French Laffly S15T Artillery Tractor 1/56 scale.
Though originally designed at 1/28 I have reworked those files for the 1/56 scale. This head meant “hardening” some parts to still be viable at this scale and merging some parts into a more consolidated form so that delicate parts become supported by the larger. Some parts are still very delicate so print spares.
The model has been test printed by me on an Elegoo Saturn 8K printer and yes I printed all 4 hull variants. Using the basic settings and a layer height of 0.05mm. I include the pre-supported files that I used in the test print so you should get a reliable print. The clean up was reasonably straight forward. I use water soluble resin and clean it in very hot tap water. I did need to use a sharp knife to remove some supports that were running close to the model. So pay attention in cleaning before you cure the model. I was able to remove supports reasonably easily from the detailed subframe with out damaging any of the hydraulic parts. Just take a little care in this part of the process to enjoy the best results.
The models consists of the following files:
Main chassis of the vehicle which includes all the sub frame detail has been prepared in 4 variants.
- Intended to have a driver so no steering wheel + on the top is a stowage area with lots of useful kit represented. Including a crate of wine.
- Intended to have a driver so no steering wheel + stowage area empty.
- Intended to have NO driver so steering wheel+ on the top is a stowage area with lots of useful kit represented. Including a crate of wine.
- Intended to have NO driver so steering wheel + stowage area empty.
Road Wheels. Print 7 of these as one is a spare on the rear of the hull.
Curled Stowage Securing Horns mirrored left & right. Fragile so print spares. Mounts on the small front axle before the Obstacle Wheels.
Head light Repairs. I strongly recommend snipping supports off the headlights and small front axle before “pulling” the bulk of the supports off.
Obstacle Wheels. You need 2 and these glue just below the front number plate. Use a tiny amount of greenstuff to assist in their gluing on. Sometimes those under the hull fail to print correctly so print some spares and clip out the ruined part before curing.
Window Screen. This is delicate. Print twice just so you have a spare. Remove the ulta-tiny support off the Wipers first at the bottom where it comes up from the window frame. Watch the window tilt lock lever on the sides extremely thin.
Solid Window Screen. Though still very thin this does avoid the wipers snapping off.
Front Driver and Passenger Bench.
LMG & Pedestal Mount intended to be glued on its flat side behind the Front Bench. This is not based on any research but an option most transports get in army lists.
Driver. Remove the supports on the steering wheel column first and then the wheel before pulling the other supports off.
Passenger open hands. Add a greenstuff map and he will be useful in the front passenger seat.
Passenger with a wine bottle. Just be careful of the top of the bottle when removing supports.
Long European Shovel with fixings. Intended to glued on the large stowage bins on the left hand side of the vehicle.
Pick and Sledge Hammer
This model was designed by Neal Bowskill copyright September 2020; printed versions of this model have been available since this date on Ebay in plastic and has appealed to those who like niche models.
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