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    November 2005
making tracks sag
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 12, 2003 6:43 PM
i am building a stug IV and want to know how to make the tracks sag. they are the stock rubber ones. thanks.
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    April 2003
  • From: Sunny Florida
Posted by renarts on Monday, May 12, 2003 7:24 PM
Run a thin piece of wire or fishing line up through the track and secure both ends to the return roller axle. Cinch it down till you get the desired sag. Run it a little wider than the return rollers so that you get a good looking sag. The track and the rollers hide the wire.

Mike
Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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    January 2003
Posted by shermanfreak on Monday, May 12, 2003 8:49 PM
Another way is to insert pins through the side of the kit at the points where the track sags. The tracks are then placed over the return rollers and under the pins. Paint the pins the same colour as the tracks and no one will ever know they are there.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 5:48 PM
sound nice, what kind of pins are u talkin about?
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    January 2003
Posted by shermanfreak on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 6:49 PM
Go raid your mother's sewing box. Just plain ordinary straight pins will work. Cut the heads off of them and be sure you are wearing safety glasses when you do it. They shoot through the air pretty fast.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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