Renault FT Floorplate hand machined
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…
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…
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…
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 Nuts & Bolts Issue All the body panels for the Renault FT have been blasted and primed with red oxide ready for assembly. The…
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 Surprise Bonus! A TSF turret was offered to us recently. This was part of a previous deal in which the upper part of 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…
Closer to an Answer A nagging concern of ours since completion of the restoration of our Black Sea MIAG assembled StuG was the application of…
Did September / early October assembled MIAGs have Armoured Hub Caps? We took the opportunity to visit El Goloso base just outside Madrid after our…
Preserving The Original A turret ring was delivered with the hull of our Renault FT in 2010. This was quite rare as most turret rings…
Boring away! The bodies for the FT and TSF are now close to being finished. There still remains much to be done in other areas.…
Completion The long awaited straps with buckles newly sewn on arrived. The discussion had been fairly intense throughout the process regarding the stitching thread colour…
An Eventful Weekend! As most of you will have noticed, despite our best efforts things did not got quite according to plan at Tankfest. We…
The new theory grows stronger – but Renault? Our last article covered the emergence of the new theory purporting to link the number stamped on…
A Long Journey It is eight years since we decided to attempt to restore a WW1 Tank. This week that ambition comes one step closer…
Photo focus on the StuG III interior during restoration This photo focus is a continuation of the internal view of the StuG III . .…
Photo focus on the interior of the StuG III during its restoration This photo focus is a brilliant insight to the workings of a StuG…
Rethinking the Numbers Analysis of the FT armour plates after heat treatment delivered a significant breakthrough. The FT assembly number is 994. This is only…
Working the Numbers Further research into period photographs and archive documentation posed more questions about the viability of the numbering theory. The primary hull provider…
The End of the Paint Debate Our previous piece on the Renault FT and TSF interior covered the crew cabin area below the turret. The…
Success! Part 1 covered the trommelhalter or top cover for the PT 34 doppeltrommel double drum magazine. The other key component now that the ‘horse’…