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Subject:

[Chapter] Chapter 8 - Tracks

Date:

Dec 24, 2004

From:

Alex Hill

Chapter 8 - Tracks

I’d decided to add the overall tracks at the beginning of this project, but once I’d started wrestling with A.As’ photo etch kit I began to think I had made a mistake. I’m happy to accept the problems made be down to me, but if anybody has built these things and found it easy, please let me know what the secret is!

The first problem is that whatever I did with pliers, Hold and Fold and clamps, I could not bend the channels in the links to a satisfactory shape that was big enough for the chain supplied. Using a smaller gauge of chain would have meant there were too few links between track sections. The only way around this was to cut the channels off altogether and replace them with items home made with brass sheet. Very tedious work.

Secondly, the length of A.As’ pattern just isn’t right. There is one complete link too many and getting the tension right means two sections of track end up too close together.

My third gripe is that the width of the links does not allow for the weighted wheel effect. As a result the tracks at the bottom ends up a bit distorted.

Ease of assembly has always been one of the best things about A.A kits, so it’s a pity these tracks are a bit of a nightmare.

(Those following this BLOG may have noticed a bit of an improvement in the photography this chapter- credit must go to my new light cube and a lot of helpful advice from Jay Laverty of T.L and Hannants).