Here's a few close ups of the new workable tracks from Meng models.
Nicely molded tracks and not much clean up needed.
The two small pins are really small and I find it difficult to place them in the holes using my fingers,I would not even try using tweezers as they will just shoot off across the room and be consumed by the carpet monster.
Took me 20 minutes to do 5 links






Cheers

Nice,I did their T-90 workable tracks,they even included a jig to aid assembly.

Yes they sure beat 1 piece

Perhaps something magnetic for the pins.

Magnets. That's brilliant!

Tried a magnet and the metal seems not very magnetical

Probably aluminum, not steel. I know they make a product that is essentially a stick with some gel on one end that is slightly adhesive so you can pick up and place small parts. Can't recall brand name...

Maybe something sticky instead of magnetic ?
Some adhesive tape (band aid maybe ??) attached sticky side out on the end of a rod (short length of sprue cut off at a 90 degree angle). Stick the head of the pin to the sticky end of the rod, should resemble a short spear with the track pin as the spearhead.
Push it in and "break" the "spear" by bending it sideways.
Replace the tape when the stickyness wears off.

/ Robin

If the pins were a bit longer it would be half the battle.

I was just sitting here doing some more work on the tracks and thought hang on there is not enough pins,Meng supply 100 small and 100 large pins but you need to use 92 links on each run,there should of been 200 of each not a 100.
Bad calculation Meng

Wasn't there another thread/discussion not too long ago about pins missing from some Meng boxes ??

Edit: Found it!! It was the 3rd of March ...

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/news/24563

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Hi!

There are several "tool solutions" that could really help ease this small pin handling issue:

1) Get and use a "hemostat" type tweezer - one of those tweezers which OPENS when you squeeze the handles, as versus closes. When you let the handles go, the tips CLOSE onto your pin, making the tweezer a "handle" on the part.

Get one which is perhaps 1/8th inch wide at the tips (Hobby Lobby has them in cheap sets) - this gives more surface to work with and usually has small ridges to improve grip on slippery veins or small metal pins, and leaves you free to position the pin and ease it in - and then release it. The "hemostat" serves as a handle, so no trying to hold onto and grip things while moving around positioning.

2) Get a tweezer with soft "rubber" - coated tips. This improves the grip on small parts. I find these at hobby shows and online, and maybe at a Hobby Town or Hobby Lobby place. Great for small plastic, metal.

3) Get a "hemostat" - type tweezer with those plastic tips. Best of both worlds! Or MAKE such a tweezer by wrapping soft electrical tape around the tips of a tweezer or "hemostat". Soft black electrical tape will vastly reduce that "twang!" and loss of parts into space.

4) Make a small "socket tool" sized to hold a pin by cutting off a paint-brush handle or wooden chop-stick to get a flat end - drill a shallow (1 - 2mm should do) hole in the end to form a seat for the pin of choice. Make this hole close /slightly smaller than the pin diameter to keep a relatively snug fit. Fit your pin into the seat and shove it into place!

PS: I've done all of these for PE, little rivet and bolt-heads, small pins metal and plastic, etc. All the "tool-solutions" work. Also, I always place my working collection of pins (and other small bits) onto wide blue painter's tape sticky-side up to hold stuff in place while I grip it. I place my working links/jig and that tape and pins inside a clear veggie bag and work inside the bag, so that flying bits stay "home". NEVER EVER lost anything (yet)!

PPS: My fingers are fat and the hands are stiffer now-a-days, so I can identify with all who have difficulty handling tiny bits!

Bob