Casemate Topdrawings 47 - Renault FT & M1917 - Kagero via Casemate UK

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Topdrawings 47 - Renault FT & M1917

ISBN : 9788365437648

Kagero via Casemate UK

 

 

The Renualt FT can be seen as the worlds first modern Tank with features such as the Turret, rear mounted engine, and forward crew compartment that we still see today.  Over 3000 units were produced towards the end of WWI by the French and in the US under the designation M1917. Many tanks which were then in reserve were borught into serivce at the start of WWII with examples captured and used by the Germans.  The Russian T-18 was a derrirative of the FT as the Russian re-built and copied a number of FT which served with the White Russian forces in their civil war.

 

 

This book is not a reference book on the tank per-say, but a collection of plans and colour profiles designed to help the modeller. Unlike the aircraft books there are no scale rules on the pages. In the centre of the book is an A-3 double sided pull out plan as well. As an extra there is a set of mask for the marking seen on the profiles, no scale is mentioned but they look 1/35. All text is in English & Polish.

 

 

 

Conclusion

If you're interested in these aircraft and intend to model a few of this Tank then its worth investing in one of these publications.

 

Recommended.

 

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