Will Tamiya rubber band tracks fit on a Dragon kit? i.e. a Panzer IV chassis? Usually I’m a fan of indy tracks, but there are like way to many of them on a Dragon kit and I’m feeling lazy. Plus there is minimal sag on a Panzer IV. So has anyone tried this? I would think they would fit. Thanks.
You would have to test fit on the model you are building. Not all model companies interpret the sizes of drive sprockets as the same. For example, I tried swapping the Tamiya WWII T-81 track for the later, Korean war era T-80E1 track by DML. On Tamiya’s M26, the Tamiya drive sprocket fits their polyvinyl representation of the all-steel T-81 single-pin tracks provided in the kit perfectly - naturally. The T-81 tracks were 24 inches wide. Though the later T-80E1 tracks were 23 inches wide (correctly done in the DML kit) - the Tamiya Drive Sprocket wouldn’t fit the DML Tracks - being too small interestingly enough. The answer is widening Tamiya’s drive sprockets (since they looks much nicer) to fit the DML T-80E1 track shoe. Or using the DML sprocket on the Tamiya tank, which by the way has the opposite attachment as the Tamiya kit. Female sprocket for Tamiya, male sprocket for DML. No easy solution.
Good luck.
i would assume they would fit. if its the same tank in the same scale then if it didnt fit, something would be quite fishy…
Not always the case, see my post above. Both track come from M26 tanks, one Tamiya, the other DML.
I was kinda of thinking that Gino, my hope was that someone may have tried it already. It looks as though maybe not. Thanks for the reply.
even on pz iv …tamyias drive sprocket is little bigger than dragons … Dragon track wont for sure fit on tamyias panzer unless you change drive sprocket.