I have a set of three from the kickstarter as well now I'm energized to get mine together. The Rolls Royce Armored car was a great kit too. Here is the finished product from that kit: http://wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2015/04/trenchworx-wwi-rolls-royce-armored-car.html
Gorgeous job Dallas! I plunked down for this Kickstarter as well and I agree, they provided a wonderful product. My plan is to paint my FT-17 for Indochina service where they had a surprising number (though most were made inoperable due to the tropical conditions).
Great looking tanks, Dallas! I like the camo a lot.
I am glad I also got in on this KS. My FT-17 will be in Finnish colours for the Winter War. Yeah, they were dug-in MG bunkers, but still; I just have to make a Vickers MG jacketed barrel for the turret.
November 6, 2015 at 10:48 AM
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Awhile back I participated in a Kickstarter (sorry Greg) run by a company called Trenchworx. I've heard nightmare stories about Kickstarter campaigns before but I have to say that the Trenchworx KS was run professionally and efficiently. Communication was great and the product was high quality!
I blogged a few months ago about the British MKIV tank I'd painted as a German "beute" panzer. The other vehicles I got were a troop of three Renault FT-17s, which I built and painted a few weeks ago.
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The kits included both a 37mm gun and a machinegun for the turret, and optional trench rails as well. The vehicles were a snap to assemble, and even included magnets for the turret and weapons.
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Here it is with the 37mm gun mounted. I painted the tanks in a standard camo scheme with markings for the third section of the second company. There's a handy guide here on the Landships site.
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And here's the turret machinegun.
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Here it is in pieces. The holes for the magnets are beautifully countersunk into the parts and the magnets fit perfectly. Just make sure you get the polarities correct! ;-)
All in all these are great kits and will look superb on our Great War battlefields. They'll also spur me on to build up my late-war French. I've just finished some work on a group of Foundry models that were painted by our late friend Glenn, and I intend to add to those with more Foundry stuff, including some 75mm guns and crews.
"Trenchworx 28mm Renault FT-17 Tanks"
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What scale is this tank 1/57th or 1/48th? I am looking for 1/48th and this looks very, very nice?
October 28, 2015 at 1:47 PM
Hi there Bartek. The Trenchworx website lists scale as "28mm (1/56)" and I reckon that's about right. I think these are a shade smaller than 1/48.
October 28, 2015 at 2:23 PM
I have a set of three from the kickstarter as well now I'm energized to get mine together. The Rolls Royce Armored car was a great kit too. Here is the finished product from that kit: http://wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2015/04/trenchworx-wwi-rolls-royce-armored-car.html
October 28, 2015 at 3:55 PM
Thank you Dallas.
October 30, 2015 at 5:16 AM
Kickstarters like these seem to work great Dallas, and you did a fabulous job on the tanks. Great work.
October 30, 2015 at 2:41 PM
Stunning work on these little gems. Love the camo.
November 1, 2015 at 5:57 AM
Gorgeous job Dallas! I plunked down for this Kickstarter as well and I agree, they provided a wonderful product. My plan is to paint my FT-17 for Indochina service where they had a surprising number (though most were made inoperable due to the tropical conditions).
November 2, 2015 at 7:29 PM
Great looking tanks, Dallas! I like the camo a lot.
I am glad I also got in on this KS. My FT-17 will be in Finnish colours for the Winter War. Yeah, they were dug-in MG bunkers, but still; I just have to make a Vickers MG jacketed barrel for the turret.
November 6, 2015 at 10:48 AM