Hi all,
Been a long time since i was on here, real life got in the way, but now more free time again after getting first job, and house extension built. I have to kep myself busy in the cold winters of north-east scotland, and it lets me continue childish pursuits as i reach 30 years of age ha ha.
Anyway, i am pretty experienced modeller, mainly aircraft and wargames miniatures (mostly for painting pleasure rather than playing), however i keep my hand in with armour subjects when i can.
As a result i recently bought Tamiya's King Tiger Ardennes kit, as its one of my favourite tank subjects.
I am looking to super-detail it, with the usual EB and scratchbuilding parts, but i have never made a tank kit since the likes of fruilmodel came into existance. Having googled fruitlessly and used the search on here a lot, i cannot find an answer.
Can anyone tell me what companies offer aftermarket individual track link kits for the ardennes king tiger? Looking at Fruil's stuff, there seem to be about 6 different types of tracks that 'could' fit. including transport and non transport, 6 sprocket type and 11 sprocket type (even though my kit has 9 teeth??).
Can anyone explain which would suit the kit best, all i can tell from the pictures of boxes are that fruil offer kits: ATL - 16,42,21, 22 and 37?????
Oh and for future diorama plans, what other model tanks would be part of the ardennes front offensive, i.e. what kits would work well, i am looking at halftrack, panzer or panther or even tiger 1, but i don't know enough about WW2 tank battles to know what would be part of such a group. (My expertise is more aircraft of this period)
Thanks, looking forward to getting the finished results on here, that is after my 1/48th TSR 2 airfix kit gets a ludicrous amount of "Expensive" AM parts lavished upon it. (It is my favourite plane) :)
Rick