I am really confused now. Can someone tell me which part of the following tracks are rubber and which parts were steel. I have seen them painted about every way imaginable.

Thanks in advance for the smack with the cluebat.

Oh, these are NOT my models. Just snatched pics from various galleries.

Shaun

Example One



Example Two:



Example Three, with "duckbills"

Top photo has a rubber shoe. Everything between end connectors is rubber. The paint job on that first photo is outstanding. They capture the black texture of the chevron that contacts the hard road and left the mud and dirt build up that collects in the crevices of the rubber.

Think of your boots or shoes after walking through mud then walking on a sidewalk. The raised surfaces will get cleaned and mud remains in the tread of the shoe.

Second photo is all metal shoes. It has snow packed in like your car would driving in wintertime (in a snowy region).

Third photo has rubber shoes between end connectors. The duckbills are metal.

Well...

Example One = Rubber Chevrons
Example Two = Steel Chevrons
Example Three = Rubber Chevrons with steel Duckbills

Best guess from what I can see...

Gunnie

Hi,

I agree wit Kencelot and Guntruck.

At the Sherman Register you have a page Track link types for VVSS where you can check the diferent type of tracks for VVSS Shermans and their composition.


HTH

Thanks everyone. That is exactly what I needed. Now I can finish at least two Shermans with some degree of confidence that I will at least paint and weather the tracks correctly.

Thanks again,

Shaun

Thanks for the tip to, i am currently building a 1/16 scale sherman tank and you have to build the treads yourself. end connector connected to what ever. it going to be a long build.

My fingers hurt after building those tracks. I did them in about 10 block sections. The tracks get loose and an end connector pops off the two track pins all the time. Impossible to use in the RC mode, I can't get more than a several yards before the track breaks apart.

Funny, when I had one the tracks were just fine. Maybe it was the way they were assembled. I did mine by pushing the connectors onto the pins by using a small vice, making them up in small baches. Once the vice was set at the right distance it took only a matter of seconds to line up two pins and a connector.