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  • Member since
    December 2005
  • From: Toronto, Canada
Debris on tank tracks
Posted by Stuart06 on Sunday, December 29, 2019 4:27 PM

I have a bit of a problem....

Instead of using the vinyl tank tracks that came with a Taymia kit, I switch with a spare set of link tracks from a similar vehicle.

The tracks come together and are a nice fit however,,,the last link is about 1/8 of one link to short.  I cannot add another link as it will just not fit.  I cannot add any more or enought sag to fit one more link, and I cannot move the idler wheels. 

The gap in the track is just by the return roller and connot be hidden...so the gap is noticable (like a small space between your teeth).

What I wanted to do is add a bit more mud on the track over the gap to hid it.  But to make it realistic I was wondering what I could use to simulate twigs that may be picked up in the mud as it travels. 

The setting is Eastern Europe or France 1940 so the model is weathered in browns and light browns to simulate wet and dried mud.

Any ideas...or better yet....pictures.

 

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  • Member since
    May 2017
  • From: Park City, Utah
Posted by Frankenpanzer on Sunday, December 29, 2019 4:51 PM

Slowly enlarge the mounting hole in the idler wheels. If you make the hole more oval than round, you cam move the idlers forward just enough to make the track ends meet.

  • Member since
    January 2015
  • From: Tumwater, WA.
Posted by M. Brindos on Sunday, December 29, 2019 7:57 PM

I've had this happen many times before.

The solution I came up with is to cut down a track link to fill the gap.

I have an SU-85 where one link is made of half of one type and half of another so I didn't end up with a ton of extra slack. You can't even see it unless you know which link to look for.

After fitting a custom link you can more easily disguise it with weathering.

 

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  • Member since
    April 2006
  • From: Denver, Colorado
Posted by waynec on Saturday, January 11, 2020 8:31 PM

That happen with a T-72. one split was fine because of the skirts. the other track split top AND bottom. i wired the bottom together and built a quick sand base with some rocks. bases are your friends and do not have do be elaborate. Mud and road ruts work too. tracks will pick up debris but also throw it off as quiclky unless the vehicle stops and sits.

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