I have finished all my work on Ban Dai 1/48 scale Elefant. But, trying to put on the tracks they are to short and the keep snapping off the front and rear driver wheels. What can I do to repair the driver wheels and possibly attach the tracks with out snapping those wheels?

Hi John,
Drill out the plastic attachment points that have snapped.

Install a piece of brass rod or tubing of the appropriate
lengthand diameter, with CA glue.

Drill out the idlers and drive sprockets and attach these with
CA onto the brass rods.

This is much stronger than the original parts.

Also, put the tracks in hot water for few minutes and give them
a gentle stretch...along the whole length of the track.
Give this process a periodic check as not to over stretch the tracks.
Be really gentle on the stretching process, you don't want to
snap the tracks.

This will stretch the tracks slightly and relieve the excess
tension that you are getting.

Cheers,
Joe

Thank you. I will this a try and let you how it worked out.

Another tip. Do the drive an idler wheels have poly inserts so they push on an pull off.

If so, don't have them fitted and try to stretch the tracks over them.

Instead have the drive wheel (and possibly the idler wheel) disconnected and fit at he same time as the track. This way you won't have to strech the track as much.

Cheers,

Nigel

i second Joe's fix method.

John,
All else fails, ditch the rubber band tracks and get some after market tracks. There are usually plenty of affordable options besides Friuls. I try to avoid rubber bands myself, but that's merely personal preference.