Meng 1/35 Renault FT17 (cast turret)

[Prolex-UK]

Working on this kit now.

Hoping to build it as a vehicle I saw in a youtube clip in driving through Paris in 1944 which caught my eye as the FT-17 was used in the first world war !!

Kit is amazing with a high level of quality & full internal detail.

Has working suspension with steel uprights & coil springs !!

Pictures are of the interior before full assembly or any weathering.


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[Eric Mc]

I( know nothing about tanks but that looks impressive.

Meng have come into the model world at a very high level.

[Prolex-UK]

They do lots of modern stuff like the pick ups you saw in Libya with machine guns in the pick up bed which look good. But I'd agree they are taking the hobby up a level.

What you cant see is the sub floor with the control lines moulded in which beggars belief.

Not complaining though :-)

[72twink]

Have you had a look over the real one at Bovvy?

[Prolex-UK]

72twink said:

Have you had a look over the real one at Bovvy?

Not seen it but a good reference photo :-)

[72twink]

You'd better have the others then!

[Prolex-UK]

Brilliant many thanx

[72twink]

No problem - gotta love that wooden idler!

[Prolex-UK]

On the meng kit it's got the wood grain on the idler wheels

[neilb62]

The Bovington FT is one of the prototypes and differs from the production ones in some ways. Especially the turret.

[Prolex-UK]

neilb62 said:

The Bovington FT is one of the prototypes and differs from the production ones in some ways. Especially the turret.

Spotted that. Noted "my" exhaust is different as well.

Pictures are spot on for my kit regarding suspension etc.

Should have a few more pictures soon as I had a productive weekend on the kit