Char B1 bis, WoT design, in 1/50

[eatcrow2]

Wonderful photos showing off an excellent model!

[rifleman]

out standing build and great photos

[Vinalssergio155]

Thank you very much to all!

[Zakopious]

Originally Posted by RafaelDias

Nice final result, Sergio! This model is spectacular.

Too bad we don't have even more French models in 1:50, especially the Somua S-35

Box Studio has an S-35 in 1:72 scale.

With a little extra work, it can be enlarged to 1:50 scale.
Use 72/50 x100 = 144%

See: Somua S35 | 箱之工房

[Lex]

The more modern AMX13 and BatChat are part of the WoT series available in 1:50 and are on my to-do list. It's a different feel to these pre-war tanks but are still great models.

[CharlieC]

When I built the Char B1 Beutepanzer I made the track cleats by laminating 4 sheets of 160gsm and chamfering the edges so they look more like the original track. I've attached an image of a surviving Char B1 which shows the strange track cleats.

Similarly I used the plastic sheath from electrical cable for the exhaust pipe but inserted a piece of steel wire so the tube could be shaped accurately - the plastic is too floppy otherwise.

I remember the model as quite challenging.

The Char B1 was a unique tank - it took many years to design and finally bring into service. The first round of designs were entered in a 1925 competition known as the "Char de Bataille" but it wasn't
until the 1930s that a modified Renault Char de Bataille design was finalised and it entered service.

Regards,

Charlie

[Vinalssergio155]

Thank you very much for stopping by and for the information.
Charlie, laborious work to reduce those studs, and I complain only to cut them! As you say, the plastic sheath of the cable tends to return to its natural form, so leave the copper wires inside.With something rigid inside it stays well. As always, thanks for the photo and the historical information, greetings.

[RafaelDias]

Originally Posted by Zakopious

Box Studio has an S-35 in 1:72 scale.

With a little extra work, it can be enlarged to 1:50 scale.
Use 72/50 x100 = 144%

See: Somua S35 | 箱之工房

This will look amateurish, but it is sincere. I always fail trying to increase scales, I can only decrease. :(

[rockpaperscissor]

Rafael, if you have Photoshop or equivalent, increasing the scale isn't terribly difficult. You need software that will allow you to assign pixel density (resolution). There may be an easier way, but this is what I do to enlarge a model from 1/72 to 1/50 using Photoshop: open the original 1/72 scale parts page, and set the resolution to 432 DPI. Then create a new blank page (letter or A4, doesn't matter), and set the resolution to 300 dpi. Copy selected parts from the 1/72 file and paste them onto the new page. The parts on the new page will be 1/50 scale (300 X 144% = 432). Select parts one at a time or in groups until everything has been migrated over. Move the parts around on the new page as needed. Because of the larger size of the parts, you may need an additional 300 dpi page to house everything, so a one page 1/72 scale kit will probably become a two page 1/50 scale kit. I hope this helps.

[Lex]

That one doesn't seem half bad at all. It can easily be made into WoT-level detailing.