Hutch6390
Unfashionable though it might be, I prefer the vinyl tracks, they make life so much easier.
I understand what you mean. I made the Tamiya Matilda a couple of models ago. It comes with both links and vinyl tracks. I started with the links and made a complete balls up of it. I ended up using the vinyl tracks.
With the Matilda, I don't think it makes a lot of difference as the top run of the tracks is hidden. But I also made a Centaur and that could have done with a solution that sagged realistically. I tried cementing the tracks to the top of the wheels but that didn't work too well.
I watched the VMS youtube piece on making tracks and if that works it looks like a really good way of doing it. So I'm giving it a try ... when the slow cement arrives.
If it doesn't work, I think the next thing to try is metal tracks for tanks where the upper run is visible - which they will be for this Valentine.
Hutch6390
I am also building British tanks, my aim is to cover their history, but only with the most significant types, and not in any particular order.
Yes - that's pretty much what I'm doing too. 
With one exception - My wife bought me a Centurion for my birthday. I think the Centurion is the ultimate British tank of World War II. It's the end point for the development of British tanks through the war. I was tempted to get a Mark 1 which would have made most sense, but there is a group of figures that I really like the look of, to go with an Israeli version, so I asked my wie to get me that one. That's going to be my next kit. It's my sequence of tanks - so I think I can bend the rules if I want to.
I've built: Churchill, Centaur, Matilda, Crusader IIII so far. So once the Valentine and Centurian are built things get interesting. A Comet would be good. After that I'll probably go for one of the early Cruiser - probabaly an A9 or A10. Alternatively I may go for tank used by the British - with a Sherman being top of the list.
Hutch6390
How are you finding the build process with MiniArt, compared to Tamiya (other than the PE, of course)?
The MiniArt is more difficult I think than the Tamiyas I've built so far - but not necesarily in a bad way. It's mainly the extra detail - the very small parts that are less common in a Tamiya kit. There have been a couple of instances were it wasn't clear where the small details go exactly - a couple of rivets on the front glacis for example. But generally everything is really well molded and fits together nicely.
It's difficult, as I'm in two minds as to why I'm finding this kit harder. The more I think about it, the more I think it's the photo-etch. I'm just not used to it - so out of my comfort zone. But the more I do it, the more comfortable I feel with it. I hope after this one my next photo-etch tank will compare more easily with non-photo-etch models.
I'd also state that there's some variance between Tamiya kits. The Crusader III definitely didn't go together as well as the other Tamiya kits I've made recently - though I'm pleased with the end results.
So I'd definitely recommend giving Miniart kits a go - but be prepared for them taking a little longer to build - and do a bit of research on tools, glues and techniques needed for photo-etch.