Thanks guys. Should be ready to roll by weekends end. I hope.
Ed- The road wheels are not really all that bad. Aside fromt he return rollers, there is no rubber to paint. Had they not been mostly steel, I think I may have come up with my own version with steel wheels and caled it the 1954 year model or something.
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Spector- Allready know about the tracks. Have one side complete and waiting for paint and the other side about half built. I actually cheated and found a review with the count for putting the tracks on it. Worked out pretty good. And I suppose I could be a nice guy and share that with the rest of the gang.
First off this is how the instructions say to do it. Yes this is the only step showing tracks and yes I suppose they assume you will be able to just slide them on. Sure thing.
Now, this is how I found worked pretty good.
- Six of the track "lengths" were used for the lower track run.
- Two of the "lengths" were used on the top run - one at the front and one at the back.
- 36 individual links were used around the drive sprocket and idler wheel, plus to fill in the gap in the top track run.
-Those further broke down into 28 between top lengths, 5 around the idler wheel and 4 around the drive pulley.
Hope someone can find that useful.