"15mm T1 Cunningham - PRINTED!" Topic

I am glad to tell you that 15mm T1 Cunningham is printed! This light American tank can be used for variety of conflicts, such as Interwar period, VSF, Very British (or American) Civil War, or even as sci-fi vehicle of one of Quar factions.

On the picture below you can see all T1 variants from prototype to the late and upgunned model.

Nick
15mmworld.blogspot.com.au

That looks fantastic!

Where did you get this printed? And is it solid or hollow? Just starting to look at getting some things printed up.

Kierto

Well, it was not me who arranged the print but Geoff QRF :)
So prepare for future release in white metal!

Smells like the work of tea and biscuit Frank to me!

;)

Wow…is Geoff using "Rapid Prototyping" for the moulds now?

If so QRF Quality is about to go stratospheric. This is the future of Mini's, superb quality at the micro producer / Cottage industry level. Roll on the future!

Awesome stuff Fjodin….(Any cold war stuff on the Horizon *nudge-nudge Wink-wink*. :)

Wow…is Geoff using "Rapid Prototyping" for the moulds now?

If so QRF Quality is about to go stratospheric.

Awesome stuff Fjodin….(Any cold war stuff on the Horizon *nudge-nudge Wink-wink*. :)

Well… I agreed with Geoff not to tell anyone you about possible future vehicles, but there is a plan to make some long awaited Cold War and Ultra Modern vehicles :) Sorry cant tell anything more.

Really nice work, from sculpting to printing! Looks very clean indeed!

Absolutely fantastic!

Great work!

Outstanding work!

Thank you so much! I usually spend lots of time o historical research before modelling and try to match all model measurements.

I also a maniac in rivet counting, so all T1 Rivets are 90% correct. I made some changes due to model scale and mold-making issues, I hope you can forgive me :) :) :)

I also hope to bring you more vehicles from different time periods and at last model some Cold War and Ultramodern vehicles that no one makes in 15mm, like French, Chinese, Swedish and Australian ones.

Here are other vehicles I made (sorry, but I forgot to render finished version of LK-II. It have non finished tracks on this picture)
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Well done! Been following your work, and it's fantastic stuff mate.

Thanx,mate!

Fantastic work – really well designed, and it has to be said that is astonishingly good print quality too. I'm guessing it costs a sight more than standard Shapeways fare, but it really looks most impressive – definitely the way forward for printed masters. Lovely subject choice too – please let there be an MS-1 with 45mm somewhere in the pipeline…. ;-)

Yep. My APC costs £20.00 GBP at shapeways. £100.00 GBP at the printers I use. And £180.00 GBP using the method shown here….

I am currently finishing 1916-1937 British Army and gonna start Soviets of 20's and 30's, so I really need MS-1. In very near future I want to model MS-1 and really hope that it will be placed into into production.

Fantastic news – the late model T-18M version (upgunned to 45mm, and still in service when the Germans invaded) has been on my wants list for quite a while – indeed I'm sure I've begged Geoff for it in the past….:

Sadly tea and biscuits Frank has put his prices up. Try £250.00 GBP using the method shown here. The quality is superb, but commercial viability remains the issue. However the print shown above is straight how it came out of the printer, I haven't cleaned anything up.

Fjodins CAD work speaks for itself, and as he has indicated we have already dropped a long list of desireable post war and modern vehicles in his email box.

But we are persevering with print sources to find a viable quality/price tradeoff.

Factory is closed this week, I will set Chas on moulding it asap. Meanwhile I will get the variants on the website for pre-orders.

£250.00 GBP still seems good, after all my £180.00 GBP was for something in comparison, very small.
Probably the size of a big 15mm infantryman.

I am curious as to if this will mould as it is, please let me know.

oooh now if only we can get that T18 in 1/56 scale… :-)

I'd still like a big Little Willie.

2 Dom Skelton
Started new tiny model (Keith Armstrong, dont worry, I am still working hard on APC). Its 30% done, but I think you can celebrate! There will be two turret types: with 37mm gun and MG and late turret with 45mm gun.

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NOw THAT is excellent!!!

I was thinking a year ago if I wanted one in 1/72 I have to scratchbuild and then dismissed the idea.

Dare I think it is feasable?

The model can always be scaled up. Unfortunately I am just a modeler, and its not me who print and sell it :(

The print looks good, very exciting. And pleased to see yet another vehicle on it's way! :)

-Will

[Makes over-excited noises….] :-)

FYI You may want to look at a printer that can do WAX and plastic together.

The wax washes off in heated bath, and allows one to build parts inside of each other as well.

3D Systems has a printer that does this now for around 15k, so they should not be to rare.

Means no clipping out all the parts from the build up base.

We are just sorting out a size issue

Just painted the first sample of T1 Cunningham that was printed and casted by QRF Models Limited. On the photo above you can see T1 (early hull and late turret) and two Peter Pig WW1 Americans (actually these are Brits, with repainted uniform in Photoshop). I am gonna make a better (less blurry) photo of T1 on white background soon.

Better resolution!

The model is only 4cm long and 2cm height

GREAT little model!

-Will

Thank you :) there shoul also be a late hull and 2 turrets with short gun, so it is possible to assemble 6 variants.

The tank itself have 15mm armor, 37mm gun (or 37mm semi auto long gun for late version), and coax MG, speed of 29 km/h on road.

LOLO!

Any comments?

Looks great, I could find a place for these in my 15mm Death Korps of Kreig force.

That looks lovely.

It was also interesting seeing the raw print come back with all of the ladders/sprues/gates whatever they're called.

John T

Come on Geoff, stop teasing us.

When will these and the other inter-war lovlies that Sirfjodin has created be availalbe ?

They are available now, but I have the database off line pending a price change this week…

…with some prices coming down, as well as others going up.

By th way, does anyone have any idea of THEORETICAL T1 Cunningham Tank Platoon organisation for Interwar period? I only know that US used 5 tank platoons in WW2.

Not a clue about WW1 US tank organizations.

I see a vehicle for my 15mm Quar!

As far as I can figure, the WWI US light tank battalion (72 vehicles total – that bit's easy, it's the subunits that are harder to find) had three companies each of 24 vehicles, with no tanks in the battalion HQ.

Reading accounts of their actions though, it's clear that 24 tanks wasn't the straight-up combat strength – rather it appeared to break down into a company command tank, three platoons of five, and eight reserve tanks which brought up the rear with extra fuel and supplies, and replaced front line vehicles as they were knocked out or more usually broke down.

So we actually have the same 5-tank combat platoons as in WWII – given that, sticking to three fives and a command tank for a hypothetical Cunningham company seems eminently reasonable.

Dom.

Wow! Thanx for organisation!

Dom,

our Great War organization was essentially that of the French Army's, as we got both our first tanks and our training in their use from our allies the French.

Four tank platoons with five tanks apiece was the ideal paper strength, plus a reserve platoon and command. In practice, there were always never quite enough chars legere to go around, so the reserve platoon was usually one or two vehicles, plus the lone CO's machine IIRC.

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net

Cheers Leland – looks like I must have misread the reserve size from this; it gives an account based on first-hand accounts and war diaries of early tank ops. In particular I was going from the account of two companies each of 16 tanks with an 8 tank reserve – I guess the 8 tanks reserve must be between the two of them, with each having dropped from 4 platoons to 3 due to available tank numbers:

PDF link

Particularly page 11 of the PDF. Oh well, at least we're all agreed on 5 tanks to the platoon…. ;-)

Dom.

T1 Cunnigham… added: link

Dom,

no worries; to paraphrase an old Prussian soldier's wisdom, no TO&E ever survives contact with the enemy!

Operating on a reduced strength TO&E due to equipment shortages, et al is not at all unusual, especially when talking about the French Assault Artillery (tank force) during the Great War, and in turn our own experiences building up a tank force from baseline of nil with help from the already stretched-to-
the-breaking-point French war industry. Throw in the propensity for the fan belts in the FT-17s breaking all too easily, plus the usual Great War mechanical follies inherent in the first tanks, and attrition always trumped the TO&E pretty much straight out of the starting gate…

Thanks for the PDF link; I always like to grub up more fodder for the scenario mill… especially if it involves the French tanks from the Great War period…

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net

You can find photos of 4 variants here TMP link

And here are codes from QRF site link

IWV10 – T1 (1926) Cunningham
T1 Cunningham – first prototype was built in 1926.

IWV11 – T1E1 (1927) Cunningham
T1E1 (1927 pattern) Cunningham

IWV12 – T1E2 (1929) Cunningham
T1E2 (1929 pattern) Cunningham

IWV13 – T1E3 (1930) Cunningham
T1E3 (1930 pattern) Cunningham