Hi All,
It’s been a long time since i last posted any photos of my work.
Last night i finally got around to taking some half decent photos of some builds i’ve completed this year, so thought i’d post a few. Feel free to comment/feedback.
This is Meng’s 1/35 Panzerhaubitze 2000. It was a very fun kit and easy to build, but i feel the tracks are too saggy. If I did it again, i’d leave out a few of the track links, compared to what the instructions tell you.
Thanks of for looking.
Looks great! Love the paint job. I see what u mean on the tracks, however some of the pics I have seen they do a sag a bit on the real deal and don’t look off from yours.
Really nice work, love the camo- came out perfect!
Nice build there Chris, ilike the scheme and how you have wreathered it. The tracks don’t look to bad, though the left one could dowith more at the back and less at the front.
It looks great overall. The paint and finish look really nice. The tracks are way too loose though. You need to remove a few links per side so they are snug. Panzerhowbitze 2000s (like most other modern armor) use live tracks which have no sag at all. They are designed to be tight.
What you are seeing in the above pic is the vehicle doing a pivot turn to the right. In this maneuver, the right tracks spin backwards and the left spin forward. As such, there is sag at the right front and left rear since this is the direction the tracks are moving, under resistance against eachother. This causes the tracks to bunch at the above described points due to the opposing motion and how the vehicle is turning.
Under normal conditions, there is no sag or slack in the tracks at all.
Looks great! The vehicle that shows sag in the photo is probably executing a turn, so that the front of the sprocket track will sag a bit. It can be very difficult to get the right look to tracks on models!
Was there any interior included on the kit?
Ron
Thanks all for the feedback.
Gino - you’re spot on. That photo is a great reference for how tight they should be.
I left out 2 links per side compared to the instructions - but looks like i should have left out at least 5 or 6.
I suspect Meng did this as they are workable tracks with workable suspension - so if you wanted to pose it going over some ground work to show the suspension working, you will need a little more give in them. However, the model itself is too light to really make the suspension work - so you’d also need to weight it down a bit.
Yep, i agree Bish.
They are workable tracks, so i may be able to somehow weight down the top of the tracks under the skirts - nobody would see, but it will tighten them up.