[About actual vehicle]
- Renault B1 is the heavy tank that France developed and deployed before the Second World War.
- It is also called Shale B1 which represents a French tank.
- It was formulated in 1934 and production began in 1935.
- A 30-ton car body was equipped with a 75-mm tank cannon of 17 caliber, and the turning turret was equipped with a 7.5 mm machine gun coaxial with a 30-caliber 47-mm tank gun as a secondary gun.
- B1bis was developed as an improved version from 1930.
- The equipped engine is converted to Renault Naeder-FIEUX inline 6 cylinder, power has been increased from 180 horsepower to 250 horsepower.
- In addition, the turret has been changed to the new APX - 4 type.
- Although the main gun mounted on the car body was not changed with 17 caliber 75 mm cannon, the new turret was equipped with a new 32 caliber 47 mm tank cannon.
- B1bis, which began production since 1937, completed about 400 by 1940 German invasion by France.
- It was deployed in the armored division and intercepted the German army.
- Its heavy armor often battled the German army, and German army captured a large number after winning in France. We deployed it as a German military vehicle.
[About the model]
- The model is a plastic model assembly kit that reproduces the French tank of Renault B1 bis of World War II on a 1/56 scale which can be enjoyed in an affordable size of finished overall length of about 11 cm.
- Easy to assemble with the constrained constituent parts score of about 85 points also features.
- Unique style reproduces the atmosphere as much as it is to the car body, turret and crawler track.
- The track is adopting parts of partial connection.
- The car body is divided up and down, left and right, details of the surface are delicately reproduced.
- If you shake your arms like polite painting, the reality of the finish is also more.
- Also, 3 tank set soldiers figures set.
- Besides being able to feel the size of the car body, plus the reality also for the scene production etc.
- In addition, six types of marking are prepared. There are 6 types in total, three types of French troops and three types of markings of vehicles used by the German Army.
- It is also good to try to arrange collections of vehicles that have a unique style only on 1/56 scale of moderate size and various camouflage colors and markings are eye-catching.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )