Tat, if you're after a set of the Tamiya decals for the Greif 250/3 I've got some you can have. I've just checked through my decals box and I've got some. I only used some number plate's and crosses off them as I did a straightforward half track when I built it 20 odd years ago so all the Greif and Adler markings are still there. The letters are red with a white border. Let me know if you want me to send them.

I picked up an ancient Gunze-Sangyo kit of Greif awhile ago and it also had red on both sides. I had to carefully cut the red part out of the outline, and of course the old decals disintegrated anyway. had to do a LOT of chipping to hide that mess, but in the end it turned out not half bad.

Dragon strikes again!



The front wheel contacts the ground perfectly--until I add the tracks. Anyone have any ideas on how to deal with that? Short of getting out my razor saw and cutting DML's parts all to pieces (each fork is molded as a single piece), I'm not sure how I'm going to get that wheel on the ground. The front fork is assembled, but luckily not yet glued to the body.

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Dragon strikes again!



The front wheel contacts the ground perfectly--until I add the tracks. Anyone have any ideas on how to deal with that? Short of getting out my razor saw and cutting DML's parts all to pieces (each fork is molded as a single piece), I'm not sure how I'm going to get that wheel on the ground. The front fork is assembled, but luckily not yet glued to the body.

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That's a real bugger, Mark..from here all I can suggest is cutting the forks right above where the fender is and add a section of styrene there...if you can, post a front-on view...

Mark

Seems the only solution is to get out a really sharp razor saw and take your time. Think about making new pins for the suspension arms to attache them back to the body.

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Mark

Seems the only solution is to get out a really sharp razor saw and take your time. Think about making new pins for the suspension arms to attache them back to the body.

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I do need to get some more detail on the scratched bits, true; however, after going over reference photos again and again I think I have the final solution. The main reason I didn't want to just drop the whole assembly down where it attaches to the body because it would have had the handle bars sitting too low, but Dragon has simplified the whole arrangement so much that the handlebars are lower than they are supposed to be anyway. So by dropping the whole assembly and mounting the handlebars on an extension on top I think I will have something fairly close. Looks like rubbish at the moment, but hopefully once everything is in place it will all come together.

Word to the wise: if you ever feel like building a Kettenkrad, stick with Tamiya.

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Mark

Seems the only solution is to get out a really sharp razor saw and take your time. Think about making new pins for the suspension arms to attache them back to the body.

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I do need to get some more detail on the scratched bits, true; however, after going over reference photos again and again I think I have the final solution. The main reason I didn't want to just drop the whole assembly down where it attaches to the body because it would have had the handle bars sitting too low, but Dragon has simplified the whole arrangement so much that the handlebars are lower than they are supposed to be anyway. So by dropping the whole assembly and mounting the handlebars on an extension on top I think I will have something fairly close. Looks like rubbish at the moment, but hopefully once everything is in place it will all come together.

Word to the wise: if you ever feel like building a Kettenkrad, stick with Tamiya.

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Mark

I meant to go at it from the other end, raise the wheels by cutting the arms and swinging them up the required amount.

Looks better to me, Mike!