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Dragon Dicker Max workable track options?
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Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2018 - 07:19 PM UTC
Hello, I'm working on a dragon 1/35th scale Dicker max and want to swap out the magic track with a set of workable links. Which brand would time with the sprocket on this kit? I.E. Fruli, Masterclub... etc.
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Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2018 - 07:57 PM UTC
It was based on a haevily modified Pz IV E chassis so it should be the 40 cm tracks, since it was in operation in 1941 I would go for an early version of 40 cm tracks.

http://www.friulmodel.hu/en/atl-03-pz-iii-iv-i6/

http://www.friulmodel.hu/en/atl-04-pz-iii-iv-panzerfahre-pzf-i7/

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See below. I was wrong.
Wider tracks starts with the ausf. F
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Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2018 - 08:26 PM UTC
Thanks for the info Interesting. One other question though is that the track you mentioned are the 40cm pattern. However the kit sprockets are thinner then the other PZIV kits I've built from DML in the past. Originally I was to use an old set of italeri PZIV vinyl tracks I had on hand, but these tracks are wider then the teeth of the sprocket.

Would this sprocket / track be the 36cm pattern? http://www.friulmodel.hu/en/atl-02-pz-iii-iv-i5/

as these links look more like the ones that come with the kit. But the big question is will they fit the DML sprocket??
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Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2018 - 08:39 PM UTC

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Thanks for the info Interesting. One other question though is that the track you mentioned are the 40cm pattern. However the kit sprockets are thinner then the other PZIV kits I've built from DML in the past. Originally I was to use an old set of italeri PZIV vinyl tracks I had on hand, but these tracks are wider then the teeth of the sprocket.

Would this sprocket / track be the 36cm pattern? http://www.friulmodel.hu/en/atl-02-pz-iii-iv-i5/

as these links look more like the ones that come with the kit. But the big question is will they fit the DML sprocket??


Yes, that is the early 36cm version used on the Pz. IV A through D. The Dicker Max should use the 38cm links. It could be that Dragon has the wrong size drive sprocket in the kit.
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Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2018 - 08:47 PM UTC
I guess I'll get the thinner links from fruli and hope for the best
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Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2018 - 09:30 PM UTC
MasterClub MTL-35015



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Posted: Friday, April 20, 2018 - 12:19 AM UTC
Thanks for the help, I love your track sets!!
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