How can you make them longer so that they sag ? Could i heat them and stretch, or am I out of luck ? I have the Tamiya King Tiger 1/35th and am close to completing the building stage.

Thanks

A method that I used that worked for me with those darned rubber-band tracks goes like this:
I pinned one end down on a piece of plywood. I than carefully stretched to the approximate length I needed and tacked the other side down. I took a hairdryer on low setting and heated the tracks for a 10 minuets. It worked for me. Just be careful not to let them get to hot.

I just built that thing and those tracks are a real drag. What I tried was gluing them down with something similar to an epoxy glue, you just need to hold it down for a while. I got the tracks to touch the middle roadwheels. Unfortunately, after a while, they seem to have come up off the wheels a bit, but they're better than they were. I guess if you stretch them you might have more luck with this. Another option would be tying the tracks down with thread looped through the holes in the tracks and down between the roadwheels so you can't see it. Still another option would be with pins suck in the side of the hull. I haven't tried that one yet. Let me know what you do. I'll give you some advice, if you can, put the tracks on before the fenders (or just leave the fenders off all together) or it is one tough job to get them in and then work with them.

Nic

If your king tiger has the trck guards fitted then try one of these methods:

1. Use some cotton tied through the tracks, you can vary the tension giving you the correct sag.

2. drill som small holes in the side of the vehicle and use wire bent a varying angles to push the track down to give you the sag.

If you dont have track guards fitted use the 1st method and make sure the knot is at the bottom and the top of the track is weathered well to hide the cotton. I've tried this strecthing lark and have found a couple of problems:

1. the track likes to shrink back to its original length and
2. the track snapped!!!!

Hope what ever you choose works for you.

I am crazy, but with all the fenders intact on the King Tiger, I won't worry too much about the saggings, since the fenders cover the upper part of the track is it not? I may need to go home and take a look of my King Tiger.

Those rubber band is really a pain to do if you want to do the saggings, so best bet will be Modelkasten or Friultracks.