Hello!
I'm starting to build this little tank,full review here:

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/10475

Some primer:



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I got this kit yesterday, so I'm interested to see your progress.

Chris

Im building this myself atm, i'm not bothering with the interior as im having it on the diorama base and it didnt look right going over the top with all the doors open but that is just my opinion, plus i would need to find or make a driver for it and i just dont have the spare time. Looking forward to how you do yours.

It will be OOB, no doors open, no interior, no aftermarket, just for fun !
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A couple of points you may want to be aware off when building the kit, the pieces above the drivers hatch are alittle akward as they use each other for support due to the fact they dont have a frame also the turret panels are the same, in my opinion they could have made these parts as single pieces making the build slightly easier but they still look good once you get them together, i would also recommend if your using the dio base redo the mud as the texture on the dio base is ok but its missing something for me.

Painting and some weathering of the basic interior, although nothing will be seen after the hull assembly



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Hi Venelin,

Nice kit from Meng, thanks for posting.
Few FT-17 tanks survived the WWI and some of them, captured by german during blitzkrieg were used in german service !

Go ahead !

Regards
Giovanni

In fact the French Army still have more than 2800 Renault FT tanks when the war broke out and about 1700 were later "enlisted" by the Wehrmacht...

H.P.

The hull is closed, some putty will be needed here and there on the joint places.







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really well done Venelin!
did you find some problems with alignment of front armour plates near driver's hatch?

Hi, Dario
Yes ,the assembly is a bit fiddly in that area

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I finished mine at the weekend and I found the alignment of the panels to be quite tricky, particularly at the front and on the top at the rear. You also need to be careful about the facings of the running gear - I got them mixed up so ended up with two outer panels on side and two inner panels on the other

I also managed to loose the springs so had to scratch my own for the suspension, sigh

The inside detail on these kits is great, just a pity there aren't any figures to go with them to be able to open it up. The other version with the cast turret and engine has superb internal detail, but it all gets hidden unless you have figures to open it up

More progress with the turret and suspension. The tracks are the quickest and easiest I've ever assembled so far,very nice







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Looking very good. Keep it up. Can't wait to see some paint on this.

Thanks!

Some progress on the diorama base, I will add texture on the soil, doesn't looks quite right now





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Nice work so far. I have this one in my stash and will be watchin with interest.

What is the base? looks like plastic parts? Vacu form?

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Stefan

Hi, Stefan

The base is made from plastic parts, included in the kit

Thanks!

Running gear:

Some preshading and paint





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Coming along well Venelin.

Al

Camo is done, next will put some satin varnish, decals and the weathering after that











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Proceeding with the diorama base-some chinchilla sand for texture, primed with Alclad and base color with Tan/Lifecolor:





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Highlighting the rivets, decals-the side markings are made with homemade templates, and exhaust:









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Painting with AK Earth effects for the base and several pigment colors, applied with brush:





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Wash and streaking effects:







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