Italeri Steyr Tractor - AM products for it

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Hello,

I was wondering if there were any AM products for this kit. And also, is the new tamiya kit the same as this (Old molds, new box). I have 2 of the italeri’s and am going to build one straight from the box. The second I would like to juice up a bit. I tried to find Friul tracks or MK and I turned up a big goose egg. Any PE for it available? Any help would be appreciated. I am also lookg for books and/or web sites that may aid in scrachbuilding my own details.

Thanks.

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Ted. I found the Steyr Tractor RAUPENSCHLEPPER OST (RSO) Fruilmodel P/N: ATL-29 tracks listed with Greatmodels for $34.50 And the ModelKasten tracks with sprockets P/N: MASK33 for $26.95 but are a special order thru Greatmodels for the ModelKasten. I didn’t call to see if either is in stock but these are the p/n’s if that is of any help. Oh, they also have quite a listing of AM parts for the RSO. You could also check those numbers with Hometown hobbies. Hope this helps a little. Semper fi, mike

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Mike,

Thanks for the help. I think the Fruilmodel tracks are what I will get. Hometown has them for $30. I want to build the basic tractor, so I will continue to search for a PE set or reference material.

Thanks again.

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Hey Mike, when I did a search for stuff based on RSO, I found a really nice Royal Model set (RM-272). Thanks for your input. I was searching under Steyr Tractor and found nothing. They also have a stowage set, but I will pass on it. It’s a bit pricey for what it looks.

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Great Ted. Hope to see this build in the future. Semper fi, mike

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WW2 Productions does a brilliant resin track set including the paddle track shoes and centre sprocket hubs see:
http://pmms.webace.com.au/reviews/vehicles/ww2prod/ww2prod35004.htm
I have seen these made up and all I can say is they are superb and leave the Fruil for dead, particularly in assembly.

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That is a nice little kit, definately needs am tracks. I built the boxier version with the Pak 40.

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PetBat,

OOOOO I like those tracks. Do you reckon they ship to the US??

I will order in the morning if they do.

Thanks for the tip.

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Tigerman, I agree, it’s a good kit. Just needs a little tlc. It’s also very different from the usual fare.

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Ted, sure do. Lots of guys in this Forum have used other WW2 production tracks. They ship to whoever will pay for 'em!

Cheers

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Ted you can check out this site.Punch up www.thebarrelstore.com they have alot of aftermarket parts that are very well priced.The are out of Canada.Digger

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Heres a site I found about the Steyr. The only problem is that I couldnt enlarge the photos. www.clubhyper.com/reference/rsoph_1.htm Hope this helps. Bryan

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Thanks digger, I will look their sit over tonight. Never hurts to save a buck or two.

PetBat, I am figuring out how to get the money to them. Emails are a bit delayed, but I plan on ordering those tracks. Thans for the info.

Bryan (Falcon) I agree, it looks like a really good site, but the pics don’t work for me either. I will bookmark it for later in case they get it fixed. Thanks for the reference.

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Wow a lot has changed sinse I built that kit in the 80’s it was a pretty nice kit then and now with all this AM stuff maybe one day I’ll do it again.

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Let me know if you do cpichilly, we’ll exchange trials and triumphs.

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I actually have a dio in the planning stages and it was going to be a soft skinner, do you know if they had steyrs around the time of the falaise gap? There will probably be 3 vehicles total and around 10-20 figures (American and German) so it will be the largest dio Ive ever completed. I actually have 1 figure mostly painted and one assembled, although this sounds like Im getting ahead ofn myself these are 2 key figures in the dio and Im trying to keep the original Idea in focus.