Well this may not seem a biggie for all you guys/gals out there, but I think I have overcome a big hurdle in my building processes, and that 's the dreaded indi-tracks...
First time doing them on my newly started Tamiya Sturmtiger, I figured I may as well try and do it, if I bugger 'em up, I've got a spare rubber band set to fall back on.
Well I'm happy to say that after gluing up a few runs with liquid cement, and forming them around the running gear (loosley set on the hull) and securing them, I can learn to "like" doing them on kits now, seems like once you get a system down a bit, it's not that bad...here's the results from one set. One down, one to go!
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So wats the big secret youve jsut cracked up ? they look well done!
Frank

Interesting. You actually glue them to the wheels first before securing it to the hull. Might give that a go one day.

When i did the Academy M163 SPAAG, the tracks came individually so i had to overcome a similar hurdle. I ended up forming sets of 6 glued tracks and then piece them together after the wheels were secured to the main hull. That worked well for me too.

Great job.

Kelly - looks good! Congrats getting over the indie track hurdle. I still haven't taken the plunge yet, but I'm gonna have to eventually to knock down my stash. Thanks for posting your technique as it just may prove quite useful.

- Frank

Thanks Frank, I'm sure that this technique isn't new, a friend suggested I try doing it this way, not gluing the wheels, and wraping the tracks around them. I pressed them down to form the sag, and added some tenax to the contact points of the wheels to the track. Then I gently pulled the whole assembly off and finished gluing everything up. Looks like by doing this it'll be easier to paint the tracks and wheels then secure them to the hull once that's all painted up...I could get to like this! :-)

Nice one, I do a similar thing but different if you know what I mean
I start off by mounting two 12" pieces of wood to my desk leaving the track width between them, the wood is to keep the tracks straight while im building them.
I place a about 50 pieces of track between the wood blocks and when they are all lined up I put dabs of glue on the joints and allow about 15 mins for the glue to set.
After this time the glue is set on the inside of the track (where the dabs of glue were) but the tracks are still flexible enough to place on the tank and form round the drive sprockets and allow for track sag.
The first run goes half along the bottom wheels around the bottom drive sprocket and part way along the top of the wheels (allowing for sag on a tiger Panther etc).
I then make another length of track up and put this one over the rear drive sprocket and shape in to fit the first part of track but I DONT glue the two halves together.
When they are set you can remove them from the tank so you have the pre-shaped tracks already for painting and weathering and once the model is painted you can put the tracks back on the model and using a small amount of glue join the two halves together......like I said ....similar but different