Peugeot Char d'Assault by RGL - 1/35 - Vargas models - 3D-printed

[RGL]

A lovely little design from 1918, I first ordered this from Vargas models in the US and it arrived crushed due to poor packaging. A second one was send after some time (including another little gem which I’ll show).

 

This design lost out to the FT-17 (upcoming build) 

Edited yesterday at 12:25 AM by ccoyle
corrected log title

[RGL]

The kit: very simple to build, beautiful track details as a one piece print 

[RGL]

The gun

[ccoyle]

That is one comically ugly tank!

[RGL]

There is a video on U-tube of it from its tests in September 1918

 

 

[Canute]

What a change from the first generation WW I tanks in just a year or so. Interesting critter.

[yvesvidal]

In addition to that strange armored vehicle, Peugeot created something much more useful, the Pepper Grinder: 

 

Yves

[cotrecerf]

........Which to my understanding is a coffee bean grinder....my grandparents had the same....

[Egilman]

5 hours ago, yvesvidal said:

In addition to that strange armored vehicle, Peugeot created something much more useful, the Pepper Grinder: 

 

Yves

They also created the L76 engine in 1912.... A 7.6 litre, 4 valves per cylinder, dual overhead cams... The first 4V-DOHC IC engine ever made.... It proved itself in the French Grand Prix, and the Indy 500 and became the racing engine of choice from those days forward... Harry Miller took it and designed his V4 DOHC engine based upon it and made himself a legend at Indy, only to be followed by a guy named Offenhauser....

 

Peugeot was one of the technical engineering leaders of their day... Right up there with Ford and Krupp and all the rest...

Edited yesterday at 07:19 PM by Egilman

[yvesvidal]

12 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Peugeot was one of the technical engineering leaders of their day... Right up there with Ford and Krupp and all the rest...

Yes, I am aware of that and agree completely. My brother owned a 403 Diesel, a couple of 504 Coupe(s) and is currently driving his 504 Convertible (4 Cyl. not the horrible v6 PRV engine) among other cars. Modern Peugeot cars do not have the same quality and present absolutely no interest.

 

Yves

[RGL]

Well that set you all off!

[AJohnson]

1 hour ago, RGL said:

1 hour ago, RGL said:

Well that set you all off!

Wow, Greg, you touched a nerve there! 😆

Love a “Fugly” anything you build!

[RGL]

So the first one I got was crushed, so I’ve repaired it. 

[Canute]

Excellent save, Greg.

[wefalck]

I wouldn't want to be inside one, when the gun was fired - that's awfully tight space.

 

It seems that Peugot originally made a variety of articles using cast iron and steel, such as coffee-grinders, pepper mills and then started to make wheel-spokes, which took them into making bicycles and eventually cars etc. Bicycles and pepper mills are now independent companies from the car manufacturers.

 

[realworkingsailor]

3 hours ago, wefalck said:

I wouldn't want to be inside one, when the gun was fired - that's awfully tight space.

 

It seems that Peugot originally made a variety of articles using cast iron and steel, such as coffee-grinders, pepper mills and then started to make wheel-spokes, which took them into making bicycles and eventually cars etc. Bicycles and pepper mills are now independent companies from the car manufacturers.

 

A not uncommon practice. Most of what we know today as the large automobile manufacturers were behind many other consumer products. Off the top of my head, the appliance brand “Frigidaire” (in North America, was developed and eventually spun off from General Motors. Kubota (known for farm tractors and light industrial equipment) got their start as a manufacturer of steel pipes. Closer to home (for me) CCM is known now more for their sporting goods (especially hockey equipment), but CCM actually stands for “Canadian Cycle and Motor company…. They made cars!

 

Andy