Impressions of new 1/35 Meng Renault FT-17

I'm jealous Eric!  I wanted this one as soon as I saw it was coming out!  It has to be heaps better than the old RPM kit and way cheaper than any of those hard to find resin kits out there.  Are you going to do a build log for us on the forums?!!?

This is one that's on my wish list for future acquisition. As for why it would have 3 schemes from WWII, that makes perfect sense considering they were still in service at the time in Europe as well as other nations. The Germans captured many and put them to use in rear areas as well, nothing went to waste!

There were 1800 in or nearing service out of 3000 produced by war's end. I bet more than one unit had them. Unless the turret was a little different, it would have been nice to have colors for a US made variety - or the colors of one used by George Patton. The FT was a ground breaker in WWI but a bit player in WWII. That says good things about the design but I think it also shows a preference to WWII builds. Course there's nothing to keep a modeler from tracking down one in Russian, Chinese or Spanish service and changing the garb correspondingly.

Eric

WOw, a full interior for a WWI kit? Sign me up, baby. Now I hope that that gets them thinking about the Mark IV!!!