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need some help with a FireFly
Christopher68
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Posted: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 11:01 AM UTC
I was wondering if anyone makes rubber band tracks for the DML FireFly in 1/35th scale...thank you
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Posted: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 11:44 AM UTC
Tasca supplies vinyl/rubber band tracks in their Firefly kits, maybe you could contact them to see if they'd sell you a set?


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Posted: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 11:59 AM UTC
You could always try the AFV club rubber band tracks too. For example AFV35028 is a rubber band set of T49 tracks which I am sure I've seen on Firefly's before. They also do T62 tracks as well. Make sure that you get the extended chassis versions i.e. 83 links not 79, assuming you're working with an M4A4 chassis. You can pick these tracks up at Squadron online, or on E-Bay and probably plenty of other places as well. I've used them before, albeit some time ago and don't remember any fit issues.
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Posted: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 12:04 PM UTC

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I was wondering if anyone makes rubber band tracks for the DML FireFly in 1/35th scale...thank you


Which Firefly? If it's the long-hull M4A4 (British Sherman VC), then it's more difficult. AFV Club sells a set of long tracks in vinyl, but theirs are a bit short for the job, according to those who've bought them. Tasca has begun selling their Sherman parts individually, but you'll have to buy them direct from Japan.
If it's the Composite Hull M4 version (Sherman IC), then any of the Dragon Cyber Hobby DS tracks will work (they are by far the best soft plastic Sherman tracks available).
The recent Dragon Sherman IC Smart Kit includes them in the box, as well as a brand new upper hull and turret. Alas, Dragon has only partially revamped the Sherman VC (recently rereleased in a Cyber Hobby orange box), as it retains the original upper hull, though it has the updated lower hull, suspension and turret. Oddly, it retains the much maligned single link tracks.
Panda Plastics offers better single link tracks (pins are longer, and the fit is snugger). Alternatively, Bronco is starting to offer Sherman track sets, which have a clamshell style (top and bottom) assembly, rather than separate end connectors and fragile pins. Model Kasten Sherman tracks are needlessly complex, and have driven many to the brink of madness.
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