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fixing tracks
Posted by steve5 on Saturday, December 17, 2016 10:53 PM

can anyone tell me if their is another way to join the track end's , other than a heated screwdriver blade , I've tried glue but that doesn't seem to work ,

 

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Sunday, December 18, 2016 1:25 AM

I take it you mean the kit supplied rubber banb tracks. Have you tried CA glue or just the normal plastic glue.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by steve5 on Sunday, December 18, 2016 3:06 AM

I tried CA , didn't seem to do the trick

 

 

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  • From: Sydney, Australia
Posted by Phil_H on Sunday, December 18, 2016 4:25 AM

Depends on the tracks. Dragon's "Dragon Styrene" (DS) tracks can be glued using conventional model glues or CA, as can the later Tamiya tracks (on newer kits from the '90s onwards, but not re-released older kits).

Just about all other vinyl type tracks repel most glues and can be melted together using the "hot screwdriver" method, sewed together using invisible thread or stapled.

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  • From: San Antonio, Texas
Posted by Marcus McBean on Sunday, December 18, 2016 12:51 PM

Epoxy glue made work. 

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Posted by blackdog62 on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 7:44 PM

On my tamyia m41 rubber tracks I used 2 regular staples on each side.

I put the stabled part under the bogies on the ground. Not my idea I read it somplace.

Looks just fine.

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