Told jya!

It's a Hongkong company,I had brought T72,T90,Merkava4 and ZBD2000,And I should say that they are not knock-offs of FM for sure,I have T72 of Ace and FM,after comparing,I found that Ace's is thicker than FM's.And I think FM's is batter than Ace's.But sometimes Ace is your only choise,besids it's more cheaper. I could have posted some pic here,but I just don't know how.Pardon me.

Definitely giving these guys a try with my next track order!

Thanks again, Jim (and everyone else who's spoken up for the company). I appreciate the info and recommendations.

Happy New Year!

I will say that I am putting toghter the soviet Howitzer and other than drilling out the holes on a coupe of treads they go toghter rather easy. Now I am going to see if the will make a set for Tank-mania SA-4, Pat Hand and if any one will join me and send an email to Spade ace mabe we can get some tracks made on a special run, one can only ask. Might get lucky.
Happy new year all
Jim

Hi Jim,

I had once contacted Mr Lei who's the maker,he's realy a busy man,I think he has a double life,runs a company of Ace as a boss,and works in another company as a staff.And he is very kind and sent me a lot of pic of his products in progress.Maybe I can introduce him to join our forum,what do you say?

I would say yes, Invie him I am sure he would like to hear feed back on his products and the wishes of other modelers.
Jim

Well here is my sample for you all, Trumpeter B-4 293 mm Howitzer,
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The track went toghter with out any trouble, with 3 extra when split in 1/2. The wire is good and stiff and you will need a good set of wire cutters. my only regret in finishing this report to you is I dont have any of the chemical to turn the metal black. I am out , my wife beat me to it with her stained glass. so if I can pick some up this week I will post the final pictures. but for the price and different types of tracks avaiable,I would highly recommend Spade Ace as a choice for finishing your tread viechial.Thanks for following the thread
Jim

Thanks a lot Jim for providing us this info! Really appreciate your efforts in this topic,

all the best,
Andreas

One last update, I finely found my bottle of Black Patina, whis is a chemicel like blaken it, my wife uses for staining copper for staind glass. any wat here is a sample of un cleaned tracks dipped for 30 seconds. I wanted to see if there was oil on the track but here is the result


as you can see the tracks are pretty much oil free, but next time i will clean with alcohol first.
Jim

Detergent (dishwashing liquid) or wash with soap and water, to use a toothbrush!

Regards, Gábor.

This was just a test to see how much oil is on the trac, and I was surprised at how little there was, I have had to run tracks through the dishwasher from another company to etch them
JIm

Anybody know conntact to Mr. Lei from Spade Ace

Not quite sure why my photos changed on the above message,

Well, I ordered a set of these for a M107 kit that will be built in the future: I was slightly sceptical about the delivery time (end of july) but they arrived last week. Quality good, little to no flash to be seen, simple packaging, big bag of links & what looks like a generous length of wire. Basic instructions but to be honest no different to Fruil.
I've not made up any lengths but the pin holes look cleanerthan fruil, so maybe the hours spent with tiny drill bits will not be needed.
If I remember I will try to post some pics during building & of the kit on completion.
P.S. the box has a clear warning that these contain lead, & are not suitable for children. Looks like some vinyl gloves might be in order when constructing these.

I bought mine direct from www.spade-ace-models.com, but I don't know what contact details are on the website.

I bought some leopard 1 track from an e-bay store out of china. I didn't have any problem, got the track in a few days. The track has good detail with no flashing. I have since soaked the track in etch solution I got at radio shack. Spade ace seems to be good a good product