tatbaqui
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Metro Manila, Philippines
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Posted: Monday, May 08, 2017 - 10:09 AM UTC
As there are various versions of the Sherman track, Panzer Concepts has come up with Click Links, an offering that allows you the flexibility to combine components to create the style of Sherman track set you require.
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Virginia, United States
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Posted: Monday, May 08, 2017 - 05:19 PM UTC
$50 for a set of tracks? That seems a bit steep to me.
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bill_c
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Posted: Monday, May 08, 2017 - 07:36 PM UTC
Considering that Friuls costs almost as much and have to be assembled from track pads and two kinds of teeth (one for straight sections and another type for rounded sections), these look great to me.
Colorado, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2017 - 12:40 AM UTC
These will be called Sherman Click Links . 1/35th Scale
(My Apologies to GTG Resin they use the name Snap Tracks)
These are printed Resin not Cast.
Oregon, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2017 - 12:44 AM UTC
I'm assembling a set of the Friul ATL-12 for an M-10 right now--they're not that bad. CERTAINLY worth the effort.
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Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2017 - 01:09 AM UTC
Go to hobby tera, you can buy the frul tracks already put together for $45.00
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Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2017 - 02:59 AM UTC
I've never understood assembly type tracks for Shermans anyway, they don't have any sag to them in real life.
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Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2017 - 03:57 AM UTC
I like the look and idea, especially with the EEC. I've never had quite the budget for much aftermarket.
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Ezr
United Kingdom
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Posted: Tuesday, May 09, 2017 - 11:33 AM UTC
The reason for using individual link track for the double pin designs is nothing to do with reproducing sag but to render the way that the angle of the end connectors (and centre guides in some designs) span the angle of the two attached links on a curve. Short of using Friul's method and providing a different design for those links to the Ines on a straight run, the correct appearance is not possible if all the end connectors are moulded in the same plane as the links as the angle will look wrong.
Of course there is the flexible track route but that brings its own challenges in the form of distortion on bends, difficulty removing mould lines etc..
United Kingdom
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Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 - 01:01 AM UTC
Oh! I get what you mean. With rubber band tracks the pads will behave properly but the connectors will bend. Thanks for explaining.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 - 09:55 AM UTC
You can also find that the pads bend laterally (the unsupported centres bow onwards on the sprocket as the tension is all on the connectors).
