I just received my Tamiya 1/35 FAMO that I purchased off of Ebay today, and I did my initial digging around inside the box to see what’s what and the first thing I noticed was no tracks. So I whipped open the instruction sheet and seen that 1 of the parts bags contain the makings of the tracks. I have built several Tamiya armor kits from M4’s to King Tiger and have never seen anything like this. Are they as bad as they look and do I put the cover back on the box and maybe consider something else or is there an easy way to jump into to this. Heelp!!
are you talking about the indy single tracks? and not a one piece vinyl track?
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Calm down, calm down. Indies are for the better. They are more realistic, give a sag and hold paint much better. Obvious downside is they are more work. Do a search and check out the numerous threads here that are devoted to indy tracks. You can do it!
these are popping up alot these days. they are really tricky. you have to make sure you put them together against a straight edge. and use slow drying glue. best way is to put them together in sections. one section around the idler, make sure not to glue it to the idler yet. one long straight section along the bottom, and another one for the top. then a last one for the rear sprocket. just make sure that all the sections add up. hold off on gluing them together until after you painted everything. if you do happen to get a little space, too small for another link, and too big to close them together, make sure you put it somewhere where it can’t be seen. the con is its a pain in the butt to do, the pro, is it looks beautiful with the natural sag. i’ll look for a nice tutorial for you.
try this thread. hope this helps. like tigerman said, more work, but the looks is great. /forums/517600/ShowPost.aspx
Unless I’m gravely mistaken, the FAMO plastic tracks are workable, meaning that if you put them together carefully, you’ll end up with a length of flexible track you can then put around the road wheels at your leisure.
This kind of track is fairly common in German half-track kits, and its not as daunting a prospect to build than indy track for tanks.
my 1/72 m1 abrmas has a combo of inividual and long one piece tracks. like there is one long piece that goes across the top, a shorter piece thet goes under the bottom road-wheels, then indy tracks that connect the top and bottom pieces around the road-wheels. it works pretty good. [C):-)]