OK, since my daughter woke me crying at 3 and I could not get back to sleep until 4, I had a lot of thinking time, which I devoted to my upcoming Battle of the Bulge King Tiger project. I have two things that I wasn't quite sure of:
1) The King Tiger has steel road wheels. Would the part of the wheel that made contact with the tracks be a plished shiny steel color due to friction or would it be a dullish color? Or none of the above? (Tediam the Steel expert, where are you?)
2) I think I am going to attempted my first diorama, with the tank driving over the frozen/muddy ground. Therefore, I would have to illustrate some action in the road wheels, My question here is: is the position that the Tamiya kit instructions have the road wheel arms the uppermost range of motion for them? In other words, I could make some wheel arms drop down some to match the contour or the ground, but I wouldn't want to angle any upward more, would I?
I need to quit thinking of this stuff all the time
Jason
"There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -D. Barry