Renault FT and TSF Radiators – Fabrication Part 1
Assembling the radiator. Delivery of the packages containing the sub 3000 pre-cut copper tubes, steel end plates and the various mainly copper, some brass, sheets…
June 17, 2016
Assembling the radiator. Delivery of the packages containing the sub 3000 pre-cut copper tubes, steel end plates and the various mainly copper, some brass, sheets…
360 view of the StuG engine Please click the right arrow key to get full effect . . . This article has 15 words Reading…
Replicating the sole example of the Renault FT Seat Box. We managed to borrow a very corroded example of a drivers seat box for the…
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Establishing the interior. Now that we have established that the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie did not have the later Gurtkasten as fitted in the 4th Series Sd.Kfz.223…
Creating the CAD drawings. We now had completed the research from the two different radiator examples. The task was now to build a CAD model,…
The journey to uncovering the paint schemes. In describing the method for producing the blink image on the previous article we have missed out a…
Searching through manual images for more detailed information. Study of the manual images for the SD.Kfz.223 provides us with a rich insight into the composition…
Further information is revealed. More information on the hub cap issue with the arrival of photographs courtesy of Kaloyan Matev through his fine book ‘…
The pieces come together. The radiator for these two First World War tanks is nothing like we had ever seen. The radiators from the Second…
Towing the line. This towing clevis or C hook was not only the reserve of StuGs but was used for other vehicles such as the…
Uncovering the truth behind the StuG muzzle brakes Information resulting from the study of new archive material and a huge amount of new period photographs…
Expedito to the rescue. One very obvious immediate impression of a Renault FT with the drivers hatches open is a dark rectangular shadow in the…
Welded for now. A timely view of the welded StuG mantlet given our recent coverage of the cast versus welded mantlet debate for MIAG .…
The debate continues. The debate around the cast mantlet or saukopf (pig’s head), as it was known by the troops, is another hotly debated topic…
The same difference. Our research of the various Renault FTs with polygonal turrets through close examination of surviving examples and poring over the many wartime…
Did October November 1943 assembled MIAGs have Armoured Hub Caps on their drive sprocket? Authenticity is very important to the Weald Foundation. We are always…
Machining The White Metalled Components The newly white metalled big ends (connecting rods and caps) and the main bearings now removed from the moulds. Cleared…
A lengthy process of trial and error in order to perfect the dying skill of white metalling A key process in the restoration of an…
And then there were three. This project was going to take some time given the parts that would have to be located even for an…
Resurrecting the MG Drehsockel A comprehensive plan of the 3.Serie Sd.Kfz.223 A is developing. The one part of the plan that has eluded us is…