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| Subject: | Re: Rubber band tracks.... their future? |  |
| Date: | Jul 2, 2008 |
| From: | Cesar Oliva Atienza | |
I have a different approach than most people here regarding vinyl tracks vs indy links. I donīt care for sag as much as for the kind of track depicted: I donīt mind continous vinyl tracks if the track is made of pads with end connectors -like in shermans and most modern western tanks- as I think this type of tracks can be depicted really well this way as the space between the pads can be accurately depicted whereas in the other type of tracks -like in the Tiger, panzer IV, T-55, etc, the only way you can realistically depict, IMHO, the space between the links are workable individual links, like Friuls or Model Kasten for example.
That is the reason I really donīt like the vinyl tracks of Dragonīs shermans as they donīt include the empty space between the pads, so Iīm going to replace them in my Sherman III with MK items. At eight parts for every link I think it will be quite funny!
But I like a lot the rubber band tracks in my Challenger 2 from Tamiya and in Tascaīs Firefly. Surely indy tracks would give better detail, but for me itīs not worth the work.
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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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