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Need a bit of Help
Posted by KindKiwi436 on Friday, January 20, 2012 1:11 PM

Hey guys, im just building the Tamiya T34/76 in 1:35th scale, and I'm having trouble with the tank treads. They're the rubber kind, but whenever I try to put them on there's no way they'll fit. It says to join the ends together with a heated nail, do I do this before or after I install the treads on the tank? And is this the best way to do it?

Please help!

  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Arkansas
Posted by K-dawg on Friday, January 20, 2012 1:26 PM

Sir,

Join them before you put them on the tank. Heated nail will work, also a soldering iron if you have one. You want to mushroom out the head of the "pin" so that they stay together. Older vinyl tracks are impervious to just about any adhesive. Another option is to staple them and hid the staple under a road wheel. Make sure they're good and secure cause you may have to stretch them a little to get them on the tank afterward.

Kenneth Childres, Central Arkansas Scale Modelers

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    December 2003
  • From: Montreal
Posted by buff on Friday, January 20, 2012 1:26 PM

You will have to wrap the tracks around the  running gear then attach both ends.  Good luck.

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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Friday, January 20, 2012 1:27 PM

I used to melt it before installation. I would fit the track either over the idler first or the sprocket and stretch it around the road wheels. I agree that Tamiya rubber bands and can be tight, much like Italeri tracks as well.

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 Eric 

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    January 2012
Posted by KindKiwi436 on Friday, January 20, 2012 1:29 PM

Alright, thanks. yeah, they're very tight, so Im worried that if i join it then it might not go on at all! But that probably wouldn't happen, right?

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    March 2007
  • From: Northeast WA State
Posted by armornut on Saturday, January 21, 2012 10:20 AM

if you have not glued the drive sproket in place,after you link the tracks securely place one end over the idler then strech out to the drive sproket,place one side on the outside of the drive and roll the track into place.it mght take a bit of work to get past the guide teeth on the tracks but my experience is they don't pose much of a problem.BE CAREFUL that you do this SLOWLY and watch that you don't pull the idler or road wheels out of alignment or worse break them off. good luck.

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  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Saturday, January 21, 2012 11:45 AM

The idler wheel and sprocket go on using the friction of the poly caps. Attempt to pull one or the other off and put it back on after you have slipped the track onto the rest of the orad wheels.

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