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in fact for live tracks the kit supplied version will kick Friul's butt most of the time.
How so?
Friuls are:
-are easier to assemble
-have far greater durability
-allow for more realistic weathering and finishing with the blacken it
- replicate catenary action realistically
-avoid modelling purgatory of modelkasten type tracks.
Because:
- Friuls are only easier to assemble if the kit supplies an extremely complex set. Snap together and belt type tracks (Tamiya ) are a lot easier to assemble than then the Friul.
- I do agree that the White metal material is generally more durable then polymers, though most paints are less durable are chip off easier then applied to white metal.
- Most live tracks include rubber pads which have an almost entirely different appearance than what you get from blackening pewter and even it isn't, most blacken-it type liquids are either expensive, hard to get or very poisonous.
-Er, what? Live tracks do not sag.
- Most kits with live track use a simpler system of part breakdown than Modelkasten and besides I wouldn't really call modelkasten type tracks "modelling purgatory". While the system does require a lot of parts to assemble good sets with the hollow GHs correctly moulded in do not feel annoying nor tedious to assemble.
I'm a fan of the the Friul style track and white metal, but I do not think it obselances polymer track.
Hugs and kisses,
Tim.
