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Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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Another Tiger I question
ArmouredSprue
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Posted: Saturday, October 11, 2003 - 12:10 PM UTC
Hi all!
This time I came up with a question regarding the tracks on the early Tiger´s.
I´ll use the Academy link by link tracks for a Tamiya model, my question is: how many links should I use each side?
I´m thinking about a 100, is that right?
Cheers and thanks on advance.
chip250
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Posted: Saturday, October 11, 2003 - 03:37 PM UTC
My mid pro Tamiya tiger tells me to use 100 links for each track. So I would go with 100.

~Chip
steve203
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Posted: Saturday, October 11, 2003 - 05:33 PM UTC
My Tamiya Tiger had 99 on one side and 100 on the other. It's what the instructions said. I can't remember which side was what though.
hworth18
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Posted: Saturday, October 11, 2003 - 06:27 PM UTC
I just use enough to get the correct sag and look.. 100 should be good, give or take a few.
sgtreef
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Posted: Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 10:14 PM UTC

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I just use enough to get the correct sag and look.. 100 should be good, give or take a few.




I agree. The Academy links Hmm sounds pretty cool. Have them but never used them. So are easy to glue ? Or is it better to go the Fruil route? (:-)
ArmouredSprue
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Posted: Monday, October 13, 2003 - 12:27 PM UTC
Hi all...
Thanks for replying, I´m now more confident to start with 100 links.
Jeff, I´m sure the Fruil is the best choice for aftermarket tracks, but I´m quite satisfied with the academy links, better than the DML Dragon ones, and a lot less cleanup is necessary.
I didn´t glue them together yet, but as soon as I did I´ll post here.
Regards!
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