Hey guys, posting this here as I am looking for some guidance during this build. I have a bunch of Dragon 1/35 German armour kits but this has the lowest parts count so I figured I'd get started on it. Here is a progress photo so far, I started the build yesterday:



I've left the top of the body along with the wheels unglued as I am trying to work out the best way to assemble the tracks while having them removable for painting. How many sections do you folks have tracks in for painting off the wheels? Cheers in advance for the help. I'll be posting more in this thread as I progress.

Hi Stratos

Looking good so far. Iv'e built a few of these kits and I found making the tracks quite easy. What i did was make 1 length of track long enough to reach from the drive sprocket to the idler wheel. then before it was dry i slid the track in from the back and slid it forward and to the drive sprocket, hooked the last link to sprocket and turned it so the track reached the highest point. form there you can push the track into shape to make the sag (the track should touch the road wheels from the secound set of inner wheels) and curl the other end over the idler wheel. leave it there for the glue to set while you make the other half of the track. Just keep adding links to the lower half until its long enough to reach the ends of the upper half and add in some sag.

If you use normal liquid cement you should have plenty of time to mould the tracks to the right shape. just make sure you only glue inbetween to links and use as little glue as possible. you dont want the tracks to become stuck to the wheels! I also found it much easier to do with the rear mud guards removed.

I hope this makes sense and will be helpful