Renault FT-17 on a Renault FP artillery transporter by RGL - Meng/U-Models - PLASTIC/RESIN - diorama

[RGL]

Crazy nice but also missing a carburettor 

[RGL]

So starting on the diorama base. I got this from Temu. Very soft foam, I pushed down all the cement work and filled it with AK Concrete. I’ll leave this set overnight now then a clear coat and mixed pigments. I’m happy with the way the road looks 

[RGL]

[RGL]

Side build (French cannon) 

[RGL]

So I did some research on 1900’s light poles and the closest image I could find was nothing like the the miniart one. Enter Liang models 3d printed lamps. Wow, just wow. 

[amateur]

‘Wow’ sums it up pretty well. Those are really, realy close to the originals. (Apart from size and material, I see no differences  )

 

Jan

[Canute]

Those are some beautiful street lamps. 👍

[RGL]

I’ve been procrastinating doing up all the extras, so today I added the tram tracks and dryfit the set up for the diorama. I can’t put off doing the figures any longer 

[DocRob]

That will end as a nicely busy scene, Greg. It will look like a snapshot with a camera, great.

Cheers Rob

[RGL]

Thanks mate, I just ordered 3 more figures from Blast Models. There were just so many troops involved in ww1, I think the busier there better . My plan is to now paint the French artillery pice and practice on some figures from AliExpress (gaming figures). Our major shows in in two weeks, I’m presenting on the Emden so this piece will be next year 

[amateur]

It looks like a nice crowded scene.

I can’t really tellfrom the pic, but your tramrails seem to stick out above the pavement. In that case it needs a little overhaul: as far as I know, teamrails was (is) always level with the surrounding street.

I looked for a pic of the railprofile used around 1915 in the Netherlands:

The rail hardly above streetlevel, and the groove always fun for bikers (still is  ) And ofcourse: used track has a clean groove and no rust on the contact surface of the rails, disused track has some rust, and a dirt-filled groove.

 

Jan

Edited yesterday at 03:31 PM by amateur

[RGL]

6 hours ago, amateur said:

It looks like a nice crowded scene.

I can’t really tellfrom the pic, but your tramrails seem to stick out above the pavement. In that case it needs a little overhaul: as far as I know, teamrails was (is) always level with the surrounding street.

I looked for a pic of the railprofile used around 1915 in the Netherlands:

The rail hardly above streetlevel, and the groove always fun for bikers (still is  ) And ofcourse: used track has a clean groove and no rust on the contact surface of the rails, disused track has some rust, and a dirt-filled groove.

 

Jan

I actually did sone research and based it off this photo which is why I added the plastic stippling the centre

[amateur]

My interpretation of that pic would be that you see the track as shown in my illustrationn,  and two additional iron bands (don’t ask me the function of that) outside of the track.

 

Jan

[Canute]

I suspect it's insurance to prevent a car using that space for wheel flanges if it rides up on an object in the flangeway. Railroads/railways were notorious belt and suspenders folks. 😄

[wefalck]

I would suspect that these bars (old rails upside-down?) are distance-pieces to prevent the cobble-stones coming into direct contact with the rails. As you can see from Amateur's sketch the wheel-tire actually protrudes slightly beyond the head of the rail. If the cobble-stones were a tad too high, the tire could touch them. One doesn't seem to see this kind of arrangement on tram-rails laid into tarmac or concrete.

 

And yes, tram-rails are better given a wide berth by cyclist - guess how I know that 😉

[amateur]

First lessons learned when I moved to Rotterdam: 1. always cross the tracks at (near) 90 degrees, 2. the tram always has right of way, irrespective the situation.

 

Jan

[ccoyle]

2 hours ago, amateur said:

2. the tram always has right of way, irrespective the situation

 

Back in my CCC days, we were taught this same rule with regards to the off-highway logging trucks we encountered while driving around in our little Chevy S-10 pickups. It was all a simple matter of momentum. If one chanced upon an off-highway hauler while traversing a one-lane wooden trestle bridge with no guard rails, one backed off the bridge just as fast as humanly possible!