Phil,Ditto on the goodies.I think waiting for them to arrive is worse than Christmas
Well if you remember,when we last left my build,the tracks and roadwheels had been dry fitted.It was found that the tracks where waaay too tight and had no sag at all.Foam was placed between the hull and tracks to see if they would take a"set".
After sitting for 2 days the foam was removed and voila.......
It didn't work
After messing around with them and thinking for awhile I came up with plan "B" Here it is.The tracks where so tight that I did not think that any type of glue would hold them in place.
After figuring out about where the tracks needed to sag,I laid out and drilled four holes in the hull,2 on each side, front and rear.The drilled hole is the one furthest to the right
I took some fairly heavy wire and threaded it through the holes like this
Put the roadwheels and the tracks back on and again voila.....
It WORKED
As you can see the wire sticking out of the sides of the hull hold the tracks in place,and the ends are tucked under the hull edge,they show a little bit but if I paint them black and do some weathering,I don't think they will show at all.
It came out well enough that I may try it on my next 1/35 build with "rubber band"tracks.
That's all for now.J.T.
