French Laffly V15T Light Tractor 1/56 scale.
This model was developed from my work on the S15T originally designed at 1/28. I have reworked the subframe suspension and driver shafts. The bonnet and cab front did not need too much re-working. The cab area and rear deck have been designed afresh based upon scaled line drawings and images of vehicles currently in museums or private ownership.
The model has been test printed by me on an Elegoo Saturn 8K printer. 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, folded canopy, folded canvas door screens, cab detailing and ammunition lockers. Various tools strapped to the sides of the vehicle.
Road Wheels. Print 4 of these. (Please note I missed adding this to the compressed file. The Laffly Road wheel has been added as its own file as of 04/09/2023.)
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 sitting on his own chair. Remove the supports on the steering wheel column first and then the wheel before pulling the other supports off.
Front passenger with map on his own chair
Front Chair for driver and passenger, you will need 2 if not crewing the vehicle.
Steering wheel if you do not want to use a driver in the vehicle.
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.
Passenger with a wine bottle. Just be careful of the top of the bottle when removing supports.
Passenger with map, legs closer together. Be careful removing supports from the map.
This model was designed by Neal Bowskill copyright June 2023.
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