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Armor/AFV: Techniques
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JoLuke
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Oregon, United States
Joined: July 30, 2013
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Posted: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 12:03 PM UTC
Hey im very new to the modeling hobby and I've been wondering how people sew tracks together, I've glued and melted some tracks together, but I want to try my hand at sewing some together, so I was wondering how exactly you would go about doing that? thanks in advance
thebear
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Posted: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 12:20 PM UTC
Hi Jonas and welcome to Armorama ..sewing tracks are really a last resort when all else has failed ..I've done it once and it was that or the tracks went into the trash..
What I did was clamp the tracks together ,turned them inside out and made 4 stitches where you would usually melt the tracks together ..Try small thread and only do the fewest stiches possible. tie the thread and try to hide you joint either on the top or under a wheel.. Not a great solution but it can be a last ditch option to save your tracks ..

Hope this helps
Rick
JoLuke
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Posted: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 12:31 PM UTC
thanks for the advice, Im still at the point where most of my models im buying are cheap trumpeter ones that I dont mind trying new techniques on, worst case scenario if I ruin one im only out 6 bucks
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