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| Subject: | Re: Rubber band tracks.... their future? |  |
| Date: | Jul 11, 2008 |
| From: | Vernon | |
I sincerely doubt that vinyl rubber band tracks will disapper until one of a few things happen:
- The only people left building kits are the die-hard detail fanatics who would replace any kind of tracks provided in the kits anyway. There will be no beginner / intermediate builders left. At that point all kits would probably have individual links -- or --- (tongue in cheek here) the manufacturers will leave out the tracks and rationalize that people will replace them anyway.
- There is a quantum leap in ease of assembly of L and L or individual link tracks. Tamiya put a simple locator pin on their 1/48th scale Sherman kits that made those L and L tracks the easiest I ever built. They're a SNAP, but the old kits with rubber bands, and old style L&L number in the thousands, and, there is no consistent way to make them sag.
DML and Tamiya have both come up with a way to produce paint resistant excellent rubber band tracks that are glueable, if there was just an easy way to make them sag! They're outstanding. That technology alone will probably save them. |
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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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