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ITALERI sWS FRIULMODEL Track
GunTruck
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Posted: Sunday, April 21, 2002 - 12:25 AM UTC
Salt6 - those look nice! I think they're worth the time and effort. Did you leave a loose pin to remove them for painting - or are you going to paint them attached to the chassis?

Gunnie
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Posted: Sunday, April 21, 2002 - 03:52 AM UTC
Those Fruil's look excellent Salt6. I first got the idea of using Fruil's from Chris "Panzer" Mrosko's book. If you're not aware of it, it's called 'Panzer Tactics' by Letterman Productions. In it he also detail's how he uses Rail Weathering Solution from Micro Engineering Company (available from most RR hobby stores) to 'weather down' the tracks in one easy step.
Good article. The tracks he does look very nice IMHO.

Checked out your site a bit too. Loved that P-38Z, was it? My father used to fly P-38's in WWII, over Germany with the 8th Air Force. So the 38 was a treat. Doubt if he ever saw one of those though!

Tread.
Kencelot
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Posted: Sunday, April 21, 2002 - 04:08 AM UTC
Man, I love those tracks Steve!!! :-)
If they weren't so darned expensive I'd replace all my tank's tracks with them! Although I'm certanly considering getting a set for the M10 & M18...and M4.
pipesmoker
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Posted: Sunday, April 21, 2002 - 10:43 AM UTC
Salt6,
As far as I am concerned using Fruil tracks on the sWs is the only way to go. The kit tracks just don't look right. I used Fruil on mine and it makes the model.
YodaMan
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Posted: Sunday, April 28, 2002 - 10:29 AM UTC
Wow, the tracks look pretty good. Where can I find out more about them? (what models tracks are made for, price, availibility, etc.)
Which model is that? It looks similar to one I've got, but it's obviously not the same one.

YodaMan
Does a halftrack, uh, .........(insert your own funny joke here, I can't think of one)
sgtreef
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Posted: Monday, April 29, 2002 - 07:44 AM UTC
Great models sells them

http://www.greatmodels.com/

They are very good tracks I got me a set for the King Tiger.
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