Our Typ v fahrgestell was originally identified as having originally belonged to a Sd.Kfz 223 by our long time trustee Tom Jentz. Tom spent decades…
Who, when and for what application was the chassis supplied? Our 5 Serie chassis has the fahrgestellnummer (chassis number) 8110027. This denotes the vehicle as…
Our research into the battery boxes and their construction was complete – the next step was to fit the newly made battery boxes and radio…
Another point discovered in our final weeks of restoration of these two machines was the tool requirement for both vehicles. The loading plan of the…
From The Rubble Emerged… This Jagdpanther has a very exciting history. In November 1944 the firm of Maschinenfabrik Niedersachsen Hannover (MNH) commenced assembly of Jagdpanther…
Following the completion of our Renault FT and our Renault TSF we are now ready to gather together all the detail to deal with the…
Pi and Pixels A struggle for over 6 months prior to the launch of the Renault TSF was to find a solution to the rope…
In the final weeks of the Renault FT and TSF project we continue to encounter differences between the finishing of both vehicles. In the case…
Our experiences in selecting the paint once we had the NCS code in hand are worthy of a mention at this late stage in the…
A recent piece on this subject established that the seat base was made of oak. The seat base was sent off for analysis when we…
An early piece covered the discovery of horse hair within the bogey wheels and return rollers on the Tank Museum’s early Renault FT. An oiler…
The commander’s and radio operator’s seat are all in hand. We had a very good original example to copy. These seats add to the types…
We highly recommend that you take a look at the recent BBC publication which has already been seen by a wide community of people around…
A study of the original loading plan shows how the various tools are stowed in and on the Renault FT. When loading the Renault FT…
Very few of the surviving wartime period Renault FTs have the original oilers remaining in position. Images from the period are never enough for items…
Our previous piece covered the primer layer of green black on the engine bay interior. The crew cabin was mentioned to have a red oxide…
Our previous piece on the Trousse au Rechange gunner’s kit positioned this item on the forward right side of the driver’s position. Just below the…
Almost there This plaque has proven to be the most challenging of the plaques we have had to figure out to date. Even though we…
We know from the Composition du Poste de T.S.F a Ondes Autretennes type E10 ter radio equipment list for the E10 ter exactly what voltage…
Ongoing study of the various Renault FTs in wartime images and survivors in collections provided us with a possible answer to the question whether Renault…
Our work on the Renault TSF continues and the focus of the research team is on the interior of this very rare turret. We have…