Renault FT and TSF – Cupolas – Part 1
Exploring The Differences The immediate impulse upon examining period photographs of Renault FTs and TSFs is that there was no difference between the cupolas used…
October 13, 2017
Exploring The Differences The immediate impulse upon examining period photographs of Renault FTs and TSFs is that there was no difference between the cupolas used…
Questions Remain The time has come for us to hand all of our information gathered on the work bench/radio shelf to a specialist carpenter. Enough…
Confirmation The biggest contribution to our polygonal turret fitted with the Hotchkiss M1914so far came from Exposito Bastos of Brazil. His help in providing photos…
‘Supporting’ Evidence As designs go, an open top box is not a particularly rigid structure. Yet this is pretty much what the Renault FT is.…
Analysis Results are In The majority of surviving Renault FTs are in a poor state and virtually none have an engine bay that retains any…
The Search Comes to an End Locating the tools required for the Renault FT and TSF has proven to be quite a challenge. The tools…
A look at the initial assembly of the TSF turret As we are working on the TSF turret now, here is an article from our…
The Devil’s in the Detail Our prime desire to retain or acquire as many original components in the final rebuild of our vehicles or assets…
The Journey Begins We’re now taking the first firm steps on this exciting project and doing a little more research into our LP1. Local Pattern…
`The Casings’ The purchase of the very rare Renault GP tracked tractor continued to yield more benefits to the FT and TSF projects. A complete…
How Many? Without removing the turret there is no way of determining just how the bearing surface operates between the turret ring and the turret…
A Bonus Box A question, which remains open since the completion of both the Farley Mowat and Black Sea StuG, is the build design of…
Studying the sequencing of track link numbers From our Archive – Part Two of the Track Link Article Studying the composition and sequencing of track…
A Lucky Find! Our previous articles on the trenching skid for the TSF covered the unique and impressive array of additional structures originally built on…
Study shows a range of different track links. Another article from our FT Archive showing how far we’ve come. Each Renault FT (FT17) has 32…
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…