{"product_id":"ww1-trench-fever-tank-saint-chamond-early","title":"WW1 Trench Fever Tank SAINT CHAMOND Early","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSaint-Chamond Tank Early - 1917\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eModel by Franco Fusco\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eSaint-Chamond\u003c\/strong\u003e originated in 1916 from the rivalry between Schneider—which had developed the CA1, France's first tank—and FAMH.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth tanks were armed with a \u003cstrong\u003e75mm gun\u003c\/strong\u003e, but FAMH decided to mount a long-barrelled 75mm field gun at the front, granting it devastating firepower, superior to that of any contemporary tank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Saint-Chamond saw its first combat action on \u003cstrong\u003eMay 5, 1917\u003c\/strong\u003e, during the attack on Moulin de Laffaux, involving 16 tanks of the initial (flat-roofed) variant; while the tank's armament proved devastatingly effective, 15 of the vehicles were immobilised by the rough terrain—scarred by artillery craters—or by the width of the trenches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 165 tanks of the flat-roofed version were armed with the 75mm Saint-Chamond \u003cstrong\u003eL12CTR\u003c\/strong\u003e gun and four 8mm \u003cstrong\u003eHotchkiss Mle\u003c\/strong\u003e 1914 machine guns and was manned by a nine-man crew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Bundle will allow you to have on your table the early version of the Saint-Chamond tank in 28mm scale, in a four tones camouflage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eNOTES:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bundle consists of five sheets for the model to be printed on 100 g\/sm and 160 g\/sm (suggested) paper, and nine sheets for the instructions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce downloaded, the sheets can be printed as often as you like, which means you can build any number of \u003cstrong\u003eSaint-Chamond Landships\u003c\/strong\u003e very cheaply.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will need scissors, a craft knife, a metal ruler, glue, 100 g\/sm and 160 g\/sm (recommended weight) paper, cereal box type card, light card and cocktail sticks. You will also need acrylic paint pens of various colours (sepia, grey, etc…) to touch up the parts, all of which are described in the included how-to section.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sheets are laid down in A4 format. Print your sheets at “fit to page” setting (Adobe Acrobat) onto A4 paper and US legal sized paper, on US letter size will print at 93%.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can, of course, print the Saint-Chamond tank in any scale you choose, making it extremely flexible in this respect. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEnjoy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Motto is Paper Landships, Proper Landships!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Franco Fusco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57633591722359,"sku":"TF_FF_SCH","price":3.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0016\/1900\/1457\/files\/SC_Early_01.jpg?v=1792692331","url":"https:\/\/peterspaperboys.com\/products\/ww1-trench-fever-tank-saint-chamond-early","provider":"Peter's Paperboys","version":"1.0","type":"link"}