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| Subject: | Re: Rubber band tracks.... their future? |  |
| Date: | Jul 1, 2008 |
| From: | Sean Langley | |
My usual answer, I'm afraid: it depends. I'm happy with vinyl tracks where they don't need to sag, and since most of my armour is stuff like Leopards, I'm happy enough with what I've got. Some of them had such badly moulded tracks that I had to replace them with separate links, but that's OK. Where the tracks do need to sag, I'll still be happy with vinyl so long as it's flexible enough to allow me to do the necessary. Which pretty much eliminates anything by Italeri...
On the other hand, I don't mind separate links, even when each one has three or four parts to assemble. I've nearly finished a set for my M109. They were fiddly, but that's sort of payback for the ease of assembly of the rest of the kit. I may consider them for others if the kit tracks turn out to be intractable.
Of course, on many kits there's no alternative. But I like Trumpeter's idea of offering both, so you can take your pick. For the price, the track options on the KV series are really rather wonderful.
sean |
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 | Rubber band tracks.... their future? - Glenn Bartolotti - Jun 30, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Rubber band tracks.... their future? - Paul A. Owen - Jun 30, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Rubber band tracks.... their future? - gerry gardiner - Jun 30, 2008 |
| . . . i hate link tracks - David Nickels - Jun 30, 2008 |
| . . . . . . DAVID! - Glenn Bartolotti - Jun 30, 2008 |
| . . . . . . . . . speaking of which - David Nickels - Jul 1, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Rubber band tracks.... their future? - Ryan Martinez - Jun 30, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Ryan to do Tiger 1 with.... - Mike Riedeman - Jul 1, 2008 |
| . . . I don't see them dissapearing - Benjamin Wainer - Jun 30, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Rubber band tracks.... their future? - James Phillips - Jul 1, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Rubber band tracks.... their future? - Juan Contreras - Jul 1, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Rubber band tracks.... their future? - Sean Langley - Jul 1, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: Rubber band tracks.... their future? - James Phillips - Jul 1, 2008 |
| . . . compromise? - Dave Murray - Jul 1, 2008 |
| . . . . . . Re: compromise? - Glenn Bartolotti - Jul 1, 2008 |
| . . . Why not more link & length? - Charles Harrison - Jul 1, 2008 |
| . . . Friul metal tracks rule - Frank Forster - Jul 1, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Rubber band tracks.... their future? - Bill Goodrich - Jul 1, 2008 |
| . . . . . . I agree totally with Bill.(n/t) - Ray Peterson - Jul 1, 2008 |
| . . . Things to consider - Herve Charbonneau - Jul 1, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Rubber band tracks.... their future? - Cesar Oliva Atienza - Jul 2, 2008 |
| . . . Re: Rubber band tracks.... their future? - Vernon - Jul 11, 2008 |
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