Trumpeter KV "Big Turret"

[PaulTRose]

id be interested to know your method for doing the tracks

[Guest]

Lookin' good Bob, can't wait to see more matey.

Have fun, John

[Mr Bowcat]

The tracks certainly look nice now. Do you have a pic of an unprocessed link?

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[Mr Bowcat]

id be interested to know your method for doing the tracks

After they were cleaned up I assembled the length and links flat on my board, excluding the bottom length. I applied a run of glue to either side of the teeth and left them for 5 minutes or so. Then I placed them on to the rollers and gently formed them around the sprocket and wheels to the right shape. I then dry fitted the bottom length and placed the tank on the table pushing the links into position if they moved. Once happy with the positioning I went over every connection with glue then left it overnight to dry. That left me with this:

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I hope that all makes sense.

[Mr Bowcat]

Lookin' good Bob, can't wait to see more matey.

Have fun, John

Cheers John.

Finished the turret and a few last odds and ends today, then got everything primed.

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[PaulTRose]

I hope that all makes sense.

sort of

thnks for that......ive got several kits that have this sort of tracks and i keep putting them off cos of the tracks

[monica]

looking good,Bob,very nice progress,well done so far,

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Moni, it's gone quite fast, despite all the clean up work.

[Mr Bowcat]

sort of

thnks for that......ive got several kits that have this sort of tracks and i keep putting them off cos of the tracks

The video below might help, although I disagree with the guy about using extra thin.

[monica]

I find the tracks do take,longer to get together,than the hull,and turret,

[monica]

The video below might help, although I disagree with the guy about using extra thin.

that's what I use on them,and find it ok,

[Gauge1TrainsDK]

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Thanks. Those links look like you would actually not have the option of simply leaving the ejection pin marks, unless you were doing really thick layers of mud. Not modeller friendly, it seems.

[Guest]

that's what I use on them,and find it ok,

Me too

[Mr Bowcat]

The barrel arrived from RB Models today so I wasted no time getting it installed.

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[monica]

do like that,very nice,