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Old 08-30-2018, 09:48 PM
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1:50 Saint-Chamond

The other WW1 French medium tank - the Saint-Chamond.
The model was designed by Wayne McCullough and is a fairly straightforward build although I did find gluing the upper and lower hull parts had to be done slowly and carefully. I printed the model on 200 gsm rather than my usual 160 gsm because I wasn't certain that the model would be stiff enough with 160 gsm.

The Saint-Chamond wasn't good as an assault tank because the long overhangs meant it got stuck easily. However, since it was armed with a 75mm field gun it found a role as a mobile support gun.

I scratch built the gun barrel - the original part came out too skinny and the recoil guides were the wrong shape. I think I'd scratch build the rollers under the tank if I were to build another - the as designed parts don't seem very convincing to me.

For the dimensionally curious the model is about 180mm long overall - the hull is 160mm long.

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Charlie
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Old 08-30-2018, 09:57 PM
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The Saint-Chamond model isn't of an operational tank. The number on the hull "706" is the FAMH production number. There is an image of tank #706 being tested on the Saint-Chamond proving ground as part of the acceptance tests for the French Army. Once accepted the tank was allocated a 5 digit official number and the production numbers were removed.

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Old 08-30-2018, 10:24 PM
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Beautiful build, very nicely done. That is certainly an ungainly looking beasty.
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