I am looking for tracks for a series of T-34 projects and I was wondering if anyone knows of any besides the ones from Accurate Armour, Fruilmodellismo or Model Kasten?
Thanks,
Matt K.
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1/35th Aftermarket T-34 Tracks?
MKessler
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 10:59 AM UTC
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 12:07 PM UTC
Hello Matt,
maybe "WWII Productions" could be interesting for you.
They produce tracks in resin and offer them for T-34 too.
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maybe "WWII Productions" could be interesting for you.
They produce tracks in resin and offer them for T-34 too.
example for an offer
reviews of related items and email on PMMS
padawan_82
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 01:13 PM UTC
imho fruilmodel are the best... though time consuming to put together, and not to mention expensive. modelkasten are also good but again they are pricey, have you tried marquette's injection molded indy links, they require a bit of clean up but once primed and painted look good its up to you... if it's for one of tamiya's old T-34's or zvezda/italeri i'd use the marquette links because they're cheap and in the end are way better than the vinyl tracks in the kits but if its one of dragon's kits oooohh i'd be tempted to use fruil, although dragon's magic tracks aren't that bad really. but like i said it's up to you.
Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 01:30 PM UTC
Masterclub is another that have good quality tracks and that are workable.
Is there any reason you dont want any of those you mentioned? Price?
Ask on the buy & sell forum ... maybe somebody will have T34 tracks from Dragon kits over, when they upgraded. Id look here before considering the Maquette. They´d be bottom of the pile in my books.
Is there any reason you dont want any of those you mentioned? Price?
Ask on the buy & sell forum ... maybe somebody will have T34 tracks from Dragon kits over, when they upgraded. Id look here before considering the Maquette. They´d be bottom of the pile in my books.
GeraldOwens
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 02:19 PM UTC
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I am looking for tracks for a series of T-34 projects and I was wondering if anyone knows of any besides the ones from Accurate Armour, Fruilmodellismo or Model Kasten?
Thanks,
Matt K.
Maquette produced some very early plate style and some late waffle pattern tracks in styrene. They were not workable, and definitely not "Magic," but they were quite cheap. If you are upgrading one of the older T-34 kits, they can allow you to do so without making the project financially ridiculous (i.e. there's no point upgrading a Zvezda T-34 with loads of aftermarket parts if the equivalent Dragon kit is cheaper). The parent company appears defunct, but no doubt the molds will resurface through RPM or Mirage one of these days.
Of course, most T-34 projects now will start with one or another of the Dragon kits, and their Magic Tracks are very nice, indeed.
MKessler
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 04:17 PM UTC
The WWII Productions track looks interesting! I'll have to see what they have to offer. The split link is certainly a very cool option, although it seems to have been used more on the SU-85. It would be neat to do a wide-tracked T-34 though...
I don't have anything against any of the companies I listed. I've got a small pile of the Dragon kits that I'm really interested in building (which is something that I'm not the best at) and I wanted to find some alternate tracks to change things up a bit. It's a shame that the typical aftermarket track companies have largely all done the same styles of track (all of which have been done by Dragon now, although perhaps not quite as well).
Thanks for the replies! I'm not a big poster on forums just because most of the time I can't get any responses. Maybe I'll post for some help with the T-34 model 1941 that I'm working on. I'm getting closer and closer to paint, and that's something I haven't done seriously in a long time.
Thanks again,
Matt K.
I don't have anything against any of the companies I listed. I've got a small pile of the Dragon kits that I'm really interested in building (which is something that I'm not the best at) and I wanted to find some alternate tracks to change things up a bit. It's a shame that the typical aftermarket track companies have largely all done the same styles of track (all of which have been done by Dragon now, although perhaps not quite as well).
Thanks for the replies! I'm not a big poster on forums just because most of the time I can't get any responses. Maybe I'll post for some help with the T-34 model 1941 that I'm working on. I'm getting closer and closer to paint, and that's something I haven't done seriously in a long time.
Thanks again,
Matt K.