The Renault FT Polygonal Turret – The Cupola Part 2 – Fitting The Cupola
Creating the hinge for the cupola from the beginning. Establishing the dimensions of the nuts and bolts required to fix the angle iron at the…
April 15, 2016
Creating the hinge for the cupola from the beginning. Establishing the dimensions of the nuts and bolts required to fix the angle iron at the…
The number is up. The last technique we tried was adapted from the astrophysical world. Here the method for detecting motion in the stellar fields…
Using the floor plate to discover more detail. Floor plate is an often overlooked detail which can provide a key to the provenance of the…
A look at the small components in the suspension beam. The small components within the suspension beam are rarely seen given that they are hidden…
Unearthing clues hidden within the surviving data plate. The next clues in refining our search for the history of the survivor are to be found…
Filtering images in an attempt to reveal further information. Having established a way of enhancing the impressions of the registration numbers left on the plate,…
Beginning to to look into the origin of the Sd.Kfz.250/3 This project had the promise of being very exciting once we discovered the unit symbol…
Collection for the interior of the FT has been a challenge. Collecting for the interior of the FT has been a challenge. We were most…
After over a month’s work the final score for the turret restoration After over a month’s work the final score for the turret restoration is…
The current focus is the cupola base and cupola. Our Renault FT polygonal turret has suffered from the elements. We have covered the work that…
Last three digits to identify. Having by various twists of logic arrived at the first two numbers there remained the last three digits to identify.…
Our examination of all known survivors has so far failed to locate and copy a pair of these plates. In nearly all First World War…
Few Renault FTs with original exhausts – Examine the internals The Tank Museum provided us with the unique opportunity to examine the exhaust on their…
There are always elusive details… Regardless of how many dimensions are taken during exhaustive sessions measuring the surviving examples, there are always those elusive details.…
Photo focus on the StuG III gun sight A detailed look at the gun sight for the StuG III . . . This article has…
Still some questions remain… A few chapters exist within existing Renault FT manuals, which cover the TSF. These are text and are without photographs or…
The corroded plates held the key to identifying the registration and chassis numbers. The key step to establish the provenance of the two vehicles was…
What differences are to be found in comparing hulls? Following the great research done by Jentz and Doyle in Panzertracts No.13-1, we determined the armoured…
What makes up the interior of these very interesting machines? The Renault TSF is a vehicle with very little original photographic and archive material. Archaeological…
What remains for us to determine is how the turret was fitted to suit the Hotchkiss 8mm M1914. We now have a good overall structural…
Further research into the Frundsberg Sd.Kfz.250 A According to J Dugdale’s strength report in his Panzer Divisions, Pz Gr Divs, Pz Brigades of the Army…