Schneider CA - WWI tank - HobbyBoss - Dinosaur With a Twist - 1/35

[DocRob]

1 hour ago, belugawhaleman said:

I've got the Meng ft 17 as well but I'll use their tracks,. But for my Schneider , I'll go for the Friuls, they look great. The one thing about Hobby Boss, they

do pick interesting subjects. I have a Vickers tank by them, that I'm certain that the Friul tracks for the Matilda II (flat type) will fit. Anyway thanks

for the idea.

I just checked the box of my Meng FT 17 and found the easy click together tracks in it. I may use them for the Schneider, where they are less visible than with the FT 17. 
I will make a test fit later and then decide.

Cheers Rob

[crazypoet]

On 8/31/2025 at 6:47 AM, Landlubber Mike said:

Looks like a fun build.  I saw someone else refer to these kinds of builds after a long build as a "palette cleanser" - maybe that will get your mojo back up and running.

Gawds yes!  A break after a long build is a nice “reset button” 🤣

I already picked out my next build after the P-47 - an HE-111 with zero aftermarket and a promise to myself that I won’t do any major surgery 🤣

I haven’t done a straight out-of-box build since I was a teenager, so this will be a very nice break 😎🤣🙏

[belugawhaleman]

21 minutes ago, crazypoet said:

Gawds yes!  A break after a long build is a nice “reset button” 🤣

I already picked out my next build after the P-47 - an HE-111 with zero aftermarket and a promise to myself that I won’t do any major surgery 🤣

I haven’t done a straight out-of-box build since I was a teenager, so this will be a very nice break 😎🤣🙏

Which HE 111 are you planning to build? Always liked the looks of the HE 111

[crazypoet]

1 hour ago, belugawhaleman said:

Which HE 111 are you planning to build? Always liked the looks of the HE 111

The Revell 1/32 HE-111 P1.  It’s a pretty solid kit, with the opportunity for a *bit* of dressing up the interior without too much fuss and bother.  The only real challenge will be masking all that glass with just Tamiya Tape and liquid mask 🤣

[DocRob]

After Paul @belugawhaleman mentioned it, I opened the Meng FT 17 box and found the tracks to be ready cut and easy click and after 10 minutes, I had two with the suggested length of 32 links per side. There are some spare links as well. They don´t look bad and I may use the Meng plastic ones for the Schneider, where they are not so visible.
Meanwhile the Schneider itself got black primed with Mr. Surfacer 1000.

 



Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

As I mentioned above, the twist with this build will be, that this outdated fossil from 1916 was still in use in 1936 in the Spanish Civil war with the Republican forces against Franco´s Nationalists.
I guess, over their period of duty, the six? Spanish tanks served in Maroc and with their age, I assume, their state of maintenance not to be the best. I will try to show this appearance through the camo paintjob, which was sprayed translucent and freehand over the black primer, with heavily thinned AK Real colors. I made a second pass with both colors, adding a drop of Insignia White and tried to work a bit with highlight, shadow and modulation, which is not easy with a non-monochrome body.
Anyway, that will be the starting point for further painting and weathering stages and of course for decals.





Cheers Rob

[Landlubber Mike]

Looks like something out of Mad Max.  Really cool subject Rob, nice work!

[DocRob]

8 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Looks like something out of Mad Max.  Really cool subject Rob, nice work!

Thanks Mike, but wait for the decals, definitely not Mad Max, but different.

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

What would be a tank used by Spanish Anarcosindicalistas without a little agit prop  . Decals were very thin and most were good to work with, but some disintegrated and needed to be repaired.





Cheers Rob

[BlrwestSiR]

Nice work there Rob. The slogans look like graffiti on the tank. 

Carl 

[Meter rat]

Interesting subject, and a great build.

[DocRob]

14 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Nice work there Rob. The slogans look like graffiti on the tank.

Thanks Carl, that was the look, I was hoping for. The FC-ModelTrend decals were a bit on the fragile side, but do look good. The manual claims, there is photo evidence of one side of the Schneider, the other is fictional.

Cheers Rob

[DocRob]

13 hours ago, Meter rat said:

Interesting subject, and a great build.

Thank you, it was an easy build, but I was always tempted to do this Spanish version, when I saw the decals set.

Cheers Rob

[PanzerWomble]

Looks good Rob  

[belugawhaleman]

Looks Great Rob😀