Last Word? Ever since the new theory linking the chassis number and registration number emerged we continued to look for more examples to test…
A Surprise Bonus! A TSF turret was offered to us recently. This was part of a previous deal in which the upper part of the…
Assembly Begins! We took the first steps in reassembling the Renault FT. This started with the floor. All bolts had either been blasted and cleaned…
Did September / early October assembled MIAGs have Armoured Hub Caps? We took the opportunity to visit El Goloso base just outside Madrid after our…