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Jesse
if you look at the frount right sprocket it looks to me that the teath are not conpletly engaged with the tracks i'm just thinking AMPS
dave

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Hey Dave,

The Chaffee's drive sprockets do look a bit odd. Here's a photo of the real thing.

http://data3.primeportal.net/tanks/john_griffin/m24_chaffee/images/m24_chaffee_09_of_24.jpg

Of course, this Chaffee is equipped with the rubber block tracks, which used a slightly different drive sprocket, but even on these, you can see that the track seems to sit 'high' on the guide teeth.

Thanks for looking close though! Anything folks can spot now will only help this weekend. :)

Haven't seen the T-55 yet. Been busy actually modeling!

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The track seems to sit 'high' on the sprocket in that photo becuase the sprocket has half circles in the vally between each tooth, these are probably stress holes, to stop the teeth/drive sprocket cracking (that's just a wild guess), but anyway, it makes the track look like it's sitting high on the teeth.

The drive sprockets on your kit, (ie with the metal tracks) don't seem to have these 'half circles', they just seem to have a very shallow curve in the vally's between the teeth, and this kinda makes it hard to see where the track should be sitting on the sprocket.

Jesse, Just an outstanding build of a very difficult kit. Your painting and weathering just brings it to life. Well done.

I just started my own build of the Bronco M24, and I've never seen a kit with this many finally detailed parts before. It should be a real experience and challenge just to get close to the level you've attained.

I've already had issues with those casting PE serial numbers. So far I've just done one side. How did you deal with them?

Joel

Brilliant technique for white-washing, sounds like it would work for any chipping. I'll be giving that a try rather than hairspray or after market products. The effort here is fantastic, and I now want to do a whitewash! I love all of the effects this allows from the dirt to the chipping. Far more delicate effects than just the dirty old base coat. Thanks for sharing this.

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I wonder if the hole is to relieve internal stresses, or allow some extra room so it can clear mud/muck out of the system without a build-up potentially throwing a track?

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Probably a bit of both tbh Jesse, a side effect of cutting a hole to help with internal stresses (if I remember right, the hole helps to stop cracks forming) would be to also create space for clearing mud and debris from the sprocket, so it would be a kinda win, win setup.

WOW Jesse...i dont get any better than that bro! Magnificent Chaffee right there. Well done sir.

Gary

Great job Jesse. Look forward to seeing the finished product and you know what you can do with mine! LOL

Jesse how did you do at the show ????
dave